4. Lab monkeys on the loose in Mississippi don''t have herpes, university says. But are they dangerous?
6. Humanoid robots could lift 4,000 times their own weight thanks to breakthrough ''artificial muscle''
7. Exceptionally rare iron saber, arrowheads and jewelry discovered in seventh-century warrior''s tomb in Hungary
8. 22 of Earth''s 34 ''vital signs'' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there''s still time to act
12. Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969
17. Watch Air Force fly inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa as experts warn ''storm of the century'' will be catastrophic for Jamaica
18. ''Puzzling'' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universe
20. ''This is a completely different level of anti-vaccine engagement than we''ve ever seen before,'' says epidemiologist Dr. Seth Berkley
21. Future pandemics are a ''certainty'' — and we must be better prepared to distribute vaccines equitably, says Dr. Seth Berkley
23. Differences in red blood cells may have ''hastened the extinction'' of our Neanderthal cousins, new study suggests
26. There is such a thing as ''settled science'' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
27. Decapitator nose ornament: 1,500-year-old gold jewelry depicting a bloodthirsty South American god
31. Indigenous Americans dragged, carried or floated 5-ton tree more than 100 miles to North America''s largest city north of Mexico 900 years ago
35. ''I screamed out of excitement'': 2,700-year-old cuneiform text found near Temple Mount — and it reveals the Kingdom of Judah had a late payment to the Assyrians
36. COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can trigger the immune system to recognize and kill cancer, research finds
37. Science news this week: Comets light up the skies and race toward the sun, our galaxy''s mysterious glow is explained, and scientists tell us why time moves faster as we age
38. Neanderthals were more susceptible to lead poisoning than humans — which helped us gain an advantage over our cousins, scientists say
39. Meat eaten by city-dwelling Americans produces more CO2 than the entire UK — but there are easy ways to slash it
45. ''Near stationary'' Tropical Storm Melissa is moving slower than a person walking — and it may bring deadly flash floods to the Caribbean
51. Rare fossils in New Mexico reveal dinosaurs were doing just fine before the asteroid annihilated them all
57. Science history: Scientists use ''click chemistry'' to watch molecules in living organisms — Oct. 23, 2007
58. Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic ''eye'' that focuses automatically and doesn''t need a power source
60. 1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued prehistoric people in Mexico''s ''Cave of the Dead Children''
61. World''s biggest X-ray laser discovers never-before-seen type of ice that''s solid at room temperature
63. Astronomers discover skyscraper-size asteroid hidden in sun''s glare — and it''s moving at a near-record pace
64. Google''s breakthrough ''Quantum Echoes'' algorithm pushes us closer to useful quantum computing — running 13,000 times faster than on a supercomputer
68. James Webb telescope finds that galaxies in the early universe were much more chaotic than we thought
69. New eye implants combined with augmented-reality glasses help blind people read again in small trial
70. Unitree''s H2 robot poses, pirouettes and pulls off deft karate moves with eerily lifelike movement
71. ''Illegal'' metal detectorist found a huge hoard of Roman treasure in Germany — and kept it hidden for 8 years
76. Quantum computing ''lie detector'' finally proves these machines tap into Einstein''s spooky action at a distance rather than just faking it
77. Pair of ''holy'' islands in eerily green African lake hold centuries-old relics and mummified emperors — Earth from space
78. ''People made it out of the cities alive'': Tracing the survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum, 2,000 years after Vesuvius erupted
79. ''It''s really an extraordinary story,'' historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius
80. Roos Carr figures: Creepy 2,600-year-old carvings with ''removable genitalia'' and eyes that may have symbolized Odin''s soothsayer powers
81. Bored of waiting for Black Friday fitness deals? Us too! Here are 7 discounts for those who can''t wait
85. Easter Island statues may have ''walked'' thanks to ''pendulum dynamics'' and with as few as 15 people, study finds
86. New smart ring is a novel way to control your computer — it has the humble mouse firmly in its sights
87. Double comet alert! Comets Lemmon and SWAN will reach their brightest this week — here''s how to spot them
90. 20 million NASA mission to visit ''God of Chaos'' asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision
91. Astronomers detect first ''heartbeat'' of a newborn star hidden within a powerful cosmic explosion
93. Science news this week: Revived permafrost microbes spew CO2, scientists image object ''moving'' at 99.9% the speed of light, and James Webb telescope spots something exciting blasting from black hole M87*
94. 3,500-year-old Egyptian military fortress with ancient ovens and fossilized dough discovered in Sinai Desert
97. ''This moves the timeline forward significantly'': Quantum computing breakthrough could slash pesky errors by up to 100 times
100. Astronomers close in on ancient signal from ''one of the most unexplored periods in our universe''
102. Black eyes, orbital fractures and retinal detachment: Pickleball-related eye injuries are on the rise in the US
103. Record-breaking ''dark object'' found hiding within a warped ''Einstein ring'' 10 billion light-years away
104. The Oral-B iO Series 9 is one of our all-time favorite smart-enabled electric toothbrushes and now it''s 100 cheaper
105. ''Most pristine'' star ever seen discovered at the Milky Way''s edge — and could be a direct descendant of the universe''s first stars
108. Toyota to launch world''s first EV with a solid-state battery by 2027 — they''re expected to last longer and charge faster
112. Jane Goodall revolutionized animal research, but her work had some unintended consequences. Here''s what we''ve learned from them.
