This Deep-Sea Predator Can Live for Centuries—Now Geneticists Are Close to Hacking the Secrets of Its Longevity
The mystery of the Greenland shark’s incredible longevity may finally be unraveling with the creature's first genome map.
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A Hidden Brain Rhythm May Map the Line Between Conscious and Unconscious States
Researchers at LMU have found a new type of electrical rhythm in the central thalamus that allows them to closely track certain states of consciousness.
This Ancient Artifact Remained Unidentified for Decades—Now It’s Rewriting the History of One of Japan’s Early Iron Technologies
An iron artifact recovered by archaeologists may be the oldest of its kind ever found in Japan, according to new research.
This Rare Meteorite Could Be Evidence of a “Massive World” Once Hidden Deep in Our Solar System
A meteorite discovered in Africa could be evidence of a lost protoplanet that once orbited our Sun, say researchers.
After Swiss Scientists Injected ‘Repair’ Microrobots into the Injured Spinal Cords of Fish and Mice, Something Incredible Happened
After magnetically driven microrobots loaded with stem cells were injected into the injured spinal cord of a mouse, something happened.
5,500-Year-Old Discoveries in a Remote Mountain Cave Reveal Evidence of Prehistoric Industry Linked to the Dawn of Metallurgy
Strange green stones, possible hidden burials, and other discoveries have been made in a remote cave high in the Pyrenees mountains.
The SETI Institute Searched For Signs of Technology From 3I/ATLAS—a New Paper Reveals What They Found
The SETI Institute says it found no evidence of technosignatures during a comprehensive examination of the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
This Deep Sea ‘Giant’ Can Go Five Years Without Eating—Now Scientists Are Unlocking the Genetic Secrets of Its Extreme Survival
Scientists have uncovered the genetic secrets behind a novel strategy that allows the supergiant bathynomid to survive without food for years.
A Massive Hidden Planet May Be Lurking Beyond Neptune—This Caltech Scientist Thinks “Planet Nine” Could Be Confirmed This Year
A ninth planet could soon be located, according to this scientist searching for evidence of a mysterious object in the outer Solar System.
“A Game Changing Warfighting Capability”: DIU-Funded Hermeus Says Autonomous, High-Mach Payload Release Test Flights to Begin
Aviation defense company, Hermeus, has announced new test flights to expedite carrying and releasing payloads at high-Mach speeds.
Room-Temperature Quantum Computing? A Superlattice Breakthrough Could Be Poised to Help Supercharge Information Science
A novel phase of matter has been achieved by researchers, finally realizing a theoretical quantum prediction using nanoscale building blocks.
We Need a Way to Detect Conscious AI Before It’s Too Late—Here’s What Has Scientists Sounding the Alarm
Could Conscious AI be closer than we think? Researchers propose a new method to detect machine awareness before the question becomes urgent.
First Look: Enigmatic ‘Aurora’ Suborbital Spaceplane Spotted Carrying a Special John Hopkins Payload in Previously Unseen Video
Dawn Aerospace has released raw footage of its Aurora Spaceplane ferrying a Johns Hopkins Advanced Propulsion Lab payload to suborbital space.
4,500-Year-Old Discovery on a Remote Island Could Change Everything We Know About Ancient Nautical Technology in the High Arctic
A discovery by archaeologists on a remote island in the High Arctic could upend past thinking on ancient seafaring technology.
In Antarctica, Scientists Just Discovered a Massive Hidden Structure Deep Below the Frozen Surface
A massive, semi-continent-sized subsurface structure has been discovered by scientists beneath Antarctica’s frozen surface.
A Black Hole Mystery That Has Puzzled Scientists for Half a Century Has Finally Been Solved
A black hole mystery has been solved after half a century, after researchers discovered evidence of a long-missing cosmic wind.
Look What NASA Captured in Satellite Images as This Bizarre Phenomenon Erupted from the Heart of a Super Typhoon
A violent typhoon that tore across the North Pacific Ocean in April offered a rare look at an unusual spectacle of the natural world, captured in nighttime imagery by a U.S. satellite.
