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NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week
Scientists have released nine dazzling images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, blending data with the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to reveal black holes, star clusters and distant galaxies like never before.
How do frogs breathe and drink through their skin?
Frogs can breathe and drink through their thin skin — but how does that work?
A magnitude 8.8 megaquake and whether we should — and can — stop AI
Science news this week Aug. 2, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?
The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming. But will it usher in humanity's salvation, or lead to its downfall?
Australia's pink lakes: The remnants of ancient rivers now teeming with microbes that make rosy pigments
Pink lakes in Western Australia get their color from pigments produced by microbes, but climate change and other human threats are killing these tiny organisms.
Hunter's rare allergy meant he could no longer eat red meat
A man who hunted deer developed a very rare allergy that progressively worsened each time he ate red meat.
'Ghost island' appears after underwater eruption, then vanishes into the Caspian Sea
Earth from space A series of photos taken between 2022 and 2024 shows the emergence and rapid disappearance of a volcanic "ghost island" off the coast of Azerbaijan.
Meskalamdug's Helmet: One of the world's oldest helmets depicts a Mesopotamian prince's man bun
This 15-karat gold helmet was discovered in a royal tomb at Ur, but it may only have been worn for ceremonial purposes.
