Lumpy, 30-pound meteorite that crashed in Sweden recovered in local village By Stephanie Pappas Two meteor enthusiasts have found a piece of an iron meteorite that fell over Sweden in November 2020.
Mysterious oil spill covers Israel's coastline in toxic tar balls By Harry Baker Israel's Mediterranean coastline has been littered with tar as the result of an oil spill off the coast, putting marine life and those cleaning it up at risk.
Weird rodent glows under UV light with disco swirls of pink and orange By Mindy Weisberger New research spotlights fluorescence in a jumping rodent known as a springhare.
Extremists struggle with certain kinds of brain processing, research shows By Stephanie Pappas Extremists and dogmatists struggle with certain kinds of cognitive processing, but they also tend to be impulsive and risk-loving.
Woman contracts COVID-19 from lung transplant in a first By Rachael Rettner A lifesaving operation turned tragic when a Michigan woman contracted COVID-19 from her double lung transplant last year and died soon after.
40 beached whales 'refloated' in New Zealand By Nicoletta Lanese Some conservationists are worried that the whales might get stuck on shore again, though.
Rare Roman-era phallus carving found in UK By Laura Geggel An excavation in the UK unearthed the Roman-era stone carving of a phallus.
Lengthy clinical trials to test vaccines modified for variants won't be necessary, FDA says By Yasemin Saplakoglu The testing process for modified vaccines will likely be similar to that of the annual flu shot, FDA says.
Teachers may play a central role in spreading COVID-19 in schools, CDC says By Rachael Rettner The findings highlight "the importance of preventing infections among educators in particular," the authors said.
Watch the astonishing video of Perseverance landing on Mars By Rafi Letzter For the first time ever, you can watch video of a rover landing on Mars. It's amazing.
Hidden 'madman' message on 'The Scream' traced back to Munch himself By Yasemin Saplakoglu Experts have long debated the identity of the inscriber, with some suggesting a dissatisfied vandalizer is the author, while others pointed fingers at the Norwegian painter himself.
This gooey, brainless blob can store memories By Nicoletta Lanese Slime molds imprint "memories" of where they've recently found food.
Australia's oldest rock painting is an anatomically accurate kangaroo By Mindy Weisberger Using an unusual dating method, scientists have identified the oldest known example of rock art in Australia.
Russia reports first cases of humans catching bird flu H5N8 By Nicoletta Lanese There were no reports of human-to-human transmission, only bird-to-human.
Humpback whale survives 4-hour attack by gang of orcas By Stephanie Pappas Whale watchers in Bermer Bay, Australia witnessed two pods of killer whales trying and failing to kill a young male humpback.
Astronomers find the fastest spinning black hole to date By Tim Childers The first black hole ever discovered just put on a lot of mass, and it has astronomers confused.
Cosmologists create 4,000 virtual universes to solve Big Bang mystery By Stephanie Pappas Cosmologists simulated 4,000 versions of the universe in order to understand what its structure today tells us about its origins.
Astrophysicists create the most accurate 'flat map' of Earth ever By Laura Geggel Cartographers have struggled to map Earth accurately in 2D for centuries.
There's a rare yellow penguin on South Georgia island, and biologists can't quite explain it By Yasemin Saplakoglu Black-and-white tuxedos may be the conventional dress code in the penguin world, but one dashing individual is breaking the status quo with an à la mode yellow coat.
Vampire squid fossil 'lost' during the Hungarian Revolution rediscovered By Stephanie Pappas The ancestors of vampire squid started trawling deep, oxygen-poor waters around 30 million years ago, a long-lost fossil rediscovery reveals.
