News Archive | August 2025

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August 31st
- 'Strange' tomb in Peru holds skeletons of people with ropes around their necks, hands tied behind their backs, archaeologists say
- The full 'Corn Moon' rises this week — bringing a 'blood moon' lunar eclipse to most of the world
- There are 32 different ways AI can go rogue, scientists say — from hallucinating answers to a complete misalignment with humanity
- The world's first view of Earth from the moon, taken 59 years ago — Space photo of the week
August 30th
- The geology that holds up the Himalayas is not what we thought, scientists discover
- We finally have an idea of how the lifetime supply of eggs develops in primates
- NASA telescope spotted rare interstellar comet 2 months before it was officially 'discovered'
- Scientists turned to a red onion to improve solar cells — and it could make solar power more sustainable
- Science news this week: A world first pig-to-human lung transplant, and SpaceX’s Starship nails a test flight
August 29th
- Cataclysmic crash with neighboring planet may be the reason there's life on Earth today, new studies hint
- 2,200-year-old 'complex and delicate' Celtic warrior charm is evidence of sophisticated metalworking in the Iron Age
- Scientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time ever
- 2,100-year-old skeleton of warrior nicknamed 'Lord of Sakar,' buried in a stunning gold wreath, unearthed in Bulgaria
- 'Aging clocks' tell you how much 'older' you are than your chronological age. How do they work?
- Scientists cram an entire computer into a single fiber of clothing — and you can even put it through your washing machine
August 28th
- Formaldehyde-free hair-straightening products may still threaten health, concerning study finds
- 'A truly unprecedented discovery': 3,000-year-old multicolored mural with fish, stars and gods discovered in Peru
- 'Cool gemstones' and 'fiery grime': James Webb telescope finds clues to Earth's origins in dazzling new view of Butterfly Nebula
- 'Now is the time': Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale
- 70 million-year-old hypercarnivore that ate dinosaurs named after Egyptian god
- NASA reveals the dwarf planet Ceres had a hidden 'energy source' that may have sparked alien life
- China's 'Darwin Monkey' is the world's largest brain-inspired supercomputer
- Spiders seen keeping fireflies as glowing prisoners that draw more prey to their webs
August 27th
- Gum disease treatment slows the thickening of arteries, clinical trial shows
- James Webb telescope images reveal there's something strange with interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
- Early test of new laser-free eye treatment shows promise
- Scientists unveil most detailed photo of a solar flare ever taken
- Heartbreaking image shows a sloth clinging to a barbed wire fence because it was the closest thing resembling a tree
- 'So weird': Ankylosaur with 3-foot spikes sticking out of its neck discovered in Morocco
- Chinese scientists create multicolored glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge in sunlight
- 80,000-year-old stones in Uzbekistan may be the world's oldest arrowheads — and they might have been made by Neanderthals
- 10th time lucky! SpaceX's Starship nails successful test flight after string of explosive setbacks
- Scientists just developed a new AI modeled on the human brain — it's outperforming LLMs like ChatGPT at reasoning tasks
August 26th
- An exotic quartz arrow may have killed a man 12,000 years ago in Vietnam
- US reports its first New World parasitic screwworm infection in decades
- Scientists uncover 'coils' in DNA that form under pressure
- Thousands of bumblebee catfish captured climbing waterfall in never-before-seen footage
- Japan launches its first homegrown quantum computer
August 25th
- 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu contains dust older than the solar system itself — and traces of interstellar space
- First-ever pig-to-human lung transplant attempted in brain-dead person in China
- James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?
- New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly
- Laser-blasted 'black metal' could make solar technology 15 times more efficient
August 24th
- 'Minibrains' reveal secrets of how key brain cells form in the womb
- Will there be a La Niña this fall? Here's what forecasters predict and what it means for the weather
- NASA's Perseverance rover spies mysterious 'helmet' on Mars
- China is dunking data centers into the ocean to keep them cool
August 23rd
- X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'
- Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: 'It doesn't fit comfortably into any known category'
- Meet Robot Drummer: Scientists train an AI to drum like Linkin Park and AC/DC — but it sounds like it has plenty of practice to do
- 'Pregnancy robot from China' is fake, but is the technology behind it possible?
August 22nd
- Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds
- James Webb telescope traces origin of brightest fast radio burst ever detected
- 'We never had concrete proof': Archaeologists discover Christian cross in Abu Dhabi, proving 1,400-year-old site was a monastery
- Toxic chemicals that pollute groundwater are formed up in the stratosphere, surprise findings show
August 21st
- James Webb telescope reveals that asteroids Bennu and Ryugu may be parts of the same gigantic space rock
- The first Americans had Denisovan DNA. And it may have helped them survive.
- How does 'getting your tubes tied' work?
- A 'crescent sunrise' solar eclipse is coming this weekend. Here's where to see it.
