2. Comet 3I/ATLAS is losing water ''like a fire hose'' on full blast, ''rewriting what we thought we knew'' about alien star systems
4. Chemo hurts both cancerous and healthy cells. But scientists think nanoparticles could help fix that.
6. Satellites detected strange gravity signal coming from deep within Earth almost 20 years ago, study reveals
11. Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876
13. James Webb telescope finds ''remarkable'' evidence that a black hole plowed through a galaxy, leaving an enormous scar behind
17. Scientists invent ''Pulse-Fi'' prototype — a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that''s cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices
20. Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power
26. ''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
27. Harvest supermoon photos: See the moon at its biggest and brightest in pictures from around the world
29. Self-healing ''concrete batteries'' now 10 times better — they could one day power cities, scientists say
32. ''The Big One'' could be even worse than COVID-19. Here''s what epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says we can learn from past pandemics.
33. Quantum record smashed as scientists build mammoth 6,000-qubit system — and it works at room temperature
34. The Red Sea experienced ''one of the most extreme environmental events on Earth'' 6 million years ago
36. Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists who discovered bizarre quantum effect on large scales
40. See Jupiter''s moons for less — our favorite astronomy binoculars are only 75 for Prime Day in October
41. Shackleton''s infamous ship ''Endurance clearly had several structural deficiencies,'' new analysis reveals
42. Sneaky asteroid zooms past Antarctica closer than a satellite — and astronomers didn''t catch it until hours after
43. Dramatic ''fireballs'' expected during Draconid meteor shower this week: How to get the best views
44. 2,700-year-old temple with ''sacred cave'' discovered in Turkey — and it may honor the ''mother goddess''
45. AI can now be used to design brand-new viruses. Can we stop it from making the next devastating bioweapon?
46. Deadly mamba snakebites stop muscles from working — but sometimes, antivenom can send them into overdrive
47. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may come from the mysterious frontier of the early Milky Way, new study hints
52. 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
56. Science history: Edwin Hubble uncovers the vastness of the universe with discovery of ''standard candle'' — Oct. 5, 1923
59. ''Health impacts are being felt in real time'': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration
61. Science news this week: Famed primatologist Jane Goodall dies, Iran sinks at an alarming rate, and scientists create human egg cells from skin
64. Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely — and it may be reaching a tipping point
65. Did plate tectonics give rise to life? Groundbreaking new research could crack Earth''s deepest mystery.
69. Anthropologists make ''ant yogurt'' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an ''ant-wich'' at Michelin-star restaurant
71. Scientists convert a kidney from blood type A to universal type O and implant it in a brain-dead recipient
73. From tool use to warfare — here are 5 ways Jane Goodall revolutionized our knowledge of chimpanzees
74. Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 ''Treasure Fleet'' shipwreck in Florida
76. Wildfire-smoke-related deaths in the US could climb to 70,000 per year by 2050 due to climate change, study finds
79. Newly discovered comet ''Lemmon'' may be visible to the naked eye this month — but it will look more like a lime
81. 4 reasons why you keep abandoning your fitness trackers (and how to stop them from happening again)
84. The Panama Canal needs a staggering amount of water to operate. Climate change could threaten that, study warns
87. Yosemite''s glaciers have survived 20,000 years — but we could be the first people to see Sierra Nevada ice-free
94. ''Midnight'' eVTOL smashes its own record in latest test flight — bringing us closer to operational flying taxis
