Rectal exam stabilized man's irregular heartbeat
A man's sudden heart issue went away without the standard course of treatment.
Space
Astronomers map one of the largest structures in the universe, hidden behind the Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance'
Scientists have mapped the extent of the Vela Supercluster for the first time, and determined that it is one of the largest structures in the universe.
Hubble revisits stunning Trifid Nebula after 30 years, and spots a growing jet of energy — Space photo of the week
The Hubble Space Telescope revisits a star-forming region 5,000 light-years from Earth, which it first captured in 1997, revealing how the cosmic nursery has changed over human timescales.
The AMOC moves closer to collapse, scientists create artificial neurons, the "Iliad" is found inside and Egyptian mummy, and researchers search for treatments for brain-eating amoebas
Science news this week April 25, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend
Planet Earth
Drilling has begun at our sacred site Pe' Sla, setting a dangerous precedent for Indigenous lands across the country. It must be stopped.
Opinion Drilling in the 2-mile buffer zone of Pe' Sla, in the He Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota, shows even sacred lands protected by the U.S. government are not safe from the threat of destruction — and it should ring alarm bells everywhere.
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Full moon helps paint vibrant, muddy 'brushstrokes' in Indonesian river
Earth from space A 2024 satellite snap shows suspended sediments streaking across the mouth of the Rokan River, thanks in part to a particularly high tide caused by a full "Strawberry Moon."
Antarctica's sea ice suddenly started shrinking a decade ago — and deep-diving robots are revealing why
A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.
The Trump administration wants to open precious East Coast forests to logging and mining
The fight over the roadless rule has long focused on the West, but its repeal could fragment some of the last pristine forests in the eastern United States.
'The push towards renewables is unstoppable because it's in a country's self-interest': Climate scientist Andy Reisinger on Trump, Iran, and the future of Earth
Once global warming peaks, it could take centuries to cool things back down. But we can bend the curve by cutting fossil fuel emissions now.
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archaeology
Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual
Astonishing Artifacts Llamas were vital to the Inca Empire and were seen as both useful pack animals and sacred beings.
DNA study of nearly 200 Indigenous genomes reveals unknown Asian 'ghost' population contributed to American ancestry
New genetic results reveal a previously unknown wave of people settled in South America 1,300 years ago and that Indigenous Americans carry remnants of a "ghost lineage."
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Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discover
A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.
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Animals
'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs
In this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs — a fluffy fossil from China.
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Why do cats and dogs shake their heads?
Cats often flick their heads back and forth as if they've been possessed. This strange reflex has a simple explanation.
'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean
A close inspection of 27 fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators of the Cretaceous were all vertebrates.
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Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak — but that hasn't stopped him from becoming an undefeated jousting champion
A kea parrot in New Zealand who lost the top part of his beak when young has developed a new way to fight other males that has made him unbeatable.
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Health & Human Behavior
'Eventually, it becomes you': Inventors of new 'living' knee replacement describe why this tech is desperately needed and how it works
Live Science spoke with the developers of a living knee implant that could help more patients in need of knee replacements get them.
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'A landmark moment for the field': FDA approves first-ever gene therapy for inherited deafness
A gene therapy made by Regeneron is the first treatment of its kind approved for genetic hearing loss.
Scientists invent artificial neurons that 'talk' to real brain cells, paving way to better brain implants
Engineers have found a way to fine-tune tiny artificial neurons to fire like real brain cells.
Gene therapy improves hearing in 90% of patients with inherited deafness in largest trial of its kind
A new gene therapy tested in China has improved the hearing of 38 people who were born deaf due to mutations in a gene called OTOF.
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New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time
A startup is experimenting with data centers powered by lab-grown human neurons, testing whether living cells can offer a more efficient alternative to traditional computing.
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Physics, Math & Chemistry
Physicists witness pinpricks of darkness moving faster than the speed of light
For the first time, researchers measured singularities in combined light and sound waves moving faster than the speed of light. The findings have implications in fluid dynamics, optics and many other fields.
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Physicists entangle two moving atoms for the first time, validating 'spooky' quantum theory
For the first time, scientists have observed quantum entanglement in the momentum of massive particles. The result, decades in the making, could help physicists probe the relationship between quantum mechanics and gravity.
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