- IBM and NASA create first-of-its-kind AI that can accurately predict violent solar flares
- Your household gadgets could soon be battery-free — scientists create tiny solar cells that can be powered by indoor light
- 'This technology is possible today': Nuclear waste could be future power source and increase access to a rare fuel
- One of the world’s tallest trees — the centuries-old 'Doerner Fir' — is on fire in Oregon.
August 20th
- Jaw-dropping photo captures solar tornado and gigantic plasma eruption raging on the sun at the same time
- 6,300 years ago, dozens of people were murdered in grisly victory celebrations in France
- Can cannabis raise the risk of cancer?
- Uranus has a new, hidden moon, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
- Mystery quake that rocked Northern California in 1954 came from 'eerily quiet' Cascadia Subduction Zone
- Scientists think they detected the first known triple black hole system in the universe — and then watched it die
- Lake Superior rocks reveal build up to giant collision that formed supercontinent Rodinia
- Hiker picks up venomous snake, dies after bite triggers rare allergic reaction, authorities say
- How to watch the Sept. 7 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse if you're in America
- Japanese power breakthrough could be 'step toward a fully wireless society'
August 19th
- FDA recalls more bagged, frozen shrimp over possible radioactive cesium contamination
- Keratin extracted from sheep's wool repairs teeth in breakthrough
- New brain implant can decode a person's 'inner monologue'
- Rocket-like jellyfish, regal Komodo dragon and harrowing whale rescue — see the stunning Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 finalists
- Tiny devices propelled by sunlight could explore a mysterious region of Earth's atmosphere
- Secretive X37-B space plane to test quantum navigation system — scientists hope it will one day replace GPS
- A rare 'black moon' rises this weekend: What is it, and what can you see?
August 18th
- Gene that differs between humans and Neanderthals could shed light on the species' disappearance, mouse study suggests
- Watch Hurricane Erin reach Category 5 strength in a blaze of lightning
- Hurricane Erin could unleash 100-foot waves across the East Coast this week, forecasters warn
- OpenAI's ChatGPT agent can control your PC to do tasks on your behalf — but how does it work and what's the point?
August 17th
- Oops! Earendel, most distant star ever discovered, may not actually be a star, James Webb Telescope reveals
August 16th
- Scientists transform 'forever chemicals' in water into fluoride with new process
- Meet the 'neglectons': Previously overlooked particles that could revolutionize quantum computing
- Scientists have finally made an elusive meteorite diamond, predicted to be 50% harder than Earth diamonds
August 15th
- Medieval knight 'Lancelot' and his stunning stone tomb found under ice cream shop in Poland
- 2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought
- Incredible, first-of-its-kind video shows human embryo implanting in real time
- Giant, cosmic 'Eye of Sauron' snapped staring directly at us in stunning 15-year time-lapse photo
- Robots awkwardly race, fight and flop around in China's first World Humanoid Robot Games
- San Andreas fault could unleash an earthquake unlike any seen before, study of deadly Myanmar quake suggests
- China builds record-breaking floating wind turbine — it could change the face of renewable energy
- Satellites watch France's largest wildfire in 75 years burn an area larger than Paris
- Ghostly 'spiral' photobombs Perseid meteors over several US states — and experts are unsure what caused it
August 14th
- Spotify-like AI helps discover never-before-seen supernova as greedy star attempts to eat a black hole
- A real-life Pandora? Newfound 'disappearing' planet in our neighboring star system could have a habitable moon, just like the Avatar movies
- Ancient predatory whale with big eyes and razor-sharp teeth was 'deceptively cute'
- 115 million-year-old dinosaur tracks unearthed in Texas after devastating floods
- Astronomers find bizarre 'Cosmic Grapes' galaxy in the early universe. Here's why that's a big deal.
- Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavation
August 13th
- Colossal black hole 36 billion times the mass of our sun is one of the largest ever seen in the universe
- Prominent medical journal refuses RFK's call to retract a vaccine study
- Human eggs have special protection against certain types of aging, study hints
- 13-year drought crippled Maya on Yucatán Peninsula 1,000 years ago, study finds
- No, blue whales aren't going silent off California. Here's why.
- Diabetic man produces his own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant
- Never-before-seen cousin of Lucy might have lived at the same site as the oldest known human species, new study suggests
- 1,100-year-old Viking hoard reveals raiding wealthy only 'part of the picture' — they traded with the Middle East too
- Archaeologists locate 'La Fortuna,' a Spanish ship that exploded in 1748 along North Carolina's coast
- Scientists use Stephen Hawking theory to propose 'black hole morsels' — strange, compact objects that could reveal new physics
- Scientists capture bridge of stray stars being sucked from one galaxy to another
August 12th
- 1,300-year-old skeletons found in England had grandparents from sub-Saharan Africa, DNA studies reveal
- James Webb telescope spots earliest black hole in the known universe, looking 'as far back as you can practically go'
- Paperclip-sized spacecraft could visit a nearby black hole in the next century, study claims
- Amazon rainforest is approaching 'tipping points' that could transform it into a drier savanna
- Meta AI takes first step to superintelligence — and Zuckerberg will no longer release the most powerful systems to the public
- The final 'planet parade' of 2025 rises Sunday. Here's how to see the full 6-planet show.
