A Subtle Shift in the Nile May Explain the Rise of an Ancient African Empire
Recent research from the University of Michigan now provides a geological explanation for why this part of the Nile became the foundation for Kushite civilization.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Just Revealed Surprising Surface Details on a Nearby ‘Super-Earth’
In a historic first, scientists have successfully characterized several surface features and the likely mineral composition of an exoplanet
6,000-Year-Old Prehistoric Mining Camp Discovered Amid Burned Rocks and Children’s Bones
Ancient people in the eastern Pyrenees spent more time at high altitudes than archaeologists previously expected, according to new research.
Genetic Research Reframes Archaeological Understanding of How the Germanic People Arose 1500-Years-Ago in the Roman Collapse
European genetic research offers surprising insights into who lived along the Roman frontier as the empire fell and Germanic peoples arose.
Scientists Propose Our Eyes Evolved From This Ancient “Cyclops” Organ
Deep in human evolutionary history, before anything recognizable as a vertebrate existed, one of our oldest relatives had a single eye sitting on top of its head.
Volcanic Apocalypse? New Research Pushes Back on the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
New research challenging the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis argues volcanic activity likely caused the final cold spell of the last ice age.
Something Deep in the Ocean is Causing Global Sea Levels to Rise—Now Scientists Reveal What’s Driving the Anomaly
Scientists tracking factors driving a global rise in sea levels in recent years say a key missing piece in the puzzle may have finally been revealed.
A “Transdimensional” Anomalous Hall Effect Has Been Observed for the First Time—Here’s What That Could Mean
Scientists report the discovery of a "transdimensional anomalous Hall effect" revealing an unusual behavior in a new kind of layered graphene.
Scientists Unlock Elusive Quantum Effect Long Considered Theoretical in Breakthrough Experiment
A once-theoretical quantum interaction has been achieved in a breakthrough laboratory experiment by University of Oxford researchers.
Clean Energy Breakthrough: Scientists Have Discovered “Something Interesting and Unknown” in This Novel Material
A clean energy breakthrough has been made by UK researchers, who discovered new “in-between states” as precursors break down when heated.
Archaeologists Just Discovered a Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Inside an Ancient Egyptian Mummy
In a historic first, archeologists excavating an ancient Egyptian tomb have found a fragment of Homer's poem The Iliad embalmed with the mummy
2000-Year-Old Amazonian “Dark Earth” Causes Mysterious Plant Growth at Accelerated Levels, Baffling Researchers
Unusual patches of black Amazonian soil rich in nutrients known as "dark earth," which rapidly accelerates plant growth, remain one of the region's greatest mysteries.
Massive Study Shows Overwhelming Support for Federal Cannabis Reform Amid Culture Shift
A peer-reviewed study involving more than 40,000 public comments finds overwhelming support for the recent U.S. federal shift on cannabis.
“The Foundations for a New Generation of Light‑Based Technologies”: Scientists Uncover ‘Hidden’ Property of Light That Allows it to Spin and Twist
Scientists have discovered a 'hidden property' of light that could lead to a new generation of light-based and quantum technologies.
Astronomers May Have Found Remnants of a Lost Galaxy Named “Loki” Hidden in the Milky Way
Ancient stars near Earth may be remnants of a lost galaxy called Loki, revealing clues about the Milky Way’s violent past.
NASA Tests Prototype ‘Magnetoplasmadynamic’ Electric Propulsion Thruster Designed to Power Future Trips to Mars
NASA announced a successful test of a sci-fi-sounding lithium metal vapor electric thruster propulsion system that could power trips to Mars.
Universal Patterns Emerge in Human Languages, Revealing “Four Surprising Laws” Behind Their Evolution
Human languages as disparate as English, Japanese, and Russian follow remarkably similar evolutionary paths, according to a new AI study.
A Mysterious 4000-Year-Old “Lost” Writing System Has Finally Been Decoded, in a Modern “Rosetta Stone” Breakthrough
An ancient mystery has been solved by a French archaeologist who successfully cracked the code to an undeciphered Iranian writing system.
Great Pyramid Construction Theory Reveals New Link to Mysterious “Void” Within Egypt’s Largest Ancient Megastructure
New research into how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built may offer clues about a mysterious void within Egypt’s largest monument.
“It’s a Mystery”: This Strange Superconductor Exhibits Odd Behavior Under Extreme Conditions
The strange superconductor UTe2 exhibits “reentry superconductivity,” in which it gains, loses, and regains superconductivity.
The Secret of the ‘Fe Kα Line,’ a Crucial Tool for Exploring Black Holes, Has Finally Been Revealed
An X-ray emission known as the Fe Kα line, or iron Ka line, is one of astronomy’s most essential data sources on objects such as black holes.
Mystery Fossils Reveal the First Known Ankylosaur Hatchling
For over two decades, paleontologists have puzzled over a set of unusually small dinosaur fossils from northeastern China.
12,000-Year-Old Discovery at Karahan Tepe, “the World’s First Village,” Reveals an Ancient Key to Human Survival
New discoveries at Göbekli Tepe’s enigmatic sister site, Karahan Tepe, reveal a major clue to how these ancient Neolithic innovators thrived.
Scientists Propose New Way to Detect Alien Life Using Planetary Patterns
Searching for alien life by looking for specific signals from individual planets may overlook a larger pattern, new research suggests.
Chat GPT of Sound? SmartDj Lets Users Customize Their Immersive Sound Environment with Simple Voice Commands in Everyday Language
Penn scientists announce an AI-powered sound engineering audio language model, SmartDj, that turns simply worded commands into complex audio.
