Antarctica's doomed A68 iceberg dumped 1 trillion tons of water into the ocean over 3 years By Brandon Specktor published 21 January 22 A new study of iceberg A68 (once the world's largest) charts its entire doomed journey, and shows exactly when it started to melt at an alarming rate
Pod of orcas frees a humpback whale from certain death. Was it intentional? By Stephanie Pappas published 21 January 22 A pod of orcas frees an entangled humpback whale off Western Australia. But were they really trying to rescue it?
Astronomers propose building a neutrino detector out of the Pacific Ocean By Paul Sutter published 21 January 22 The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment would turn a massive swath of the Pacific Ocean into nature's own neutrino detector.
Patton: The US Army's toughest and most feared WWII general? By Timothy Williamson published 21 January 22 Inside the latest History of War magazine: Why was "Old Blood and Guts" feared by both allies and enemies alike?
Bizarre knotted DNA structures linked to cancer in mice By Nicoletta Lanese published 20 January 22 Missing enzymes may cause troublesome knots to appear in DNA.
On the 'doorstep of doom': Doomsday Clock stands at 100 seconds to midnight By Mindy Weisberger published 20 January 22 The hypothetical clock's hands mark our nearness to annihilation.
Monster black hole spotted 'giving birth' to stars By Ben Turner published 20 January 22 Black holes have been seen doing this before, but never in a galaxy so small.
Spellbinding new 'selfie' video captures penguin feasting on giant sardine ball By Patrick Pester published 20 January 22 A spellbinding new video captures a Gentoo penguin's point of view as it feasts on a giant ball of sardines alongside diving albatross and cormorants.
COVID-19 may trigger diabetes by causing fat cells to go haywire By Nicoletta Lanese published 20 January 22 The coronavirus may cause fat cells to malfunction.
55-sided, 555-carat 'Enigma' black diamond (potentially from space) goes on sale By Harry Baker published 20 January 22 The black diamond known as the "Enigma" will soon be sold at auction, but experts are unsure about the origins of the stunning gem.
Centuries-old 'impossible' math problem cracked using the strange physics of Schrödinger's cat By Stephanie Pappas published 20 January 22 The mathematics problem is a bit like Sudoku on steroids.
40 quintillion stellar-mass black holes are lurking in the universe, new study finds By Ben Turner published 20 January 22 The researchers hope to use the estimate to figure out the mystery of how supermassive black holes came to be.
Double pig kidney transplant successfully performed in brain-dead patient By Nicoletta Lanese published 20 January 22 The experiment was intended to assess the safety of such transplants, prior to them being tested in clinical trials.
Parasitic worm forces tarantulas to tiptoe, then starves them to death By Brandon Specktor published 20 January 22 Scientists discovered a new type of parasitic worm that only infects the mouths of tarantula spiders.
164 million-year-old plant fossil is the oldest example of a flowering bud By Harry Baker published 19 January 22 Researchers in China have uncovered the oldest example of a fossilized flower bud ever.
Curiosity rover finds 'tantalizing' signs of ancient Mars life By Mike Wall published 19 January 22 NASA's Curiosity rover has found some interesting organic compounds that may be signs of ancient Mars life, but much more work is needed to vet that hypothesis.
Will the Doomsday Clock move forward or back? Watch live to find out By Mindy Weisberger published 19 January 22 The Doomsday Clock debuted 75 years ago to highlight the threat of nuclear weapons to our survival as a species, a risk now accompanied by escalating climate change and global pandemics.
Ancient Chinese tombs hold remains of warriors possibly buried alive By Tom Metcalfe published 19 January 22 The 3,000-year-old tombs of a wealthy clan, including warriors and warhorses that may have been sacrificed, have been unearthed in an ancient capital city of China.
Ash from Tonga volcano eruption reaches record altitude but climate cooling unlikely By Tereza Pultarova published 19 January 22 The volcanic eruption that destroyed a Polynesian island on Saturday injected ash into record altitude but won't cause any disruption to Earth's climate, experts said.
Viruses unleashed into a woman's wound to slay superbug in her leg By Nicoletta Lanese published 19 January 22 The viruses were bacteriophages, meaning viruses that infect bacteria.
