News Archive | August 2026

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August 31st
- Scientists build tiny robots without motors that can fly using sound waves alone
- Planting crops in fields of solar panels is more efficient, protects the plants and helps keep workers cool, study finds
August 29th
- 2,600 silver coins found in the outskirts of Moscow may have been buried by a medieval plague victim
- New kind of AI uses a fresh approach to reasoning —‬ researchers say it costs up to 11 times less to run than a leading OpenAI model
August 28th
- Strange 'hobbit' species walked more like us than like 'Lucy,' hip bones reveal
- The popular diabetes drug metformin has been used for decades — and scientists just figured out its main mechanism
- Scientists invent a gel that creates neurons from other cells, which could help treat Alzheimer's
August 27th
- Ancient shark 'graveyard' uncovered in Egyptian desert
- 'This is such a clear story': Climate change is supercharging El Niño to unprecedented strengths, study finds
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend. When will we see its first photos?
- Devastating Nepal floods were triggered by glacier collapse, experts say — and there's a risk of more landslides to come
August 26th
- 'Unlike anything seen before': Archaeologists unearth a unique, 11,000-year-old statue of a person riding a leopard from one of the world's earliest settlements
- Rare red northern lights may be visible alongside red moon during tonight's partial lunar eclipse
- The moon is turning red tonight — here's why, and how to watch
August 25th
- 2 people die of measles in Pennsylvania as vaccination rates drop across the nation
- Ritual solstice structure 1,000 years older than Stonehenge unearthed in Czech Republic
August 24th
- As cervical cancer rates fall, HPV is causing more throat and mouth cancers in men — why?
- Ocean 'under unprecedented strain' as El Niño helps supercharge warming to record levels
- Severe COVID-19 may wake up dormant viruses and lead to lasting physical disability, study finds
- Cheap wall tiles 'inspired by flowing streams' could fix one of superfast 6G's biggest problems
August 23rd
- Why is AI going on a hacking spree?
August 22nd
- Archaeologists unearth a medieval nobleman buried with his horse and dog in a rare wooden tomb in Russia
August 21st
- Scientists finally know why astronauts struggle to poop in space — and reveal a hidden risk of long-haul spaceflight
August 20th
- 'This is not the outcome we were working towards': $30 million mission to save NASA's Swift telescope fails
- Black hole star? Solar-system-size 'dot' from the early universe is our best evidence yet of a brand-new type of cosmic object
- Cave sanctuary in Spain has highest number of Latin inscriptions anywhere in the Roman Empire — and many of them mention mysterious 'Lady'
- Mini 'arteries-on-a-chip' could help predict a person's risk of stroke
- 1,400-year-old skeleton found in underground channel in Peru may have belonged to human sacrifice victim
- Secret 'messages' in cat pee let felines identify each other — and scientists just cracked the code
August 19th
- IBM's new 'quantum fridges' are nearly 200 times colder than deep space and could pave the way for fault-tolerant quantum computing
- Scientists just discovered a big limitation in lab-grown minibrains — they have a skewed 'sense of time'
- Astronomers spot the closest, fastest star ever seen orbiting our galaxy's monster black hole
- Out-of-control SpaceX rocket carved a 60-foot crater into the moon, NASA images reveal
August 18th
- Body found at bottom of Scottish well may be from rare ritual burial performed centuries ago
- Peptides are the latest wellness fad. What are they, and are they safe?
- Neanderthals may have trekked through the Saudi Arabian desert 55,000 years ago, farther south than experts thought possible
- 'Beyond human intuition': AI designs chip components 500 times smaller than what engineers could ever imagine
- The pace of climate change matters more than overall heat in the race to save key Atlantic currents, study finds
- Archaeologists discover Etruscan well that was ritually opened with offerings for a goddess — and 'closed' with human bodies
August 17th
- 1,700-year-old church discovered under a lake in Turkey may be the location of the First Council of Nicaea — but other experts disagree
- Skeleton with 167 fractures discovered at Scottish castle may have been first victim of Edward I's 'War Wolf' trebuchet
- Elon Musk and Sam Altman claim we've reached the AI singularity. But how would we even know that happened?
