1st-ever footage of giant pandas mating in the wild is not 'cute and cuddly' By Mindy Weisberger Filmmakers spent three years following pandas in China's Qinling Mountains, capturing never-before-seen footage of males competing over females.
Astronomers claimed galaxy was 98% dark matter. They were wrong. By Rafi Letzter Back in 2016, researchers claimed Dragonfly 44 was a "failed" Milky Way — a galaxy with a huge dark matter mass but almost no stars. Now, on closer examination, that claim has fallen apart.
Teen wins $25k for finding molecule that may disarm coronavirus By Nicoletta Lanese Anika Chebrolu hopes to work with scientists to develop the drug candidate further.
'Challenge study' to infect healthy volunteers with the coronavirus will begin in early 2021 By Yasemin Saplakoglu The study will test how much virus is needed to infect humans and which vaccines work the best to prevent COVID-19.
New Nazca Line geoglyph discovered: A 120-foot-long cat By Laura Geggel The latest Nazca Line depicts a giant cat.
The very first forms of life may have been more animal-like than we ever realized By Tessa Koumoundouros Early life may have been far more like animals than we thought, suggests new research that shows bacteria can 'develop' like an embryo.
Artemis Accords: Why many countries are refusing to sign moon exploration agreement By Christopher Newman Only eight countries have signed the Artemis Accords, a set of guidelines surrounding the Artemis Program for crewed exploration of the moon.
Without gravity, the fluid around an astronaut's brain moves in weird ways By Doris Elin Salazar The fluid that cushions the human brain redistributes in the skull during spaceflight, according to a new study.
Young women may be likelier to die after heart attacks than men By Nicoletta Lanese Scientists don't yet know why death rates were higher among women in the study.
Higgs boson possibly caught in act of never-before-seen transformation By Rafi Letzter If the Higgs boson really is decaying into pairs of muons in the Large Hadron Collider, that's a big deal for particle physics.
NASA is about to play 'tag' with asteroid Bennu: Here's how it will work. By Samantha Mathewson NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft will "TAG" asteroid Bennu Tuesday (Oct. 20) and collect a sample for return to Earth.
24 million-year-old nursery for baby megasharks discovered in South Carolina By Laura Geggel The discovery of nearly 90 shark teeth, largely from young sharks, indicates there was a shark nursery here 24 million years ago.
Half-male, half-female songbird discovered in Pennsylvania By Mindy Weisberger A rose-breasted grosbeak that was captured in a Pennsylvania nature reserve is a bilateral gynandromorph — male on the right side and female on the left side.
Severe burn damage from California wildfires seen from space By Stephanie Pappas New satellite imagery of California reveals not just the extent of its wildfire damage, but the depth of the loss.
The body fires 'blobs of fat' packed with toxic proteins to fight bacteria By Yasemin Saplakoglu Scientists have known about these 'blobs of fat' for more than 130 years, but they're just understanding all the roles they play in the body.
Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warn By Peter Dockrill
Researchers capture elusive particle trios at room temperature By Stephanie Pappas Researchers have found a way to trap and study elusive particle trios called trions at room temperature.
Anglo-Saxon warlord unearthed by metal detector hobbyists By Tom Metcalfe Archaeologists have unearthed the rich burial of a sixth-century man thought to be an Anglo-Saxon warlord in southern England, after it was first discovered by metal detectorists.
Elon Musk says SpaceX's 1st Starship trip to Mars could fly in 4 years By Hanneke Weitering SpaceX is on track to launch its first Mars mission in as little as four years from now, SpaceX's founder and CEO Elon Musk said Friday (Oct. 16) at the International Mars Society Convention.
Was Jesus a magician? By Isobel Whitcomb Jesus' ability to defeat death, heal people and produce food and drink elevated him above Roman gods in the eyes of many people. A wand would have enhanced that image.
