News Archive | October 2023

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October 31st
- Sacrificial pits filled with 120 horse skeletons found in Bronze Age city in China
- Flesh-eating 'killer' lampreys that lived 160 million years ago unearthed in China
- Astronaut captures image of a glowering 'skull' lurking in a giant volcanic pit in the Sahara
- Solar storm causes 'impossible,' pumpkin-colored auroras to fill the sky
- Do traditional Chinese herbs actually 'heal'? This tool aims to find out.
- Haunting 'mermaid' mummy from Japan is a gruesome monkey-fish hybrid with 'dragon claws,' new scans reveal
October 30th
- RSV drug shortage prompts CDC to adjust recommendations
- Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans
- Scientists finally acknowledge that they got their solar cycle predictions wrong, and that we are fast approaching the sun's explosive peak
- The 'safe' threshold for global warming will be passed in just 6 years, scientists say
- Scientists finally discover 'lost continent' thought to have vanished without a trace
- Girl discovers 100,000-year-old mammoth bones in Russian river while fishing with dad
- Dust from the dino-killing impact ushered in years of global darkness
- Newly discovered Cretaceous sea monster named after world-ending Norse serpent
- Witch's head to God's eye: 12 of the spookiest objects in the universe
October 29th
- Science news this week: Lava lakes and moon chunks
- Severe drought reveals more than 100 rock carvings in Amazonian tributary that may be up to 2,000 years old
- Historic space photo: A monstrous 'Halloween storm' explodes from the sun
- Are dogs smarter than wolves?
October 28th
- Menstrual cycle linked to structural changes across whole brain
- Wallace's sphinx moth: The long-tongued insect predicted by Darwin decades before it was discovered
- Rare 2,100-year-old gold coin bears name of obscure ruler from pre-Roman Britain
- Depiction of Trojan War hero Ajax found in 1,800-year-old submerged building in Greece
- Eerie 'face' haunts Jupiter in creepy photo from NASA's Juno probe
- What's the best evidence we've found for alien life?
October 27th
- 22,000-foot volcano summit is home to Earth's highest-dwelling vertebrates, study confirms
- Mammal cells use some viruses like vitamins, study hints
- Chimps go through menopause. That could shed light on how it evolved in humans.
- James Webb telescope spots ultra-rare cosmic explosion that could reveal the origin of the universe’s heaviest elements
- Horrifying video reveals molting spider rustling in woman's ear
- Is NASA's OSIRIS REx asteroid sample the most expensive material on Earth?
October 26th
- Cold War satellite images reveal nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East
- Rare lake forms in Death Valley
- Scientists finally solve 390 million-year-old 'murder mystery' from an ancient supercontinent
- Rare cross-shaped reliquary unearthed from medieval knight's home in Poland
- 1st-known 'highly pathogenic' bird flu cases in Antarctic could threaten penguins
- Psychedelic look into a rat's eye wins microphotography competition
- Endometriosis and gut disorders have a genetic link
- Largest-ever simulation of the universe reveals 'shortcomings' in standard model of cosmology
- Dozens of centuries-old stone grenades from Ming dynasty discovered at Great Wall of China
- A chunk of the moon appears to be orbiting near Earth, new study suggests
- 5,000-year-old tomb holding hugging skeletons in Scotland is Neolithic 'feat of engineering'
October 25th
- Scientists decode 'LEGO protein' that makes sperm swim
- In a 1st, AI neural network captures 'critical aspect of human intelligence'
- NASA is locked out of its OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample because of 2 faulty fasteners
- Scientists found a way for two black holes to orbit each other forever without colliding
- Europe's 1st permanent residents settled in Crimea 37,000 years ago, DNA reveals
- World's smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the Large Hadron Collider, and it works
- Nightmarish deep-sea footballfish washes up on California beach in rare stranding
- World's largest gravitational wave observatory squeezes light beyond the 'quantum limit'
- 2,000-year-old decorated Roman sandal unearthed in Spain
- Ancient skeletons of largest-ever marsupial unearthed in Australia
- 10 of the strangest hybrid animals
- Ancient Egyptian cemetery holds rare 'Book of the Dead' papyrus and mummies
October 24th
- Scientists detect fastest-ever fast radio bursts, lasting just 10 millionths of a second
- Collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet is 'unavoidable,' study finds
- Perilous expedition to uninhabited island in South Atlantic confirms existence of world's 8th lava lake
- Humans and Neanderthals mated 250,000 years ago, much earlier than thought
- How to watch the full 'Hunter's Moon' get eclipsed this weekend
- Falling metal space junk is changing Earth's upper atmosphere in ways we don't fully understand
- 'Ghost' of ancient river-carved landscape discovered beneath Antarctica
- 'World-class aquifer' enabled ancient African kingdom to thrive in the Sahara for hundreds of years
- Skulls stolen from Africa a century ago have been genetically linked with living people
- Distorted crystals use 'pseudogravity' to bend light like black holes do
- California's supervolcano has a massive lid that causes swarms of earthquakes — and that's a good thing, scientists say
- What percentage of the ocean have we mapped?
