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Close up view of bearded vulture

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Empty dentist office showing tools and chair

Extreme fear of the dentist linked to childhood trauma

Worker in a protective suit with a chainsaw sawing wood.

The safest way to use a chainsaw, according to science

Astronomers have made the most detailed study yet of an extremely massive young galaxy cluster using three of NASA's Great Observatories. This rare galaxy cluster, located 10 billion light-years from Earth, is almost as massive as 500 trillion suns.

Scientists predict the universe will end in ‘big crunch’

Woman's hand about to decline an unknown caller on her smartphone

Americans receive the most scam calls in the world

A reconstruction of Breugnathair elgolensis

Cat-sized Jurassic reptile had the jaws of a python

Pippistrellus etula bat on tree branch

1,500th discovered bat species is a ‘god of the island’

P-2 Neptune airplane remains in aircraft boneyard

Buy a vintage military airplane for $25

sea sponge among coral underwater

Sea sponges may have been Earth’s first living creatures

Video still of bipedal robot doing cartwheel in lab

This humanoid robot can cartwheel surprisingly well

Man standing next to single seat personal helicopter in landing field

Flying in an open-air, single-seat helicopter is a true test of nerves

Homo habilis mandible shown with the two tooth pits that were documented and magnified separately.

Leopards may have feasted on our earliest ancestors

Illustration of Joaquinraptor dinosaur with crocodile leg in its mouth

2,000-pound megaraptor died while snacking on a crocodile

Three leopard sharks mating in water

First-ever footage of leopard shark sex shows an unexpected trio

Study diagram of ancient Egyptian cow bone whistle

Ancient Egypt’s cemetery police blew bone whistles made from cow toes

Pile of papers handwritten by Albert Einstein

Particle Physics

Einstein’s handwritten encyclopedia entry could fetch $200,000

Researcher using thermometer to measure meatball temperatures in kitchen

Ground beef infused with apple scraps clears taste test

Side by side comparisons of a blue jay, green jay, and a hybrid between the two birds with green plummage and a blue head

First known wild ‘grue jay’ hybrid spotted in Texas

A Paleolithic handaxe with a broken distal end, discovered during the Ayvalık survey

Early humans reached Europe via an Ice Age land bridge from Turkey

Red Hind Grouper in coral reef

Eavesdropping on grunting groupers reveals how the fish communicate

An artist's impression of Japan’s Hayabusa2 space mission touching down on the surface of the asteroid 1998 KY26. New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that 1998 KY26 is just 11 m wide, almost three times smaller than previously thought, and is spinning once every 5 minutes, which is much faster than expected. The image above shows an updated size comparison between the asteroid and spacecraft.

Space Telescope

Japanese spacecraft eyes tricky asteroid landing

Coral formation with long branches that make it look like Chewbacca

New species of coral named after Chewbacca

Ripe grapes growing on plants in vineyard lit by sun

Bronze Age farmers often prioritized wine over olives

Close up of Australian sleepy lizard with its mouth open on the ground outdoors

A zookeeper’s burnt lunch revealed a lizard’s secret survival skill

This is a still image of the animation showing Gaia’s star-formation map in 3D.

Space Telescope

44 million Milky Way stars glimmer in galaxy’s largest 3D map

Stones are measured at the World Stone Skimming Championships, held on Easdale Island on September 25, 2016 in Easdale, Seil, Scotland. The championships marking its 20th year are held on the last Sunday in September each year on Easdale, which is the smallest inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scandal rocks international stone skipping contest

Pythagorean theorum illustrated with triangle written in chalk on chalkboard

Forget Pi Day. Today is Pythagorean Triple Square Day.

The front and back of two bottles of Danish lactic acid bacteria from the 1800s.

130-year-old butter bacteria discovered in Danish basement

Aymara elongated mummy skull

Looted mummy skull mislabeled for over a century

A thin section of a maize ear at a very early stage of development (about 3 millimeters long). Each color represents the expression of a different gene in stem cells and associated cells.

Want better corn? Color its stem cells.