Stonehenge Mystery Deepens as New Study Reveals Altar Stone’s 466-Mile Journey Across Ancient Britain
New study reveals how Stonehenge's Altar Stone may have traveled hundreds of miles across prehistoric Britain before arriving at the monument.
Physicists Tried Cutting a Photon in Half—Then Things Got Really Weird
What would happen if you tried to cut an elementary particle like a photon into smaller pieces? New research suggests it could get very weird.
One of America’s Rarest Species Just Narrowly Survived a Historic Wildfire—NASA Satellite Images Reveal the Stunning Damage
NASA satellite images reveal recent damage on Santa Rosa Island from what officials say was the largest Channel Islands wildfire on record.
Scientists Discover an Astronomical ‘Rosetta Stone’ for Decoding Mysterious Cosmic Signals
Scientists claim to have discovered an astronomical 'Rosetta Stone' for mysterious cosmic signals that have perplexed astronomers for decades.
Scientists Warn the Global Population Could Halve by 2064—a Hidden Pattern Reveals the Worst-Case ‘Crisis’ Scenario
A new Mathematical Model traces 12,000 years of population growth and warns how fast Earth's limits could reshape human life.
A Massive 6000-Year-Old ‘Mega-Structure’ Unearthed by Archaeologists Reveals Links to a Mysterious Early European Culture
A massive discovery in northeastern Romania has revealed links to a curious ancient culture from ancient Eastern Europe’s Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.
Scientists Just Revealed Something Massive Has Been Hiding Beneath This New York Cemetery for More Than a Century
Cornell University researchers have confirmed a massive, century-old underground discovery hidden below a New York cemetery.
NASA Officials Confirm Rare Event Captured in Satellite Images That Caused Loud Booms Heard Throughout New England
Residents of New England were startled over the weekend as a loud quaking boom shook the northeast, while many observers spotted a bright fireball streaking through the skies over the U.S. and Canada.
Exoplanet Magnetism Revealed in New Study Researchers Call a “Key Step” in Decoding the Survival of Planets
The best evidence for exoplanet magnetic fields ever discovered has emerged from new research that measures wind speeds on ultra-hot Jupiters.
“Explore a Scene from Any Vantage Point You Want”: 3D Volumetric Video Breakthrough Means Streaming in 3D May Soon Be a Reality
A 3D volumetric video breakthrough overcoming previous technological limitations could finally enable true 3D streaming on everyday devices.
“How in the World Can These Things Happen?”: After a Series of ‘Mystery’ Quakes Shook Utah, Scientists Finally Think They Know Why
Nearly five decades after the first in a series of mystery quakes rocked the Utah-Wyoming region, scientists think they've figured it out.
Astronomers Discover New Way to Weigh Planets Hidden Inside Dusty Disks
Newborn planets’ dusty rings hold the secret to uncovering their mass, say researchers who have now characterized these once-obscured celestial objects.
A Single Jawbone From Egypt Is Changing How Scientists Think About Ape Origins
For much of the past century, fossils from East Africa have shaped our understanding of ape evolution. Now, a jawbone found in the Egyptian desert adds a new dimension to that story.
One of the Largest Schrödinger’s Cat States Ever Observed Pushes Quantum Weirdness Beyond Its Tiny Limits
Breaking the tiny bounds of Quantum mechanics researchers have created a massive Schrödinger cat particle under ultracold conditions.
Pavlov’s Mosquito: Pests Can Be Conditioned to See DEET as a Meal Ticket Instead of a Deterrent
Mosquitoes may have surprisingly overcome one of humanity’s best defenses against them, associating the smell of DEET with a nearby meal.
Einstein-Rosen Bridges May Not Be Wormholes After All, Physicists Reveal
Recent research suggests that the original bridge theory was not a wormhole but a mathematical feature of how time is structured.
Sealed in an Envelope for a Decade, Another Surprise in the Quest to Unravel the Mystery of Gravity Emerges
A twist on gravity measurement, hidden in a mysterious envelope, may point to a subtle flaw in our understanding of the universe.
