Russia wants to build its own space station to replace the ISS, state officials say By Brandon Specktor Russia is building modules for a new space station, which could potentially replace the International Space Station by the year 2025, officials said.
Newfound species of amphibious giant centipede named for woman cursed by the gods By Mindy Weisberger Researchers recently described a new species of amphibious giant centipede in an archipelago in Japan.
Mysterious second writer of Dead Sea Scroll uncovered by AI By Laura Geggel Two scribes wrote the famous Great Isaiah Scroll, researchers found with the help of AI and statistics.
Pelican rescued from Deepwater Horizon disaster flies hundreds of miles home By Ben Turner Even today, the Gulf Coast still suffers from the effects of the oil spill. But a remarkable cleanup effort has helped the pelican return home.
Small NASA rocket will study boundary of interstellar space By Elizabeth Howell For a few brief minutes, a suborbital rocket from NASA has an ambitious plan to seek out particles from interstellar space.
China wants to launch its own Hubble-class telescope as part of space station By Andrew Jones China could launch the first module for its own space station this month as the country also prepares to send a large space telescope to join it in orbit within the next few years.
'Exotic compact objects' could soon break physics, new study suggests By Adam Mann Gravitational wave detectors could soon uncover hints of new physics from exotic compact objects.
Iron Age warriors bent the swords of their defeated enemies, ancient hoard reveals By Laura Geggel A metal detectorist uncovered more than 100 artifacts dating to the Iron Age at a hillfort in Germany.
Never mind outrunning a T. rex — you could probably outwalk it By Mindy Weisberger New simulations calculated T. rex speed from the motion of its swaying tail, finding that the massive dinosaur was a mighty slow walker.
Vandals sack Roman-era estate and bathhouse just discovered in UK By Laura Geggel Soon after archaeologists unearthed an estate from the Roman Empire in the U.K., vandals broke in and damaged it.
Gladiator arena from Roman era unearthed in Turkey By Laura Geggel Up to 20,000 people likely cheered and jeered as they watched gladiator and wild animal fights in a newfound Roman-era arena in Turkey.
One of Earth's nearest stars may be a dark matter factory By Adam Mann A hunt for hypothetical axions streaming from Betelgeuse turns up empty but helps physicists set constraints on their properties.
'Brazil nut puzzle' cracked by researchers By Ben Turner The research isn't all for nutting; scientists say it will help a number of industries, from pharmaceuticals to mining.
Enormous Antarctic iceberg that became an internet star finally melts away By Stephanie Pappas Iceberg A68, an enormous hunk of ice that broke off Antarctica in 2017, has finally melted away to nothing in the Atlantic.
Tarantulas conquered Earth by spreading over a supercontinent, then riding its broken pieces across the ocean By Mindy Weisberger Around 120 million years ago, tarantulas first appeared on the Gondwana supercontinent in what is now the Americas, and then dispersed into Africa, Australia and India.
UK researchers will deliberately reinfect people with COVID-19 in new 'challenge study' By Rachael Rettner All of the participants will be quarantined and monitored closely.
Scientists created the whitest paint ever By Yasemin Saplakoglu Engineers have created the whitest paint ever, and they think it can help fight a warming planet.
Oldest American, Hester Ford, dies, leaving 120 great-great-grandchildren By Nicoletta Lanese Available census reports give conflicting accounts of Ford's birth year.
Thousands of tons of microplastics are swirling around in the atmosphere, study finds By Harry Baker A new study has measured the number of microplastics in the atmosphere and modeled how the tiny particles get transported around the planet.
Scientists probe mystery of 'thunderstorm asthma' event that sent thousands to the ER By Nicoletta Lanese A new model digs into the mystery of why this occurred.