August 11th
- 'Space hurricane' caught raging over North Pole during one of the sun's quietest days
- Texas puma genes rescue Florida panthers from extinction — for now
- Meteorite that crash landed through Georgia man's roof is 20 million years older than Earth, scientists say
- A blood moon is coming: Here's what you need to know about the total lunar eclipse on Sept. 7
- Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97
- World's first artificial tongue 'tastes and learns' like a real human organ
August 10th
- NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030
- 'Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape': Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study finds
August 9th
- After Mount Vesuvius erupted, Romans returned to Pompeii and stayed for 400 years — but it was likely anarchy
- IBM and Moderna have simulated the longest mRNA pattern without AI — they used a quantum computer instead
- Venus and Jupiter conjunction: The 2 brightest planets will 'kiss' early Tuesday morning
August 8th
- Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with dangerous 'bromism' syndrome
- 'The most significant JWST finding to date': James Webb spots — then loses — a giant planet orbiting in the habitable zone of our closest sun-like star
- NASA's Hubble telescope reveals most detailed photos of interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS to date
- Scientists may finally know why the first stars in the universe left no trace
- (Retracted) Massive comet trail may have transformed Earth's climate more than 12,000 years ago, tiny particles suggest
- 'Like a master Tetris player': Scientists invent quantum virtual machines — they'll slash turnaround times from days to hours
- Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests
- Perseid meteor shower 2025: How to see 'shooting stars' despite the full moon
August 7th
- Auroras may be visible from 18 states this weekend as solar storm barrels toward Earth
- Scientists synthesized elusive 'super alcohol' — a 'seed of life molecule' that marks a step toward finding alien life
- NASA finds multi-billion-year-old 'coral' on Mars
- 3,000-year-old burial of elite teen unearthed in Iran, with gold jewelry and astonishing 'scorpion' cosmetics box
- Proposed spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri
- Stone Age family may have been cannibalized for 'ultimate elimination' 5,600 years ago, study suggests
- Maya civilization had 16 million people at peak, new study finds — twice the population of modern-day NYC
- 'Oddly shaped head' left in Italian cave 12,500 years ago is Europe's oldest known case of cranial modification, study finds
- Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests
August 6th
- Huge study of ME/CFS reveals genetic 'hotspots' linked to the debilitating syndrome
- Mystery of why sea stars keep turning into goo finally solved — and it's not what scientists thought
- 'Most remarkable' fossil of Jurassic sea monster from Germany is previously unknown species
- SpaceX launched disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station
- Sturgeon Moon 2025: What makes August's full moon a special 2-night affair
- 'It seems that size really does matter': Males of 4 never-before-seen tarantula species have record-long genitalia
- 1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existed
- 5,000-year-old burials in Germany hold 3 women with bedazzled baby carriers
- 'The best solution is to murder him in his sleep': AI models can send subliminal messages that teach other AIs to be 'evil,' study claims
- Glaciers across North America and Europe have lost an 'unprecedented' amount of ice in the past 4 years
August 5th
- Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabs
- A parade of volcanoes is erupting in Russia following an 8.8 earthquake
- 'Big-butt starfish,' 'little sweet potato' and dozens of never-before-seen species recorded during deep-sea expedition off Argentina
- 2 dead and 58 infected amid bacterial outbreak in NYC
- Scientists heat gold to 14 times its melting point — without turning it into a liquid
- 300,000-year-old teeth from China may be evidence that humans and Homo erectus interbred, according to new study
- How does the morning-after pill work?
August 4th
- Cosmic rays could help support alien life on worlds outside the 'Goldilocks zone'
- Watch a pod of orcas pretending to drown one of their own in macabre training session
- Scientists just recreated the universe's first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos
- No-sugar sweetener erythritol may pose risk to cells in the brain, study finds — here's what to know
- Creepy new giant insect may be the heaviest ever recorded in Australia
- Dormant volcano erupts in Russia for first time in around 500 years, days after magnitude 8.8 megaquake
- The universe may start dying in just 10 billion years, alarming new model predicts
August 3rd
- Humans may have untapped 'superpowers' from genes related to hibernation, scientists claim
- Skyscraper-size spikes of methane ice may surround Pluto's equator
- See 'hyperrealistic' reconstructions of 2 Stone Age sisters who worked in brutal mine in the Czech Republic 6,000 years ago
August 2nd
- When your mind goes 'blank,' your brain activity resembles deep sleep, scans reveal
- Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference 'where no signals are supposed to be present'
- Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun
August 1st
- Ancient viruses embedded in our DNA help switch genes on and off, study finds
- First-of-its-kind footage captures bizarre sea creatures flourishing in extreme depths of the ocean
- Warm and cool temperatures travel on completely different paths to the brain, study finds