
Popular Mechanics - 14 hours 37 min ago
It's an authentic 900-year-old Norse coin, but why was it buried in Maine?...

The Independent - 14 hours 50 min ago
Boy likely covered over 2600 km over nine months before he was sacrificed, researchers say...

The Independent - 16 hours 1 min ago
Findings could guide interventions to improve sleep, researchers say...

The Independent - 16 hours 34 min ago
Ancient techniques once suited to the Mediterranean now hold lessons for modern Britain...

Science Alert - 16 hours 37 min ago
Introducing Monday Microscope Mystery! ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

IEEE Spectrum - 17 hours 7 min ago
India's efforts to grow a globally competitive private space industry are beginning to pay off, with a successful orbital launch by startup Skyroot Aerospace on 18 July. The company's Vikram-1 rocket blasted off from the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, at 12:05pm local time last Saturday, and took roughly 15 minutes to reach an orbit of around 450 kilometers. The success marks the first orbital launch by a private company in India...

Science Alert - 17 hours 7 min ago
"We hope our paper inspires others to observe Venus." ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

Los Angeles Times - 17 hours 7 min ago
I put animal-fat skincare to the test for two weeks to see if it's actually beneficial. Here's what happened to my skin, along with what dermatologists and cosmetic chemists say about the science behind the trend.

Retraction Watch - 17 hours 7 min ago
A leading environmental economics journal is looking into claims that a 2025 study linking national innovation to lower carbon emissions contains data that does not match its source, after an expert in the field requested the paper be retracted. The article appeared in Ecological Economics, the journal for the International Society for Ecological Economics and … Continue reading Journal investigating apparent data mismatch in climate study...

Newser - 18 hours 14 min ago
If you think the world's 7,500 languages sounds like a lot, a new study argues we may be living in the linguistic leftovers. Researchers writing in Science estimate that between 20,000 and 75,000 languages were spoken during a "golden age" of linguistic diversity roughly 3,000 years...

Last Word On Nothing - 19 hours 7 min ago
I’ve been following Liz Dunn’s happiness research for a while, and now she has co-written a new book, Leave the Lights On: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species (Penguin Random House), about how joy could be the missing weapon in our fight against climate change. Here we sit down for a Q&A about her […] The post In Search of Low Carbon Joy appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

Australian Geographic - 1 day 25 min ago
Orphaned helmeted honeyeater chicks will be given a lifeline at Zoos Victoria's new Helmeted Honeyeater Hand-raising and Incubation Facility at Healesville Sanctuary. The post New facility for fragile fledglings appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Nature - 1 day 3 hours ago
The national synchrotron source, a laser facility and a particle accelerator are under threat of closure unless cash is found.

Nature - 1 day 3 hours ago
A celebration of Ernst Haeckel's sketches of life forms, from microscopic to majestic.

Nature - 1 day 3 hours ago
People who give tissue samples for biomedical research might have no idea that their cells are being used for biocomputers.

Mother Jones - 1 day 15 hours ago
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Arizona's rarest orchid, when not in bloom, resembles a blade of grass. It vanishes easily in the lush greenery of the Canelo Hills Cienega Preserve even to the eyes of the botanists who plant it. On a mild April morning, after […]...

Mother Jones - 1 day 16 hours ago
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tadej Poga ar is expected to ride to victory on the Champs- lys es in Paris when the Tour de France ends Sunday. While his commanding performance has left little doubt about the outcome, the journey to the finale has been remarkable for another reason: […]...

Los Angeles Times - 1 day 17 hours ago
A tiny parcel of land near Highland park is supposed to be key to filtering out fecal contamination from the Arroyo Seco. But some people don't want the lot with its trees to be disturbed.

Science Daily - 1 day 19 hours ago
Scientists discovered that damaged fat cells can become inflamed, lose their ability to store lipids, and eventually vanish, disrupting the body's metabolism. The findings show that diabetes can result not only from excess fat, but also from losing the healthy fat tissue the body needs.