Baby planets marinate in a life-giving cyanide 'soup,' analysis reveals By Adam Mann A major astrochemical project has produced comprehensive maps of molecules in protoplanetary disks and found lots of organic material.
Why do so many people have back pain? By Tara Santora Here's why back pain is so universal among our species.
Climate change is making Earth dimmer By Meghan Bartels Earth is reflecting less light as its climate continues to change, new research suggests.
Are cats or dogs smarter? By Paula Schaap Is there any truth to the saying that 'cats rule, dogs drool'?
Stinky 'mushball' hailstones on Uranus may explain an atmospheric anomaly there By Tereza Pultarova A recent discovery of giant ammonia-rich hailstones, dubbed mushballs, on Jupiter might explain why Uranus and Neptune seem to have no ammonia in their atmospheres.
Why can't house cats roar? By Jennifer Welsh Some big cats can roar loudly, but house cats can only meow and purr. Why is that?
Perseverance Rover spotted from space in striking new satellite image By Brandon Specktor NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spied the little Perseverance Rover chugging around Jezero Crater in a striking new image.
Secret words exchanged between Marie Antoinette and rumored lover uncovered in redacted letters By Yasemin Saplakoglu A group of French researchers has uncovered censored phrases in letters exchanged by Marie Antoinette and her close friend— and rumored lover — Swedish count Axel von Fersen.
After 3.5 million-year hiatus, the largest comet ever discovered is headed our way By Brandon Specktor Scientists have analyzed the enormous Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, and predict it will come within 11 AU of Earth in the next 10 years.
New antiviral pill halves risk of COVID-19 hospitalization, Merck says By Nicoletta Lanese Merck announced promising trial results this week, but the full data has yet to be released.
Scientists officially list 23 species as extinct, including the largest woodpecker in the US By Harry Baker The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has removed 23 species from the endangered species list because they have most likely gone extinct.
North Korea tests new hypersonic weapon: reports By Mike Wall North Korean state media declared the test of the Hwasong-8 a success, but outside experts are skeptical.
Russian expedition finds evidence of northernmost Stone Age hunters above the Arctic Circle By Tom Metcalfe Ancient cut marks on mammoth bones unearthed on a remote island in the frozen extremes of Siberia are the northernmost evidence of Paleolithic humans ever found, according to archaeologists.
Louisiana's missing moon rock found in Florida thanks to broken gun By Robert Z. Pearlman A lost piece of the moon belonging to Louisiana may have remained missing, if not been discarded or destroyed, had the plaque on which it was mounted not attracted the eye of a Florida gun collector.
American bumblebee could be officially declared endangered By Ben Turner If the species is placed on the endangered species list, developers and farmers could incur legal liability for killing them.
'Box seats' found at Roman Empire-era arena in Turkey By Laura Geggel An excavation at a Roman Empire-era amphitheater in Pergamon Turkey reveals that elites sat in 'box seats.'
Lava eruption at Kilauea spews 'Pele's hair' volcanic glass into Hawaii's skies By Laura Geggel Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island is erupting, spewing lava and sending Pele's hair into the sky.
Canary islanders threatened by toxic gases from lava pouring into the sea By Tom Metcalfe Volcanic eruption on La Palma is choking the air with toxic gases.
'Flash in the night sky' turns out to be sign of lost Chinese satellite By Samantha Mathewson China launched two missions on Monday within only a few hours of each other, and one has been declared lost.
Who was James Clerk Maxwell? The greatest physicist you've probably never heard of. By Paul Sutter James Clerk Maxwell is the scientist responsible for explaining the forces behind the radio in your car, the magnets on your fridge, the heat of a warm summer day and the charge on a battery.
