Rare total solar eclipse over Antarctica dazzles ... the penguins By Jeanna Bryner 04 December 2021 Did any of the southern continent's waddling birds look up to catch the sky show?
Are jackalopes real? By Tara Santora 04 December 2021 Can rabbits grow horns, as the legendary jackalope does?
Scientists spot elusive 'ghost particles' for the first time inside the Large Hadron Collider By Ben Turner 03 December 2021 The breakthrough will allow scientists to research long sought-after high energy neutrinos.
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid worth nearly $5 billion will enter Earth’s orbit next week, NASA says By Ben Turner 03 December 2021 The mineral-rich asteroid has an estimated worth of $4.71 billion.
Dark matter may spawn more of itself from ordinary matter, like a cosmic ice-9 By Joanna Thompson 03 December 2021 A new mechanism for dark matter creation could explain the current six-to-one ratio of dark matter to matter.
Is this really the biblical city where Jesus walked on water? By Owen Jarus 03 December 2021 The biblical city where the Gospels tell of Jesus performing some of his most famous miracles is now a source of debate among archaeologists.
Real-life Moby Dick spotted off the coast of Jamaica By Harry Baker 03 December 2021 Sailors aboard a gas tanker spotted and filmed a rare encounter with a white sperm whale near Jamaica.
Omicron variant may have evolved in rats, one theory says By Nicoletta Lanese 02 December 2021 Some features of the omicron variant's genome hint that it may have evolved in rodents.
Giant 'phantom jellyfish' that eats with mouth-arms spotted off California coast By Ben Turner 02 December 2021 The rare creature has only been spotted roughly 100 times since its discovery in 1899.
Fossils of 400-million-year-old 'Excalibur worm' discovered in Australia By Brandon Specktor 02 December 2021 Researchers discovered the fossils of two previously unknown armored marine worms named Excalibur and Shuriken.
Silver plate showing topless Scythian goddess unearthed in Russia By Owen Jarus 02 December 2021 Archaeologists in Russia have unearthed a Scythian-crafted silver plate depicting a fertility goddess.
This 130 million-year-old ichthyosaur was a 'hypercarnivore' with knife-like teeth By Stephanie Pappas 02 December 2021 A newly identified species of ichthyosaur had big teeth to attack large prey, possibly including other marine reptiles.
Was Stonehenge constructed by builders fueled on 'energy bars'? By Mindy Weisberger 02 December 2021 Historians have found tasty new evidence that the people who built Stonehenge supplemented their meat and dairy diets with nut and fruit "energy bars" made with animal fat.
Pac-Man-shaped blobs become world's first self-replicating biological robots By Stephanie Pappas 02 December 2021 Biological robots made from frog cells can self-replicate like no other organism, by moving around raw materials to build more of themselves.
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1st case of omicron variant in US confirmed in California By Yasemin Saplakoglu 01 December 2021 U.S. officials confirmed the first U.S. case of omicron in California.
Unknown human ancestor may have walked a bit like a bear on its hind legs By Charles Q. Choi 01 December 2021 Ancient footprints reveal a mysterious relative of humans may have lived at the same time and in the same area as the famous human ancestor "Lucy" in Tanzania.
'Very weird' ankylosaur's tail looked like an Aztec war club By Laura Geggel 01 December 2021 Paleontologists in Chile have found the remains of an ankylosaur that represents a new dinosaur lineage.
Starship engine 'crisis' poses possible bankruptcy risk for SpaceX, Elon Musk says: report By Mike Wall 01 December 2021 Elon Musk thinks that problems with SpaceX's Raptor engine production pose potentially dire consequences for the company, according to media reports.