October 23rd
- Jurassic pliosaur 'megapredator' was a giant 'sea murderer'
- Moon is 40 million years older than we thought, tiny crystals from Apollo mission confirm
- Caterpillars evolved their weird chubby little 'prolegs' from ancient crustaceans
- James Webb telescope spots enormous jet stream faster than a Category 5 hurricane on Jupiter
- When did humans start burying their dead?
October 22nd
- Science news this week: Horned comet and a mystery blob
- Space photo of the week: Jupiter's seething volcano moon gets a close-up
- 11 ways orcas show their terrifying intelligence
- What's the deepest-occurring gemstone on Earth?
October 21st
- 'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudan
- Orcas that hunted alongside humans might be extinct
- Takins: Strange, mountain-dwelling mammals with mythical golden fleeces
- Which group of animals has the most species?
October 20th
- Strange anomaly in sun's solar cycle discovered in centuries-old texts from Korea
- Mystery blobs in Earth's mantle may be linked to ancient gold and platinum that arrived from space
- Big, healthy great white shark washes up dead on Canada beach in latest of string of mystery strandings
- 10 phallic flora and fauna that look just like penises
- James Webb telescope detects alien planet with clouds made of quartz
- Earthquake reveals giant Aztec snakehead beneath Mexico City university
- Could bacteria-killing viruses ever prevent sexually transmitted infections?
- Scientists unveil 'atlas' of the gut microbiome
October 19th
- Man digs up 1,000-year-old sword from Swedish Crusades in his yard in Finland
- Oldest radio-wave explosion ever found could be used to weigh the universe, astronomers say
- More than 10 billion snow crabs starved to death off the coast of Alaska. But why?
- Tropical parasite gains a foothold in the US, especially in Texas
- Identity of mysterious 'mermaid globster' that washed up in Papua New Guinea 'is anyone's guess,' experts say
- Horrifying parasitic worm snatches its host's genes to control its mind
- Orcas attacked a great white shark to gorge on its liver in Australia, shredded carcass suggests
- Ancient New Year's scene from Egypt uncovered on roof of 2,200-year-old temple
- Scientists finally solve mystery of strongest Marsquake ever detected
- Mysterious signals from 'hell planet' 40 light-years from Earth could finally be solved by James Webb Space Telescope
October 18th
- Scientists finally solve mystery of why Europeans have less Neanderthal DNA than East Asians
- Stash of 'eye-catching' Bronze Age jewelry discovered by metal detectorist in Swiss carrot field
- Nearby asteroid may contain elements 'beyond the periodic table', new study suggests
- Scientists propose 'missing' law for the evolution of everything in the universe
- Tiny, highly venomous jellyfish stings 2 people in the middle of the ocean — forcing them to be airlifted to hospital
- Last-known crocodile in Europe lived in Spain 4.5 million years ago, researchers say
- Toxic pigment that causes red hair discovered in 10 million-year-old frog fossil
- Egypt had an unusually powerful 'female king' 5,000 years ago, lavish tomb suggests
- Soar through the 'Labyrinth of Night' — a Martian canyon the size of Italy — in thrilling new satellite video
- Ultra-powerful plasma 'blades' could slice entire stars in half, new paper suggests
- Hitting 'snooze' can boost morning cognition, study hints
October 17th
- New 'atlas' of a monkey brain maps 4.2 million cells
- China is building the world's largest underwater telescope to hunt for elusive 'ghost particles'
- Watch rare footage of huge crocodile eating baby hippo with umbilical cord still attached
- AI reveals scroll's lost text after it was scorched by Mount Vesuvius eruption 2,000 years ago
- Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to get the best views
- See gorgeous ancient Egyptian 'mummy portraits' from nearly 2 millennia ago
- Violence in the ancient Middle East spiked with the formation of states and empires, battered skulls reveal
- Scientists finally figure out why hundreds of gray whales keep washing up dead along US coasts
October 16th
- Gulf Stream weakening now 99% certain, and ramifications will be global
- Man gets rare 'shiitake dermatitis' from undercooked mushrooms
- 11,000-year-old statue of giant man clutching penis unearthed in Turkey
- See the entire 'ring of fire' eclipse in 4 seconds in stunning satellite videos
- Cannibalism was a common funerary rite in northwest Europe near end of last ice age
- City-size comet racing toward Earth regrows 'horns' after massive volcanic eruption
- Elusive Planet Nine could be an alternative form of gravity masquerading as a planet, study claims
- Mysterious 'fountain of youth' near Milky Way's central black hole is full of newborn stars that shouldn't exist
- Can foxgloves really give you a heart attack?