42 Lost Pages from a Critically Important 6th-Century Manuscript Have Been Recovered—Here’s What They Reveal
Scientists have restored the lost portions of a manuscript widely considered one of the most critically important early New Testament works.
Deep Below Antarctica, Mysterious Radio Signals From the Icy Depths Point to Evidence of a Rare Phenomenon
A detector deep beneath the frozen southern continent has obtained first evidence of a rare cosmic phenomenon.
Mystery of Time Deepens as “Strange Physics” Study Reveals New Links to Gravity and the Quantum World
New research suggests time could hold the key to resolving mysteries of gravity, quantum mechanics, and other phenomena in modern physics.
Scientists Are Decoding These Towering Solar Structures That Can Disrupt Earth’s Technology
Solar prominences are massive chunks of plasma floating above the Sun’s surface, which can cause dangerous solar eruptions.
Your Dreams May Shape How You Feel the Next Day More Than You Realize
Recent research indicates that the content of your dreams, including the unsettling moments, may influence your emotional well-being more than previously understood.
These Weird Medieval Artifacts Are Helping Archaeologists Unearth the Hidden World of Human Senses in the Middle Ages
New research reveals how curious medieval artifacts are helping uncover the hidden world of sensory experiences in the Middle Ages.
Colossal Octopus Fossils Suggest a 60-Foot “Kraken” Once Ruled the Oceans
Giant 19-meter-long kraken-like octopuses may have been the apex predators in the Late Cretaceous-era oceans, according to new research.
U.S. Moves Marijuana to Schedule III, Reshaping Research and the Cannabis Economy
The United States federal government reclassified state-licensed medical marijuana on Thursday, ending decades of policy that placed the drug in the same category as heroin and had long restricted its use in scientific research.
MIT Experiments Show Plant Seeds Can “Hear” the Sound of Rain—And They Don’t Find It Calming
MIT engineers reveal plant seeds can "hear" the sound of rain, which awakens them from a dormant state and prompts them to begin growing.
Cocaine Pollution Alters Wild Salmon Behavior, New Study Finds
Cocaine pollution in freshwater lakes is altering wild salmon behavior, according to alarming new research.
Strange Water on 3I/ATLAS Hints at the Alien Conditions of Its Birth in a Frigid, Low-Radiation Region
New research reveals that the mysterious interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS comes from a very cold alien environment, new research reveals.
Astronomers Just Used ‘Galactic Archaeology’ to Map the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Disc, Ushering a “New Era of Discovery”
The Milky Way galaxy’s fuzzy star-forming edge has finally been mapped, as researchers identify the major region of stellar birth.
Scientists Discover Path to ‘Extreme Light Intensities’ That Could Enable Ultra-Powerful Laser Weapons and Advanced Tech
Experiments reveal a new path to extreme light intensities used in combat lasers, nuclear fusion, and studies probing the laws of physics.
SETI Institute Launches Discovery and Futures Lab to Explore Humanity’s Response to Life Beyond Earth
The SETI Institute’s new Discovery and Futures Lab is expanding the search for life beyond Earth, uniting science, ethics, and society to prepare for potential contact.
Scientists Use Modern Technology to Unravel the Origin of the ‘Baptism of Christ’
Modern machine learning tools have determined that the Spanish Renaissance painting, the Baptism of Christ, was the sole work of El Greco.
“Icarus is Building the Robotic Labor Force for Space”: Voyager Technologies is Sending a Next-Generation Zero Gravity Robot on a ‘Joyride’ to Space
Space launch company Voyager Technologies has agreed to test the Icarus Robotics zero-gravity robot 'Joy' on the International Space Station.
Researchers Say Genetics Plays Larger Role in Longevity Than Thought
Researchers found that genetics may account for about half of the variation in human lifespan, which is at least twice as much as previous estimates and, in some cases, much higher.
Scientists Reveal Organic Matter “Preserved on Mars for 3.5 Billion Years” in First-of-Its-Kind Study
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found chemicals linked to the rise of life on Earth, in a first-of-its-kind experiment on the Red Planet.
Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics Makes an ‘Illuminating’ Discovery About the Solar System’s X-Ray ‘Glow’
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have successfully isolated the Solar System's ubiquitous X-ray glow.
A Cave in Israel Is Rewriting What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals and Early Humans
Archaeologists have found evidence that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens not only lived side by side during the mid-Middle Paleolithic era, but may have also influenced each other's ways of life.
Scientists Identify Appetite-Suppressing Peptide That Works Outside Known Weight-Loss Pathways
A team at Stanford Medicine has now identified a naturally occurring molecule that suppresses appetite and promotes fat loss in animal studies, without many of the side effects linked to semaglutide, the main ingredient in Ozempic.
Large Hadron Collider Experiments Hint at ‘Undiscovered Physics’ That Could Soon Overturn the Standard Model, Physicists Say
Physicists working with the famous Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, say recent experiments could point to undiscovered physics that challenge the Standard Model.
Just Two Centuries From Now, This Newly Discovered Exoplanet System Will look Vastly Different—Here’s Why
The dynamic exoplanet system TOI-201 is changing so rapidly that astronomers say it may look extremely different to us in two centuries.
Researchers Develop Framework to Explain Chronic Nightmares in Children
Published in Frontiers in Sleep, the research presents the DARC-NESS model, which offers a new approach to understanding why nightmares persist in children and how therapy can be designed to break this cycle.
5-Million-Year-Old Mystery of the Colorado River’s Disappearance Has Finally Been Solved
Over 5 million years ago, the Colorado River disappeared from the geological record, but now geologists have finally solved the mystery.