Science

Science • Jun 01

Scientists may have just solved the Euphrates River’s mysterious origins

New research has revealed insight into the evolution of this influential waterway, which may have been created when two ancient rivers coalesced.

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

Scientists reveal the origin of the Euphrates — a river that fed the 'cradle of civilization'

The Euphrates River fueled the "cradle of civilization," and a new study reveals the waterway was born of two other ancient rivers around 3.6 million years...

2 0 0

Science • Jun 01

Scientists reveal the origin of the Euphrates — a river that fed the 'cradle of civilization'

The Euphrates River fueled the "cradle of civilization," and a new study reveals the waterway was born of two other ancient rivers around 3.6 million years...

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

NASA’s Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has collected its first mid-infrared chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object during a recent revisit to comet...

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

'I started strength training at 65 – now I'm a 67-year-old grandma and stronger than ever'

Irene Duncan began losing balance in strength in her early 60s. Here's how strength training transformed her life at 65.

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

Meteorite heard in Massachusetts landed "right in the middle of Cape Cod Bay," NASA says

The meteorite​ that caused a sonic boom heard throughout Massachusetts on Saturday ​landed "right in the middle of Cape Cod Bay," NASA researchers​ say.

2 0 0

Science • Jun 01

Japanese Spacecraft Heading Towards Asteroid 1998 KY26 – But A New Paper Claims It Will Find An Object Of Technological Origin

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft is heading towards its final target; a small, rapidly rotating asteroid, believed to be around the size of a spacecraft.

2 0 0

Science • Jun 01

One of our planets may be missing, and it could explain why the solar system looks the way it does

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published in the journal Icarus,...

3 0 0

Science • Jun 01

A Repeating Radio Pulse Turns Out to Be Two Stars Locked in a Death Spiral

Every 80 minutes or so, a faint patch of sky toward the constellation Ara flickers. A burst of radio waves, sharply polarized, lasting a few minutes, then.

2 0 0

Science • Jun 01

About 63 light-years away there is a deep-blue world that looks deceptively like Earth from a distance, but on the planet HD 189733b the temperature reaches 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and the winds scream at thousands of miles an hour

Point the right instrument at HD 189733b and the colour that comes back is a deep cobalt blue, the kind of blue a person who grew up with photographs of...

2 0 0

Science • Jun 01

Scientists discover inherited traits that break Mendel’s Laws of genetics

A major mouse study found that some inherited traits are passed down through epigenetic changes that break the classic rules of genetics.

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

‘It sounded like a bomb’: Scientists explain rare meteor explosion that shook homes across New England

The meteor streaked across the region around 2 p.m., according to NASA, hurtling into Earth's atmosphere at a speed of roughly 75000 miles per hour.

3 0 0

Science • Jun 01

In 2017, astronomers spotted the first object ever confirmed to have come from another star system passing through our own: a strange, elongated visitor called ‘Oumuamua that seemed to accelerate as it left, in a way scientists are still debating

In October 2017, a survey telescope on Maui caught a faint, fast point of light that did not belong here. The object was moving too quickly, on the wrong...

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

Meteor explodes over Massachusetts: New details on size, where it landed

Reports of an explosion from people across New England on Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double...

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

Human Brain Cells Grown on a Chip Level Up to Play 'Doom'

Australian researchers have trained lab-grown brain cells on a silicon computer chip to play the nineties shooter game "Doom" and say they are just...

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'

Astronomers have struck "black gold" in the form of a treasure trove of black hole mergers that could change our understanding of how the cosmic titans...

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

Europe’s robots just discovered the perfect hideout for future Mars and Moon bases

Three robots recently descended into a volcanic tunnel on the Spanish island of Lanzarote, not for a vacation but on a mission that could reshape humanity's...

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

May's Blue Moon wows stargazers worldwide — see these stunning photos of the smallest full moon of 2026

See spectacular photos of the Blue Moon, the rare second full moon of the month, captured by skywatchers worldwide.

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

China Launches Artificial Human Embryos to See If They Can Develop in Space

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced an amazing and potentially controversial new project to test the development of "artificial human embryos" in...

1 0 0

Science • Jun 01

China Launches Artificial Human Embryos to See If They Can Develop in Space

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced an amazing and potentially controversial new project to test the development of "artificial human embryos" in...

1 0 0