A midden in rural England on a cloudy day

Bronze Age feasts uncovered in ancient English trash heaps

Close up of mosquito biting a person's skin

Mosquitos seem to like beer drinkers who recently had sex

A green chameleon on branch extending tongue to catch an insect

A chameleon’s ‘ballistic tongue’ may inspire blood clot-clearing robots

Mountains, river, and forest in Alberta, Canada

A $1 million treasure hunt is underway in Canadian wilderness

Concept art of Top Tower in Prague, Czech Republic

A ‘post-apocalyptic’ shipwreck tower will be Prague’s tallest building

Two park rangers helping a hiker walk on a trail out of the woods

Hikers hallucinating on mushrooms rescued by forest rangers

Illustration of baby pterosaur in a tropical storm at night

Baby pterosaur skeletons reveal a tragic demise

Lunar rover concept going up hill with US flag mounted on rear

NASA offers $155,000 to design moon tires

Hand with microgel sunscreen applied next to jar of sunscreen and bowl of camellia seeds used in recipe

Is pollen the secret to eco-friendly sunscreen?

Golden retriever in park with frisbee in its mouth

Golden retrievers help scientists pinpoint a deadly heart mutation

a young man using his smartphone in the toilet while sitting with a roll of toilet paper placed in a toilet paper holder in the foreground

Bathroom doomscrolling may increase your risk of hemorrhoids

White polo shirt with yellow sweat stain under the sleeve

Blue light beats bleach for yellow stains

Stack of plastic bottles for recycling against blue sky

Easier plastic recycling is on the horizon

Clay sculpture of two frogs from Caral civilization

An ancient frog statue’s secret message

Illustration of Spicomellus dinosaur

Stubby dinosaur took spikey armor to the extreme

Miya the dog swims through sargassum floating on the surface of the ocean on May 18, 2023 in Key West, Florida. The sargassum spanned more than 5,000 miles.

7 wild photos. 40 years of data. 1 smelly seaweed story.

Mother and child orangutan in tree nest

Endangered Species

Baby orangutans spy on mom to build cozy treehouse nests

An artist illustration of a small planet-sized object striking Mars during its early years.

Inside Mars, a ‘rocky road’ mantle reveals a violent past

Mayan child tooth with jade gem and two x-ray images of the tooth

Jade gems decorated these Mayan kids’ teeth

This image set showcases three views of the Butterfly Nebula, featuring an optical and near-infrared view from Hubble (left and middle) and the latest Webb/ALMA image. ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Matsuura, J. Kastner, K. Noll, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), N. Hirano, J. Kastner, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)

Space Telescope

Colorful space ‘butterfly’ glimmers with planet-making dust

Illustration of the Great Fear of 1789

Rumors spread like viruses. The French Revolution proved it.

A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material.

Some asteroids are more ‘colorful’ than others. Here’s why.

Stream of beer filling up glass with foam coming over sides

How to brew the best beer foam, according to physics

Two images of Bootanomyia dorsalis with 1 mm size comparison

Invasive parasitic wasp spotted in the US for the first time

Surkandarya Valley in Uzbekistan

An Uzbekistan cave holds an ancient agricultural secret

Diver investigating shipwreck underwater

138-year-old shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan

A stone rock with etched art. On one side, a human figure and probably a dog are pecked in with dots. A bow and arrow are carved above the hand on the right side. On the other side, there is a human figure, an unknown figure, and a large boat.

Lost, ancient cult site unearthed near a Norwegian highway

Artist's illustration of Istiorachis macarthurae on a sandy beach

Retired doctor discovers new dinosaur species deep in a museum archive

close up of Cuban brown anole

These New Orleans lizards are full of lead

Cooked shrimp on plate with fork and cilantro

Walmart’s ‘radioactive shrimp’ recall isn’t a reason to fear irradiated food

By Andrew Paul, Laura Baisas

Petralona skull of ancient hominin

Hominin skull discovered in 1960 finally gets an accurate age

SN 2021yfj is a new kind of supernova, challenging our understanding of stellar evolution. Its progenitor lost its outer shells well before the supernova happened and only consisted of its oxygen/silicon core — unlike any known star in the Milky Way. The dying, stripped-to-the-bone star experienced extreme mass loss episodes that led to the ejecting of material rich in silicon (grey), sulfur (yellow) and argon (purple).

Violent supernova spilled a star’s ‘guts’ before exploding

Close up of ear of corn in corn crop field

Corn gets gassy when it feels too crowded

This image of Uranus from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope exquisitely captures Uranus's seasonal north polar cap and dim inner and outer rings. This Webb image also shows 9 of the planet's 27 moons – clockwise starting at 2 o'clock, they are: Rosalind, Puck, Belinda, Desdemona, Cressida, Bianca, Portia, Juliet, and Perdita.

Uranus may have a 29th moon

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