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Wildfire season is shifting, but its new time windows vary across Canada and the US drought-prone West
New research finds that climate-driven shifts in wildfire seasons in North America are different depending on the ecosystem.
World's smallest QR code can store data for thousands of years — but you need an electron microscope to see it
Scientists created a tiny matrix that stores data by etching its grid into a thin ceramic film with a focused ion beam.
Scientists tracked faint signals from the stars — and may have turned up hundreds of undiscovered planets
A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these celestial objects less random.
Humans are being replaced by machines in the food supply chain — and it's leading to truckloads of waste
A researcher explores how AI is being used to optimize food delivery, which may not always be a good thing.
Enormous 3D map of the universe shows brilliant 'sea of light' near the cosmic dawn
A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and dark energy on cosmic evolution.
'The warming trend nearly doubled after 2014': The rate of global warming has accelerated more in the past decade than ever before
A new analysis finds that global warming has significantly accelerated since 2015, but not everyone agrees.
Anthropic collides with the Pentagon over AI safety — here's everything you need to know
As Anthropic releases its most autonomous agents yet, a mounting clash with the military reveals the impossible choice between global scaling and a "safety first" ethos.
Cannibal orcas identified near Russia, two 'extinct' marsupials found, humans do cranial modification, China's oracle bones reveal climate disaster, and a barefoot volcanologist
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'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago
Ancient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year. What is stopping us from doing it?
A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage, protect 140,000 people from flooding, and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every year.
'City killer' asteroid will narrowly miss the moon, James Webb Telescope reveals
The "city killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth or the moon when it whizzes by in 2032, the latest James Webb Space Telescope observations confirm.
Scientists find 2 marsupial species, thought to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago, living in the forests of New Guinea
The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.
'Striking' footage captures the moment a red fox preys on a wolf pup — a behavior never seen on film before
Scientists in Italy captured a red fox entering a den as part of a project to understand wolf population dynamics in the country.
China puts a sodium-ion battery into an EV for the first time — it can drive 248 miles on a single charge
A new vehicle is the first mass-produced passenger EV with a viable sodium-based alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries.
Groundbreaking new drug shows promise for treating children with a devastating form of epilepsy
An experimental treatment reduces seizures and other symptoms in children with a type of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome.
Daylight Saving Time 2026 is coming
When does daylight saving time begin in 2026? Here's a look at when the time changes this year, and why we change our clocks in the first place.
Scientists taught robots to swim through mazes using Einstein's relativity
The tiny bots follow patterns of light and "artificial space-time," navigating like craft following the curved space around a black hole.
The sword in the sea: How one lucky graduate student found his second Crusader sword while taking a swim off Israel's coast
A 12th-century sword spotted jutting out of the seabed in Israel was designed for one-handed combat during the Crusades.
