'Freedom of Zion' coins dating to famous Jewish revolt found in the West Bank By Owen Jarus Two coins minted about 70 years apart by Jewish rebels during two separate revolts against the Roman Empire have been discovered in the West Bank.
How to watch shooting stars in the Perseid meteor shower tonight By Laura Geggel The annual Perseid meteor shower lasts from July 14 to Aug. 24.
Could poop transplants help treat COVID-19? By Yasemin Saplakoglu Poop transplants may have helped two patients with risk factors avoid severe COVID-19, a new case report suggests.
Football-size goldfish are taking over US lakes By Ben Turner They can grow up to 1.5 feet and survive for more than five months without oxygen.
Biggest sharks in the world By Patrick Pester Giant sharks have been lurking in the ocean for millions of years. Here are eight of the biggest sharks from the past and present.
Viral video captures fish tumbling from planes in Utah By Nicoletta Lanese Utah wildlife officials have restocked lakes in this way since the 1950s.
CRISPR stops coronavirus replication in human cells By Rachael Rettner The method has not yet been tested on animals or people.
This giant, leaf-eating lemur was the size of a human and had paws like a koala By Mindy Weisberger Massive lemurs once clung to Madagascar's trees. Scientists recently sequenced the nuclear genome of one extinct giant, the koala lemur, for the first time.
AI designs quantum physics experiments beyond what any human has conceived By Anil Ananthaswamy Originally built to speed up calculations, a machine-learning system is now making shocking progress at the frontiers of experimental quantum physics
How to tell if extraterrestrial visitors are friend or foe By Avi Loeb Aliens will most likely be robotic and guided by AI—so we'll need our own AI to figure them out.
This 20-inch-tall cow may be the smallest on Earth By Cameron Duke Rani, potentially the world's smallest cow, is likely the product of bovine inbreeding.
Book of the Dead fragments, half a world apart, are pieced together By Laura Geggel Historians found that a Book of the Dead segment from New Zealand matched another in Los Angeles.
Pristine DNA recovered from 1,600-year-old sheep mummy By Nicoletta Lanese The sheep specimen is a rare example of "natural" mummification.
Rare 'teardrop' star and its invisible partner are doomed to explode in a massive supernova By Brandon Specktor Astronomers detected a rare teardrop-shaped star that is being ripped apart by an invisible white dwarf, pushing the pair toward an inevitable supernova explosion.
The most beautiful places in the world By Tom Garlinghouse Our list of 10 of the most beautiful places in the world covers an array of natural landscapes, cities, islands and cultural sites.
Remains of more than 1,000 Indigenous children found at former residential schools in Canada By Mindy Weisberger Since May 28, the graves of more than 1,000 Indigenous children have been discovered in Canada, on the grounds of former state-funded boarding schools run by the Catholic Church.
Elusive glass octopus spotted in the remote Pacific Ocean By Laura Geggel An underwater robot captured footage of the rarely seen glass octopus in the remote Pacific.
1 billion sea creatures cooked to death in Pacific Northwest By Ben Turner The mass death of animals such as mussels and clams will have a significant impact on coastal water quality, scientists say.
With Virgin Galactic's launch of Richard Branson in the books, all eyes are on Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos By Mike Wall Richard Bransons' flight Sunday (July 11) was just the first of two planned billionaire spaceflights this month. Blue Origin boss Jeff Bezos is scheduled to fly on July 20.
Amazing Virgin Galactic video shows Richard Branson's Unity 22 crew soaring into space By Elizabeth Howell New camera views from the cockpit and carrier launch plane follow Richard Branson on his debut flight on a Virgin Galactic spaceship.
