Knife-wielding spider god mural unearthed in Peru By Mindy Weisberger Archaeologists in Peru are taking steps to preserve and study a 3,200-year-old temple painted with a mural of a spider deity holding a knife.
Ancient people may have created cave art while hallucinating By Yasemin Saplakoglu Stone age people may have deliberately ventured into oxygen-depleted caves to paint while having out-of-body experiences and hallucinations, researchers say.
Experts worried after 4 dead gray whales wash up around San Francisco By Harry Baker Four dead gray whales have washed up in San Francisco Bay in eight days, prompting fears that the species is under threat in the area.
Your most distant cousin doesn't even have an anus By Rafi Letzter No animal is less related to you than a sea sponge, and they've got the genes and nerveless, anus-less bodies to prove it.
Telescope lasers could give humanity an edge in war against space junk By Rafi Letzter Space junk is a growing problem. Scientists want to fight it with lasers that can de-twinkle the stars.
Pet dog buried 6,000 years ago is earliest evidence of its domestication in Arabia By Harry Baker Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered bones at a burial site that reveal the domestication of dogs in the area happened much earlier than previously believed.
Millions of tons of nuclear wastewater from Fukushima will be dumped into the sea By Brandon Specktor The Japanese government announced plans to dump more than 1 million tons of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, beginning in two years.
Long-necked dinosaurs migrated hundreds of miles, 'stomach stones' reveal By Laura Geggel During the Jurassic period, long-necked dinosaurs gulped down pink stones and then migrated hundreds of miles across what is now the American Midwest.
Mom & baby giraffe trapped on a sinking island rescued in months-long operation By Mindy Weisberger A months-long rescue operation transported the last of nine stranded giraffes to their new home in a mainland sanctuary.
After 48-year search, physicists discover ultra-rare 'triple glueball' particle By Rafi Letzter A never-before-seen particle known as the odderon has revealed itself in the hot guts of two particle colliders, confirming a 48-year-old theory.
Fireball meteor burns up over South Florida By Nicoletta Lanese The meteor was spotted at about 10 p.m. local time on April 12.
A third of Antarctic ice shelves could collapse at current pace of warming By Rafi Letzter A third of Antarctica's vast offshore ice shelves would risk collapse into the ocean if the world warms by 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.
US may pause J&J coronavirus vaccines due to rare cases of blood clots By Yasemin Saplakoglu The CDC and FDA are recommending a pause in administering the J&J vaccine to investigate reports of 6 cases of rare blood clots.
100,000-year-old Neanderthal footprints show children playing in the sand By Tom Metcalfe Fossilized footprints on a beach in Spain were made about 100,000 years ago by a family of Neanderthals, including children who jumped about as if playing in the sand.
Can vaccinated people still spread COVID-19? Huge study tackles question By Nicoletta Lanese The trial will take place at 21 U.S. universities.
Strange blue structures glow on Mars in new NASA image By Brandon Specktor A lovely new image of the Martian north pole shows the Red Planet streaked with blue.
UK coronavirus variant not more deadly, just spreads more easily, studies find By Rachael Rettner The findings contradict some early research from U.K. health officials.
5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall on Earth each year By Stephanie Pappas Each year, 5,200 tons of space dust fall to Earth, far outweighing larger meteorites that hit the planet.
Antibody cocktail helps prevent coronavirus infections in same households By Yasemin Saplakoglu A monoclonal antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron reduced risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 81% in household contacts living with a positive case, company said.
Baby born with three penises By Stephanie Pappas A baby boy born in Iraq with three penises is the first reported human case of triphallia. He's doing well after surgery.