Newly Discovered “Witch Croc” Reveals Dinosaur-Like Evolution in the Triassic
A newly described fossil from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, belongs to the crocodile family tree, but unlike most crocodile-line archosaurs, it walked on two legs, had small arms, and a toothless beak.
Something Revealed Itself by Bending the Light of a Distant Star in 2019—Now Astronomers Are Racing to Find Out What It Was
For just an hour in late 2019, a cosmic mystery revealed itself to astronomers in an unprecedented way: by bending the light of a star.
“The Sun May be Entering a Different Mode of Behavior”: Scientists Say Something is Happening Beneath the Solar Surface
The Sun is experiencing long-term changes, producing a major squeeze in the four most recent solar activity cycles.
Asteroid Impact Craters May Have Helped Create Early Habitats for Oxygen-Producing Life
Scientists studying an ancient asteroid crater on the Korean Peninsula have uncovered rock formations that may offer clues to the rise of atmospheric oxygen on Earth.
Scientists Locked ‘Virtual’ Astronauts in a Moon Base with Equipment Failures, Moonquakes and Extreme Radiation. Here’s What Happened.
Scientists locked virtual astronauts in a simulated Lunar Base with system failures and natural disasters and watched how they'd respond.
ATLAS Collaboration Physicists Just Revealed the Discovery of an Entirely New Exotic Particle
In a physicists first, researchers with the ATLAS Collaboration report the successful observation of a new exotic particle.
Strange 19-Day Solar Signal Breaks NASA’s Previous Record Nearly Fourfold
NASA researchers have captured the longest solar radio emission ever observed, exceeding the previous record by almost fourfold.
Hidden in a Croatian Cave, Archaeologists Have Made a Perplexing Discovery They Say “Remains Open to Interpretation”
Archaeologists in Croatia have made an unusual discovery at an ancient ritual site along the country’s southern coast.
NASA Unveils Ambitious New Plans For Moon Base to Serve as “Humanity’s First Outpost on Another Celestial World”
NASA has unveiled a plethora of Moon Base news as its Artemis program seeks to establish permanent lunar infrastructure.
James Webb Space Telescope Survey of 9,000 Star Clusters Reveals Surprising Tradeoff in Planet Formation
James Webb Space Telescope research is revealing exciting information on star and planet formation from observations of four nearby galaxies.
Scientists Thought This Species Was Extinct for Decades—A Chance Photograph in Remote Australia Just Proved Otherwise
A discovery in remote northern Australia has revealed the survival of a species thought to have been driven to extinction more than half a century ago.
Psilocybin Helped Reduce Depression Symptoms Within Just Days, Recent Clinical Trial Reveals
A recent clinical trial in Sweden found that a single oral dose of psilocybin reduced depressive symptoms within 48 hours in participants suffering from moderate to severe depression.
600-Year-Old Artifacts Reveal Surprising First Evidence of Sophisticated Ancient Medical Knowledge in China’s Ming Dynasty
New research reveals that ancient Ming Dynasty surgeons were using a remarkably advanced surgical technique as early as the 14th century.
Superhero Strength from Futuristic Clothing? Scientists Invent ‘Wearable Robot’ Fabric Muscle Clothing That Increases the Wearer’s Strength by 40%
Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials engineers reveal a fabric 'muscle' that makes the wearer stronger and increases range of motion.
Legend Trippers Are Losing Themselves in Mysterious Online “Backrooms” Resembling Empty Corridors—These Researchers Want to Know Why
Researchers reveal the phenomenon of "intense emotional experiences in spaces that are not physically real" sought by online legend trippers.
“They Would Be Able to ‘See,’ ‘Hear,’ and ‘Think’”: Laser-Powered Ceramic Engines Could Drive Futuristic Intelligent 6G Networks
Chinese scientists claim they've tested a visible-light, laser-based ceramic engine that could enable AI-based intelligent 6G networks.