Céline Dion's muscle spasms caused by rare disorder: What is stiff-person syndrome? By Nicoletta Lanese published 9 December 22 Singer Céline Dion was recently diagnosed with a rare disorder that causes severe muscle spasms.
Deadly 'rogue wave' smashes into cruise ship near Antarctica — but where did it come from? By Harry Baker published 9 December 22 A suspected rogue wave recently crashed into a cruise ship near Antarctica killing one and injuring four others. Where did it come from?
Nobody took John F. Clauser's quantum experiments seriously. 50 years later, he's collecting a Nobel Prize. By Jonas Enander published 9 December 22 John F. Clauser reflects on receiving the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics for the groundbreaking work he did 50 years ago.
Distant 'hell planet' with diamond core is the victim of a gravitational catastrophe By Ben Turner published 9 December 22 The planet 55 Cancri e, also known as the "hell planet," appears to have been dragged closer to its sun's equator due to a gravitational anomaly.
Mangled 'dragon' fossils were cooked by ancient continents colliding to form Pangaea By Harry Baker published 9 December 22 Warped amphibian-like fossils in Ireland were likely transformed by superheated fluids that were released as ancient continents crashed into one another around 300 million years ago.
Did long-necked dinosaurs' whip-like tails really break the sound barrier? Not so fast. By Jennifer Nalewicki published 9 December 22 New research contradicts the claim that diplodocids could whip their tails at supersonic speeds. Instead, it was a (still impressive) 62 mph.
How did the Milky Way form? By Paul Sutter published 8 December 22 Our 13 billion-year-old galaxy has gone through many growing pains — usually to the detriment of its smaller neighbors.
Gold-and-garnet cross necklace found buried with wealthy medieval British woman By Kristina Killgrove published 8 December 22 Archaeologists in England were surprised to discover an elaborate cross with human faces and a gold-and-garnet necklace in an early medieval burial.
Your dog's genes, but not necessarily its breed, play a big role in its behavior By Amy Arthur published 8 December 22 Humans began selectively breeding dogs around 2,000 years ago, and these genes play a role in your pup's behavior, a new study of 4,000 purebred, mixed-breed and wild dogs finds.
Oddly modern skull raises new questions about the early evolution of birds By Stephanie Pappas published 8 December 22 A fossil skull from a toothy early relative of today's birds shows a weirdly modern skull configuration, raising new questions about the early evolution of birds.
This cheap Chromebook is the perfect holiday gift for students and kids By Lloyd Coombes published 8 December 22 Deal At just $109, the Lenovo Chromebook 3 is an ideal cheap laptop for kids or students who need something to work and play on.
'Jousting ankylosaurs' whacked their peers with their 'sledgehammer-like tails' By Jennifer Nalewicki published 8 December 22 Not only did ankylosaurs like "Zuul" use their tails as weapons against potential predators, but they also used them to battle their peers.
Man holding penis and flanked by leopards is world's oldest narrative carving By Kristina Killgrove published 8 December 22 The 11,000-year-old carved relief, found in Turkey, is the oldest narrative carving on record.
Mammals were already poised to take over the world before the dino-killing asteroid struck By Nicoletta Lanese published 7 December 22 Ancient mammals were better adapted than nonavian dinosaurs to survive the Chicxulub asteroid impact.
Radioactive space rocks could have seeded life on Earth, new research suggests By Ben Turner published 7 December 22 Radioactive isotopes were found to produce amino acids inside carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.
The brightest, most energetic explosions in the universe don't come from where we thought By Brandon Specktor published 7 December 22 While tracking an incredibly bright gamma-ray burst to its origins, scientists uncovered a hidden explosion that could upend decades of research.
'Quantum time flip' makes light move simultaneously forward and backward in time By Ben Turner published 7 December 22 The time-flipped photon can't be used to restage "Back to the Future," but it could help us figure out some of the universe's most mysterious phenomena.
World's oldest DNA reveals secrets of lost Arctic ecosystem from 2 million years ago By Harry Baker published 7 December 22 Researchers have unearthed tiny fragments of DNA in the Arctic that were left by plants, microbes and animals that lived in a previously unknown ecosystem in Greenland.
Alien life on Venus? No chance, says new NASA study By Harry Baker published 7 December 22 New research has debunked a 2020 study that claimed to have found the chemical phosphine, a potential biomarker for extraterrestrial life, in Venus' atmosphere.
Surprising loss of sea ice after record-breaking Arctic storm is a mystery to scientists By JoAnna Wendel published 7 December 22 Although models accurately predicted the evolution of the Arctic storm, scientists were surprised to see just how much sea ice thickness decreased in the storm's aftermath.