August 15th
- 4 lemurs die of human herpesvirus, including one that had been used in a 'lemur yoga' class
August 14th
- 'Full-on berserker mode': Archaeologists solve mystery of medieval soldiers with gruesome square holes in their skulls
- Rare belching disorder could be treated with singing, study hints — but not everyone is convinced
- 'The lance head was still inside the pelvis': Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battle
- 'If this is the new normal, then we are in very deep trouble': Brazil's drying aquifers could have ripple effects across the world
August 13th
- Memory may not work how we thought, study of mice in artificial hibernation finds
- Saving old trees may protect people's health more than planting new ones, study of Chicago neighborhoods finds
- 'They basically used these dried-up wells just to throw people in': 43 skeletons found in Roman-era well may be evidence of deadly plague
- New AI technique helps robots complete tasks twice as fast by letting them 'think ahead'
- James Webb telescope just spotted the oldest, closest pair of black holes in the early universe
- Foodborne illnesses: Is the US really being hit harder this year?
- Mars may have been losing its water more than 4 billion years ago, oldest-known Martian meteorite suggests
- Mammal ancestors may have given live birth 90 million years earlier than we thought, rewriting evolutionary timelines
- Pigs wearing heated diving suits and diapers reveal a better way to beat 'the bends'
- New 2D memory device stores data on just a single electron
August 12th
- Totality! See incredible photos of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse from across Europe
- Young wild octopuses may form a 'fight club' and slap territorial fish if they get too close
- Nocturnal dodo? Study suggests we were very wrong about Mauritius' iconic flightless bird
- Strange 'magnetoelastic' tent generates electricity from wind, body movement and sound to power small devices
August 11th
- Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip into death, study finds
- Astronomers drop one of the largest-ever maps of the universe, charting 4 billion objects
- Watch now! The Aug. 12 total solar eclipse has begun (live stream)
- Neanderthals passed on a gene that helps modern humans pack on more muscle — but only a few people have it
- AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations
- 'Like a jail door slamming': Male sperm whales' mysterious rhythmic clanging is the loudest communication sound of any animal
August 10th
- FDA's approval of new mRNA vaccine does not necessarily signal the government's embrace of the technology, experts say
- 2,400-year-old grave of possible ancient pro wrestler discovered in Turkey
August 9th
- 'Now our lives have changed': Drop in coal burning is helping the African Sahel turn green after decades of drought
August 8th
- Using AI has an environmental impact — here are 4 ways you can minimize it
- Where and when to see the Aug. 12 solar eclipse — exact times for North America and Europe
August 7th
- Bacterial 'postbiotic' may help preserve fertility in the aging uterus, preliminary research suggests
- New recyclable yarn is as stretchy as spandex and could help tackle fashion's plastic waste problem
- NASA grants Voyager 2 probe another year of power with risky 'Big Bang' maneuver. Now, will it work for Voyager 1?
- AI found a weakness in one of the world's most studied encryption systems — is your data under threat?
August 6th
- Most-detailed-ever view of the sun's surface revealed in new images from the world's largest solar telescope
- FDA approves first mRNA vaccine for seasonal flu
- First photos of SpaceX lunar rocket crash show blackened hole torn into the moon's surface
- Crystal made from 13-sided 'einstein' shape bends light in ways nobody imagined
- Engineers build world's first portable diamond-powered quantum computer — it works at room temperature and can be plugged into an outlet
August 5th
- A star 20 times the size of the sun died in a supernova — and telescopes around the world joined forces to watch it
- Backward eclipse? Why the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse appears to move the wrong way on maps
- Stunning fossil from Australian outback reveals pliosaur killed a sea monster that had just eaten a pterosaur
- 'It's incredibly rare to see a moment like this in the ocean': Camera drone captures moment humpback whale gives birth off Australian coast
- 'It's real, and it's happening': Antibiotic resistance in kids is rising around the world, massive study finds
- Half of the world's dams could be 'functionally inoperable' by 2060 from being flooded with sediment — and the American West is a major hotspot
August 4th
- Physicists find a way to control heat in a way once thought impossible
- Brains don't always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years
- 'Darwin’s hypothesis provided an important inspiration': Scientists bolster 150-year-old Darwinian theory with a carnivorous plant in China
- A SpaceX rocket will hit the moon at 5,000 mph tonight. Experts explain what you could see, and when.
August 3rd
- 2 people die of Cyclospora infection in Michigan
- Microbial DNA hidden under Antarctica offers new clues about how the continent’s mysterious Blood Falls came to be
- 'Poop pills' may ease insomnia by reprogramming the gut microbiome, early study hints
- Ancient bullets reveal where a Roman camp hid in the Pyrenees of Spain before being ambushed
- Aspen trees provide a natural buffer against wildfires, even as fire season intensifies, study shows
August 1st
- Could we prevent dementia? A new trial may point the way.
- Total eclipse, shooting stars, and the Milky Way: Why Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years
- Science news this week: Secret lives of whale sharks revealed, Earth's coldest temperature registered, and Amazonian geoglyphs show clues to lost civilization