114. James Webb telescope finds something ‘very exciting’ shooting out of first black hole ever imaged
116. We were wrong about how the moon''s largest and oldest crater formed — and that''s great news for NASA''s next lunar landing
117. Diagnostic dilemma: A woman''s nausea was triggered by a huge mass in her stomach — which doctors dissolved with diet soda
119. Haunting image of a rare hyena lurking in a ghost town wins 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award
124. New hydrogen battery can operate four times colder than before — meaning denser and longer-lasting EV batteries
125. Shapeshifting ''braided river'' in Tibet is the highest in the world, and is becoming increasingly unstable — Earth from space
127. Link between Cascadia and San Andreas Fault earthquakes discovered 30 years after lost vessel stumbled across key data
128. AI reveals hidden ''ring fault'' that is unleashing earthquakes at Italy''s Campi Flegrei volcano
129. ''Planet Y'' theory hints at hidden Earth-size world lurking in the solar system — and it could be much closer to us than ''Planet Nine''
131. ''An increasing attack on water resources from multiple fronts'': Scientists warn ''day zero droughts'' could hit before 2030
133. An ''ice tsunami'' in 2024 ripped through the Yukon with such force it tore up trees and the riverbed
136. Scientists ''reawaken'' ancient microbes from permafrost — and discover they start churning out CO2 soon after
142. Science news this week: Astronomers close in on comet 3I/ATLAS''s origins, a strange gravity anomaly discovered off Africa and AI designs brand-new viruses
145. China issues new pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions — is it now a global leader in climate action?
147. Robots receive major intelligence boost thanks to Google DeepMind''s ''thinking AI'' — a pair of models that help machines understand the world
148. Coral Triangle: The giant hidden ''Amazon'' beneath the sea that appears somewhat resilient to climate change
152. Comet 3I/ATLAS is losing water ''like a fire hose'' on full blast, ''rewriting what we thought we knew'' about alien star systems
154. Chemo hurts both cancerous and healthy cells. But scientists think nanoparticles could help fix that.
156. Satellites detected strange gravity signal coming from deep within Earth almost 20 years ago, study reveals
161. Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876
163. James Webb telescope finds ''remarkable'' evidence that a black hole plowed through a galaxy, leaving an enormous scar behind
167. Scientists invent ''Pulse-Fi'' prototype — a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that''s cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices
170. Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power
176. ''The papyrus also recommends putting a clove of garlic in your vagina before bed'': The texts that reveal the baffling healthcare for women in ancient Egypt
177. Harvest supermoon photos: See the moon at its biggest and brightest in pictures from around the world
179. Self-healing ''concrete batteries'' now 10 times better — they could one day power cities, scientists say
182. ''The Big One'' could be even worse than COVID-19. Here''s what epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says we can learn from past pandemics.
183. Quantum record smashed as scientists build mammoth 6,000-qubit system — and it works at room temperature
184. The Red Sea experienced ''one of the most extreme environmental events on Earth'' 6 million years ago
186. Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists who discovered bizarre quantum effect on large scales
190. See Jupiter''s moons for less — our favorite astronomy binoculars are only 75 for Prime Day in October
191. Shackleton''s infamous ship ''Endurance clearly had several structural deficiencies,'' new analysis reveals
192. Sneaky asteroid zooms past Antarctica closer than a satellite — and astronomers didn''t catch it until hours after
193. Dramatic ''fireballs'' expected during Draconid meteor shower this week: How to get the best views
194. 2,700-year-old temple with ''sacred cave'' discovered in Turkey — and it may honor the ''mother goddess''
195. AI can now be used to design brand-new viruses. Can we stop it from making the next devastating bioweapon?
196. Deadly mamba snakebites stop muscles from working — but sometimes, antivenom can send them into overdrive
197. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may come from the mysterious frontier of the early Milky Way, new study hints
202. Corleck Head: A spooky three-faced Celtic sculpture found on the ''Hill of Death'' in Ireland — and it may have been connected to human sacrifice 1,900 years ago
206. Science history: Edwin Hubble uncovers the vastness of the universe with discovery of ''standard candle'' — Oct. 5, 1923
209. ''Health impacts are being felt in real time'': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration
211. Science news this week: Famed primatologist Jane Goodall dies, Iran sinks at an alarming rate, and scientists create human egg cells from skin
214. Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely — and it may be reaching a tipping point