October 15th
- Science news this week: False memories and swallowed seas
- The Fram: A Victorian expedition to the North Pole that was as brilliant as it was bonkers
- 'Earth's civilizations are shaped by what the ocean engine does,' says oceanographer Helen Czerski
- 'This is the cost of living in seawater': The ingenious and (to us) heartbreaking way turtles survive the salty oceans
- Is hydrogen a metal?
- How often do orcas attack humans?
October 14th
- Mythical hellhound and sea-centaurs painted on 2,200-year-old tomb discovered in Italy
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe smashes record for fastest man-made object
- Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a 'cosmic tadpole' in a sea of red
- Is anything harder than a diamond?
October 13th
- Most detailed human brain map ever contains 3,300 cell types
- NASA will fire 3 rockets directly at the solar eclipse on Saturday. Here's why.
- Platypus stabs woman with its venomous spurs in odd case
- Eerie blackwater dive image shows paper nautilus floating on stick after volcanic eruption
- Soldier ants turned into foragers by scientists reprogramming their brains
- 10 weird things that happen during a solar eclipse
- Low water levels in Lake Powell reveal 'extremely rare' fossils from extinct Jurassic mammal relative
- Oldest evidence of Neanderthals hunting cave lions dates to 48,000 years ago, punctured bones reveal
- Upcoming solar maximum could scramble migrating birds' internal compass, new study shows
- Gaia spacecraft reveals 'goldmine' of over 500,000 undiscovered stars
October 12th
- Catapult designed to launch World War II bomber planes unearthed in England
- Motorcycle crash dislocated a man's testicle into his abdomen
- 75 million-year-old 'forgotten lord of the oasis' titanosaur fossils from Egypt fill a 'black hole' in dinosaur history
- ESA scientists finally resolve glitch that caused Euclid spacecraft to 'doodle' through space
- Horrifying parasitic wasp with a giant head is one of more than 100 newfound species discovered in the Amazon
- How many tectonic plates does Earth have?
- 'Hauntingly beautiful' image of a golden horseshoe crab wins wildlife photography competition
- Ammonia leak on Russian section of International Space Station 'has now ceased,' but astronauts remain cautious
October 11th
- Psyche: Everything you need to know about NASA's mission to a huge metallic asteroid
- Skeletons from 1918 flu dispel myth that young, healthy adults were more vulnerable to the virus
- Hidden colors and intricate patterns discovered on the 2,500-year-old Parthenon Marbles from ancient Greece
- NASA finally reveals 1st sample from potentially-hazardous asteroid Bennu — and it may contain the seeds of life
- Astronomers spot violent afterglow of 2 massive planets that collided in a distant star system
- Massive New Zealand eruption 1,800 years ago flung volcanic glass 3,000 miles to Antarctica
- The brain has a 'tell' for when it's recalling a false memory, study suggests
- Ancient superpowered solar storm that hit Earth 14,000 years ago is the 'biggest ever identified'
- Scientists discover ghost of ancient mega-plate that disappeared 20 million years ago
- Exactly where and when to see the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse this weekend
- Earth's crust swallowed a sea's worth of water and locked it away beneath Pacific seafloor
- Why cats purr is a surprisingly long-standing mystery. Now we're one step closer to solving it.
- Strange methane leak discovered at the deepest point of the Baltic Sea baffling scientists
October 10th
- These female frogs fake their own deaths to get out of sex
- Neanderthal DNA may shape how sensitive you are to pain, genetic analysis shows
- China discovers never-before-seen ore containing a highly valuable rare earth element
- 'They mated like mad': Low-flying helicopter sparks massive crocodile orgy in Australia
- Zealandia, Earth's hidden continent, was torn from supercontinent Gondwana in flood of fire 100 million years ago
October 9th
- What's inside Earth?
- Cleaning product residues may be driving a deadly superbug's antibiotic resistance
- Bright yellow sea snail named 'margarita' in honor of late musician Jimmy Buffett
- Meet the 'exclusome': A mini-organ just discovered in cells that defends the genome from attack
- New Chinese space telescope will 'outdo Hubble', researchers claim
- Why do dogs eat poop?
