Science

Scientists stunned as strange islands and hidden springs appear in the Great Salt Lake

Bizarre ankylosaur with giant neck spikes redefines dinosaur evolution

Ancient DNA finally solves the mystery of the world’s first pandemic

Living night lights: Succulents that store sunlight and shine for hours

This simple diet could help protect memory, even with Alzheimer’s genes

Why most whale sharks in Indonesia are scarred by humans

Spiders turn fireflies into glowing traps

Sharks’ teeth are crumbling in acid seas

Scientists switch on the world’s largest neutrino detector deep underground

The Sun’s smallest loops ever seen in stunning new images

Scientists turn spin loss into energy, unlocking ultra-low-power AI chips

Scientists discover a strange new magnet that bends light like magic

Scientists unlock nature’s secret to superfast mini robots

Jupiter’s core isn’t what we thought

Tiny reactor boosts fusion with a sponge-like trick

These asteroids share a strange fingerprint from billions of years ago

Are we accidentally broadcasting our location to alien civilizations?

Mysterious “little red dots” could reveal how the first black holes formed

A star torn apart by a black hole lit up the Universe twice

Scientists finally crack the secret to perfect chocolate flavor

Astronomers uncover enormous bubble bigger than our Solar System

Ancient solar system crash may explain Bennu and Ryugu’s origin

Why listening may be the most powerful medicine

Scientists just found the brain’s secret GPS system

Scientists unlock the gene that lets bearded dragons switch sex

After 70 years, the Sun’s explosive mystery is finally solved

Hubble just snapped the clearest-ever picture of a rare interstellar comet

One atom, endless power: Scientists create a shape-shifting catalyst for green chemistry

Myanmar’s massive quake hints at bigger earthquakes to come

Greenland’s glacial runoff is powering explosions of ocean life

Gold refuses to melt at temperatures hotter than the Sun’s surface

Room-temperature quantum breakthrough freezes motion without cooling

NASA’s SWOT satellite captures Kamchatka megaquake tsunami in striking detail

Could this new earthquake system give Alaska 50 seconds to prepare?

Scientists may have found the tiny DNA switch that made us human

Strange spotted rock on Mars could reveal signs of ancient life

Clearest Mars images yet reveal mystery rock and ancient terrain in stunning detail

Injectable “skin in a syringe” could heal burns without scars

What if dark matter came from a mirror universe?

Global study reveals the surprising habit behind tough decisions

Scientists turn grapevine waste into clear, strong films that vanish in days

Scientists discover the pancake secret that makes vegan eggs irresistible

Cutting sugar won’t curb your sweet tooth, scientists say

Scientists discover brain layers that get stronger with age

Scientists reversed memory loss by powering the brain’s tiny engines

Accidental lab discovery reveals gold’s secret chemistry

From lead to gold in a flash at the Large Hadron Collider

Gold survives impossible heat, defying physics limits

Tiny gold “super atoms” could spark a quantum revolution

Stunning “wonder reptile” discovery rewrites the origins of feathers

Scientists just measured how fast glaciers carve the Earth

332 colossal canyons just revealed beneath Antarctica’s ice

The nuclear clock that could finally unmask dark matter

Scientists find brain cell switch that could reverse obesity’s effects

Life without sunlight? Earthquake fractures fuel deep underground microbes

Scientists create mysterious molecule that could spark life in space

‘Bridge’ of stray stars reveals two massive galaxies tearing each other apart

Baby star fires a jet, then gets blasted by the fallout

DNA from the deep reveals a hidden ocean “superhighway”

The Earth didn’t just crack, it curved. "It sent chills down my spine!"

Star survives black hole and comes back for more

Scientists just found a massive earthquake threat hiding beneath Yukon

Crushing vs. Slashing: New skull scans reveal how giant dinosaurs killed

Scientists just cracked the code to editing entire chromosomes flawlessly

AI cracks a meteorite’s secret: A material that defies heat

Johns Hopkins scientists grow a mini human brain that lights up and connects like the real thing

Ancient bird droppings reveal a hidden extinction crisis

Underground life on Mars? Cosmic rays could make it possible

Your nature photo might be a scientific breakthrough in disguise

Ghost star’s planet orbits backward in a bizarre stellar system

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe finds hidden barrier that explains the sun’s mysterious heat

700,000 years ahead of their teeth: The carbs that made us human

4,000-year-old teeth reveal the earliest human high — Hidden in plaque

Forget the Big Bang: Gravitational waves may have really created the Universe