96. Diagnostic dilemma: A woman got unusual bruising from a massage gun. It turned out she had scurvy.
97. ''I honestly am not sure on this at all'': Poll reveals public uncertainty over experimenting on conscious lab-grown ''minibrains''
98. Scientists have digitally removed the ''death masks'' from four Colombian mummies, revealing their faces for the first time
100. Stars that brush past black holes live longer, stranger lives after their close encounters with death
101. James Webb telescope spies a ''farting'' dwarf planet with fluorescent gas in the outer solar system
102. Life-size rock art points the way to oldest human inhabitants of Saudi Arabia — and the desert oases they used
103. Microsoft unveils new liquid-cooled computer chips — they could prevent AI data centers from massively overheating
104. Sea of Saharan ''star dunes'' clashes with otherworldly terrain where 2 countries meet — Earth from space
105. 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
106. Iran among ''world''s most extreme subsidence hotspots'' with some areas sinking up to 1 foot per year, study finds
107. Ancient Egyptian statue of ''Messi'' found at Saqqara necropolis is ''only known example of its kind from the Old Kingdom''
108. Ancient Hobbits slowed down growth during childhood, showing that humans didn''t always grow ''bigger and bigger brains''
109. Rare Fujiwhara hurricane ''dance'' could save East Coast from worst effects of Tropical Storm Imelda
110. Eagle brooches: 1,500-year-old pins filled with dazzling gems and glass — and worn by powerful Visigoth women
113. Science history: Alexander Fleming wakes up to funny mold in his petri dish, and accidentally discovers the first antibiotic — Sept. 28, 1928
114. 30,000-year-old ''personal toolkit'' found in the Czech Republic provides ''very rare'' glimpse into the life of a Stone Age hunter-gatherer
115. 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
119. Science history: Rosetta stone is deciphered, opening a window into ancient Egyptian civilization — Sept. 27, 1822
120. Science news this week: A breakthrough cure for Huntington''s disease and a fast-growing black hole that breaks physics
121. Scientists asked ChatGPT to solve a math problem from more than 2,000 years ago — how it answered it surprised them
128. ''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
129. Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere
134. ''Gold coins started appearing one after another'': 1,400-year-old hoard with money and jewelry unearthed near Sea of Galilee
135. Science history: DART, humanity’s first-ever asteroid deflection mission, punches a space rock in the face — Sept. 26, 2022
137. 1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans
139. 95 million-year-old ''tiny, tiny skull'' from never-before-seen crocodile-like creature discovered in Montana
140. Scientific breakthrough leads to ''fluorescent biological qubit'' — it could mean turning your cells into quantum sensors
141. Weird glass in Australia appears to be from giant asteroid impact — but scientists ''yet to locate the crater''
142. Fossil of huge penguin that lived 3 million years ago discovered in New Zealand — what happened to it?
143. ''We thought it was a problem with the instrument'': Scientists shocked by rare ''Einstein cross'' with a surprise in the center
144. 5,000-year-old stone tomb discovered in Spain is 43 feet long — and it holds many prehistoric burials
145. ''Groundbreaking'' gene therapy is first treatment for Huntington''s disease to slow the condition
146. The James Webb telescope may have discovered a brand new class of cosmic object: the black hole star
147. Microscopic baby sea urchin crawling with tubed feet is among video winners of Nikon Small World in Motion competition
149. In ''Secrets of the Brain,'' Jim Al-Khalili explores 600 million years of brain evolution to understand what makes us human
152. Abandoning daylight savings time could prevent over 300,000 stroke cases a year in the US, study claims
153. Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors restore a man''s vision by removing his tooth and implanting it in his eye
154. We could nuke ''city killer'' asteroid 2024 YR4 before it hits the moon — if we act fast, new study warns
156. ''A serious threat'': China braces as Super Typhoon Ragasa, this year''s strongest storm, nears with winds of up to 177 mph
157. Rare blue-and-green hybrid jay spotted in Texas is offspring of birds whose lineages split 7 million years ago
158. Gigantic dinosaur with ''claws like hedge trimmers'' found with croc leg still in its jaws in Argentina
159. Extreme ''golf ball-size'' hailstones carve 125-mile ''scar'' in Canadian landscape — Earth from space
160. Quantum internet inches closer thanks to new chip — it helps beam quantum signals over real-world fiber optic cables
161. ''Completely unexplained'': James Webb telescope finds strange ''dark beads'' in Saturn''s atmosphere
163. ''Cleopatra''s Final Secret'' documentary reveals hundreds of coins and port found in Egypt. But does that mean Cleopatra was buried there?
165. 1,600-year-old coin hoard found in complex tunnel system under Galilee dates to last Jewish rebellion against Romans
167. Soar through 44 million stars in Gaia telescope''s latest 3D map of our galaxy — Space photo of the week
174. Science news this week: The world''s oldest mummy, and an ant that mates with clones of a distant species
176. Ötzi quiz: What do you know about the Iceman mummy who was murdered 5,300 years ago in the Alps?