215. Did plate tectonics give rise to life? Groundbreaking new research could crack Earth''s deepest mystery.
219. Anthropologists make ''ant yogurt'' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an ''ant-wich'' at Michelin-star restaurant
221. Scientists convert a kidney from blood type A to universal type O and implant it in a brain-dead recipient
223. From tool use to warfare — here are 5 ways Jane Goodall revolutionized our knowledge of chimpanzees
224. Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 ''Treasure Fleet'' shipwreck in Florida
226. Wildfire-smoke-related deaths in the US could climb to 70,000 per year by 2050 due to climate change, study finds
229. Newly discovered comet ''Lemmon'' may be visible to the naked eye this month — but it will look more like a lime
231. 4 reasons why you keep abandoning your fitness trackers (and how to stop them from happening again)
234. The Panama Canal needs a staggering amount of water to operate. Climate change could threaten that, study warns
237. Yosemite''s glaciers have survived 20,000 years — but we could be the first people to see Sierra Nevada ice-free
244. ''Midnight'' eVTOL smashes its own record in latest test flight — bringing us closer to operational flying taxis
246. Diagnostic dilemma: A woman got unusual bruising from a massage gun. It turned out she had scurvy.
247. ''I honestly am not sure on this at all'': Poll reveals public uncertainty over experimenting on conscious lab-grown ''minibrains''
248. Scientists have digitally removed the ''death masks'' from four Colombian mummies, revealing their faces for the first time
250. Stars that brush past black holes live longer, stranger lives after their close encounters with death
251. James Webb telescope spies a ''farting'' dwarf planet with fluorescent gas in the outer solar system
252. Life-size rock art points the way to oldest human inhabitants of Saudi Arabia — and the desert oases they used
253. Microsoft unveils new liquid-cooled computer chips — they could prevent AI data centers from massively overheating
254. Sea of Saharan ''star dunes'' clashes with otherworldly terrain where 2 countries meet — Earth from space
255. Citation cartels, ghost writing and fake peer-review: Fraud is causing a crisis in science — here''s what we need to do to stop it
256. Iran among ''world''s most extreme subsidence hotspots'' with some areas sinking up to 1 foot per year, study finds
257. Ancient Egyptian statue of ''Messi'' found at Saqqara necropolis is ''only known example of its kind from the Old Kingdom''
258. Ancient Hobbits slowed down growth during childhood, showing that humans didn''t always grow ''bigger and bigger brains''
259. Rare Fujiwhara hurricane ''dance'' could save East Coast from worst effects of Tropical Storm Imelda
260. Eagle brooches: 1,500-year-old pins filled with dazzling gems and glass — and worn by powerful Visigoth women
263. Science history: Alexander Fleming wakes up to funny mold in his petri dish, and accidentally discovers the first antibiotic — Sept. 28, 1928
264. 30,000-year-old ''personal toolkit'' found in the Czech Republic provides ''very rare'' glimpse into the life of a Stone Age hunter-gatherer
265. James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way — Space photo of the week
269. Science history: Rosetta stone is deciphered, opening a window into ancient Egyptian civilization — Sept. 27, 1822
270. Science news this week: A breakthrough cure for Huntington''s disease and a fast-growing black hole that breaks physics
271. Scientists asked ChatGPT to solve a math problem from more than 2,000 years ago — how it answered it surprised them
278. ''If there is a space race, China''s already winning it'': NASA unlikely to bring Mars samples back to Earth before China does, experts say
279. Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere
284. ''Gold coins started appearing one after another'': 1,400-year-old hoard with money and jewelry unearthed near Sea of Galilee
285. Science history: DART, humanity’s first-ever asteroid deflection mission, punches a space rock in the face — Sept. 26, 2022
287. 1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans
289. 95 million-year-old ''tiny, tiny skull'' from never-before-seen crocodile-like creature discovered in Montana
290. Scientific breakthrough leads to ''fluorescent biological qubit'' — it could mean turning your cells into quantum sensors
291. Weird glass in Australia appears to be from giant asteroid impact — but scientists ''yet to locate the crater''
292. Fossil of huge penguin that lived 3 million years ago discovered in New Zealand — what happened to it?
293. ''We thought it was a problem with the instrument'': Scientists shocked by rare ''Einstein cross'' with a surprise in the center
294. 5,000-year-old stone tomb discovered in Spain is 43 feet long — and it holds many prehistoric burials
295. ''Groundbreaking'' gene therapy is first treatment for Huntington''s disease to slow the condition
296. The James Webb telescope may have discovered a brand new class of cosmic object: the black hole star
297. Microscopic baby sea urchin crawling with tubed feet is among video winners of Nikon Small World in Motion competition
299. In ''Secrets of the Brain,'' Jim Al-Khalili explores 600 million years of brain evolution to understand what makes us human