October 8th
- 330-year-old coin hoard hidden in Scottish fireplace may have been buried moments before MacDonald clan massacre
- Science news this week: Norse treasures and Nobel Prizes
- How to see bright Venus dance with a glowing crescent moon this week
- Space photo of the week: Warped 'hummingbird galaxy' guards a cosmic egg
- How many animals have ever existed on Earth?
October 7th
- What is an attosecond — and why did this year's Nobel Prize in physics depend upon them?
- Mercury is still shrinking after billions of years, and scientists can see its 'wrinkles'
- 'Exceedingly rare' horse bridle discovered in melting ice in Norway could date to Viking Age
- Mangrove leaf slug: The solar-powered mollusk that gobbles up sunlight then goes months without eating
- Why do so many baby animals have spots?
October 6th
- 9,500-year-old baskets and 6,200-year-old shoes discovered in Spanish bat cave
- Ozempic-like meds linked to higher risk of pancreatitis, 'stomach paralysis' than other weight-loss drugs
- Astronomers want you to watch the Oct. 14 'ring of fire' eclipse with a disco ball. No, seriously.
- Orcas are harassing and playing with baby porpoises in deadly game that has lasted 60 years
- 'One of the biggest on record': Ozone hole bigger than North America opens above Antarctica
- Battered Roman-era skull with signs of violent trauma and a possible brain tumor unearthed in Spain
October 5th
- Debate settled? Oldest human footprints in North America really are 23,000 years old, study finds
- Jelling Stone analysis reveals runestone carver's name and identifies a powerful Viking queen
- Potential discovery of a dozen objects beyond Pluto could reveal a new section of the solar system we never knew about
- James Webb Space Telescope spots dozens of physics-breaking rogue objects floating through space in pairs
- US government issues 1st-ever space junk fine, charging satellite TV company whopping $150k
- 700-year-old coin depicting Jesus and medieval king discovered in Bulgaria
- Earth's solid inner core is 'surprisingly soft' thanks to hyperactive atoms jostling around
- 45-mile-long iceberg slams into penguin refuge in Antarctica, almost causing ecological disaster
- Highest-energy pulsar ever seen could indicate new physics
- Neurons aren't the only cells that make memories in the brain, rodent study reveals
- 2nd-century Alexander the Great statue with lion's-mane hairstyle unearthed in Turkey
October 4th
- 1,400-year-old gold figures depicting Norse gods unearthed at former pagan temple
- 'Remarkable' explosions from colliding, dead stars could reveal the true expansion rate of the universe
- Novavax's new COVID vaccine cleared for use by FDA
- Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to trio who discovered bizarre quantum dots
- Going vegetarian? The dietary choice may be influenced by your genes.
- 'Exceptional' 1,800-year-old sarcophagus unearthed in France held woman of 'special status'
- Norwegian family finds 1,200-year-old Viking treasure while searching for a lost earring in their yard
October 3rd
- James Webb telescope's observations of 'impossible' galaxies at the dawn of time may finally have an explanation
- Massive Martian 'dust devil' filmed by NASA's Perseverance rover is 5 times taller than the Empire State Building
- Giant never-before-seen long-necked 'titan' dinosaur unearthed in Europe
- An incorrect version of 'Prayer of David' discovered at 'Little Castle' in West Bank
- Nobel Prize in physics awarded to three scientists who glimpsed the inner world of atoms with tiny light pulses
- 100-year-old origin theory of Stonehenge's iconic Altar Stone could be wrong, scientists say
- 2,300-year-old grave in Israel contains remains of Greek courtesan who may have accompanied Alexander the Great's army
- Psychedelics rapidly change the brain. Here's how.
October 2nd
- Inexpensive new malaria vaccine is a 'vital tool' to protect tens of millions of people
- 8 pre-Inca mummies and artifacts unearthed just beneath the streets of Lima, Peru
- CDC to recommend some people take an antibiotic after sex to prevent sexually transmitted infections
- Watch Chinese astronauts light a spherical fire in risky open-flame experiment on Tiangong space station
- Nobel Prize in medicine goes to scientists who paved the way for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
- Which foods make the smelliest farts?
October 1st
- 'Significant and unexpected': Dying star spits out a sun's worth of mass just before going supernova
- Viruses lurking in giraffe and lemur poop could lead to new antibacterial drugs, scientists say
- Science news this week: James Webb telescope discoveries and an inverse vaccine
- Why are rare earth elements so rare?
- 'They seemed primed to take over': How the Great Dying doomed the 'beast tooth' and set the stage for the dawn of the dinosaurs