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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

Example of knotted khipu cords next to ruler for siz referenc

Human hair-based recordkeeping was widespread in Incan Empire

Interior of small airplane bathroom

Airplane toilet water may help combat the next pandemic

Close up of dental exam on woman's teeth

Want a better toothpaste? Just add wool

Cacao Beans in seed pods next to chocolate chunks in cacao seed pod

How to make perfect chocolate, according to science

Asian small-clawed otter swimming in water

Splash the otter is training for underwater search-and-rescue

Six stone tool artifacts

Stone Age humans traveled for miles to find the perfect rocks

Spilled salt shaker on table

Man develops psychosis following ChatGPT’s salt-free diet

A study led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has captured the explosive interaction between a black hole and a nearby massive star (blue), as depicted in this artist's conception. As the separation between the star and the black hole decreased, the black hole's intense gravity pulled gas and dust off of the star into a disk. Before the star was able to swallow the black hole, gravitational stress from the black hole triggered the star's explosion. Collisions between the stellar explosion and shells of material from earlier interactions located above and below the disk powered a dramatic re-brightening event. This artist’s graphic shows the massive star and black hole before the supernova explosion, when the star’s shape is stretched by gravitational forces from the black hole. Credit: Melissa Weiss/CfA

A black hole ripped apart a supernova

Sailing stone in Death Valley with movement trail behind hit

Ice moves by itself on experimental metal surface

Illustration of suspension bridge connecting mainland Italy to Sicily

World’s longest suspension bridge may finally link Sicily to mainland Italy

An artist’s impression of the “Cosmic Grapes” galaxy, composed of at least 15 massive star forming clumps—far more than current theoretical models predict could exist within a single rotating disk at this early time. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/B. Saxton

Space Telescope

Early galaxy looked like lumpy ‘cosmic grapes’

Wild pig walking in grass

Wild pigs’ guts are turning blue in California

Image of comet taken by Hubble Space Telescope

Fastest comet ever recorded comes from beyond our solar system

Wooden shipwreck timber on river shore

A pirate ship that exploded in 1748 may have finally been found

Close up of older man using eye drops

Bye bye, bifocals? New eye drops can fix farsightedness

Pompeii street and building ruins on sunny day

After Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii’s ruins housed survivors, wanderers, and treasure hunters

Artist illustration of supermassive black hole surrounded by cloud of red and yellow gas

Oldest black hole ever seen is 300 million times bigger than our sun

Artist illustration of a white dwarf colliding into a larger yellow star

Cosmic bumper stars forge rare, hefty white dwarf

Norselaspis illustration

A googly-eyed fish could upend evolutionary history

Robot fiddler crab waving claw at actual male fiddler crab on beach

‘Wavy Dave’ is a beefy-armed robot crab on a mating mission

Australian major skink

Australian lizard mutated to resist snake venom

Bow of the USS Preston shipwreck sunk in WWII

13 World War II shipwrecks captured in stunning detail

Two researchers excavating dig site in Norwegian cave, seen from above

Remote Norwegian cave is an ice age animal jackpot

Black tarantula with pixelated rectangle over back thorax

These tarantulas’ genitals are so long, it required a new genus

Artist illustration of two plesionectes longicollum plesiosaurs swimming in ocean near aquatic vegetation

Paleontologists discover ‘unusual’ long-necked plesiosaur in Germany

Neolithic burial pit

Electrical workers uncover 5,000-year-old burial pits in Germany

Close up of three wasps

Radioactive wasp nest found at former nuclear weapons site

Three photos of early hominin and primate skulls

Human teeth evolved to fit our diet

Illustrations of Ice Age mummy tattoo restorations

Tattoo artists and scientists resurrect a 2,000-year-old mummy’s ink

Loch Ness monster sculpture in lake with googly eyes

The Loch Ness Monster’s body is a ‘zoological impossibility’

The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission Seven successfully landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, March 7, 2025. The X-37B landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, to exercise the service's ability to recover the spaceplane across multiple sites. (U.S. Space Force courtesy photo)

Space Force schedules the next mission for its secret robot plane

Artist's ilustration of the largest gamma-ray burst every observed

The brightest explosion ever seen is still baffling astronomers

Hawaiian petroglyphs on sandstone beach with tidal wave

500-year-old petroglyphs resurface on Hawai’i beach

Close up of women flossing

Future vaccines could be delivered by dental floss

Missionaries accused of illegally giving gadgets to isolated Amazon tribe

A highly detailed visualization of a glowing blue neuron with electric impulses traveling through its synapses. This futuristic and scientific representation illustrates brain activity, artificial intelligence, and the complexity of neural networks in both biology and technology

Biomedical engineers grow whole-brain organoid

Limestone tomb marker of Polish medieval knight

Medieval knight’s grave discovered under ice cream shop

3D printed house in Japan

This 3D-printed home is built from dirt

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