178. ''Like trying to see fog in the dark'': How strange pulses of energy are helping scientists build the ultimate map of the universe
181. Vast source of rare Earth metal niobium was dragged to the surface when a supercontinent tore apart
183. Farewell to the computer mouse? Bizarre new designs could reduce wrist injuries, scientists say.
186. First-ever black hole to be directly imaged has changed ''dramatically'' in just 4 years, new study finds
187. New report warns that China could overtake the US as top nation in space — and it could happen ''in 5-10 years,'' expert claims
193. ''There''s no shoving that genie back in the bottle'': Readers believe it''s too late to stop the progression of AI
196. Even brief exposure to air pollution can push the placenta into an inflammatory state, lab study suggests
200. ''The sun is slowly waking up'': NASA warns that there may be more extreme space weather for decades to come
203. ''When people gather in groups, bizarre behaviors often emerge'': How the rise of online social networks has catapulted dysfunctional thinking
204. Science history: A tragic gene therapy death that stalled the field for a decade — Sept. 17, 1999
205. ''We certainly weren''t exceptional, but now we''re the only ones left'': In new PBS series ''Human,'' anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores how humans came to dominate Earth
207. Skyscraper-size asteroid previously predicted to hit us in 60 years will zoom past Earth on Thursday (Sept. 18) — and you can see it live
208. Grumpy-looking Pallas''s cat photographed by camera trap in stunning photo from eastern Himalayas
210. ''This needs to happen fast'': Scientists race to cryopreserve a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct
211. ''A genuine surprise'': Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu once had ''flowing water'' that transformed its insides
213. World''s oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find
214. 1,900-year-old oil lamp that provided ''light in the journey to the afterlife'' found in Roman cemetery in the Netherlands
215. Scientists measure the ''natal kick'' that sent a baby black hole careening through space for the first time
216. ''Russian nesting doll'' virus hides inside a deadly fungus, making it even more dangerous to people
219. Potentially habitable, Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have an atmosphere, James Webb telescope hints
221. The best star projector we''ve tested is 38% cheaper on Amazon, taking it to one of its lowest-ever prices
225. ''Your fear is well-founded'': How human activities have raised the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme
227. James Webb telescope''s ''starlit mountaintop'' could be the observatory''s best image yet — Space photo of the week
231. 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian whistle was likely used by police officer tasked with guarding the ''sacred location'' of the royal tomb
236. Science news this week: NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars and and scientists invent visible time crystals
239. Camera trap in Chile detects strange lights blazing through the wilderness. Researchers are scrambling to explain them.
240. Astronomers accidentally use rare ''double zoom'' technique to view black hole''s corona in unprecedented detail
241. ''Almost like science fiction'': European ant is the first known animal to clone members of another species
242. Scientists develop ''full-spectrum'' 6G chip that could transfer data at 100 gigabits per second — 10,000 times faster than 5G
243. Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little beard filmed in deep canyon off California coast
245. New reconstructions show piercing eyes of men who lived 2,500 years ago in mysterious Indian civilization
246. Breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends life by decades earns its developers a 250,000 ''American Nobel''
252. Tiny cryogenic device cuts quantum computer heat emissions by 10,000 times — and it could be launched in 2026
253. ''Serious adverse and unintended consequences'': Polar geoengineering isn''t the answer to climate change
254. This premium Garmin watch is a close match for the pricey Fenix 8 — and it is now a huge 321 off
255. Electronics breakthrough means our devices may one day no longer emit waste heat, scientists say
257. ''Our hearts stopped'': Scientists find baby pterosaurs died in violent Jurassic storm 150 million years ago
261. Stephen Hawking''s long-contested black hole theory finally confirmed — as scientists ''hear'' 2 event horizons merge into one
262. Watch nature documentaries and science shows for 50% less, this Paramount Plus deal saves you up to 60
265. ''We have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic,'' says leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm
266. Apophis flyby in 2029 will be the first time a potentially hazardous asteroid has been visible to the naked eye
269. Scientists create first-ever visible time crystals using light — and they could one day appear on 100 bills
270. Gigantic ''letter S'' spotted on the sun just before a ''dark eruption'' hurls a fiery shadow at Earth
271. How the mystery origins of hairy little Yakutian horses were uncovered in Siberia''s ''gateway to the underworld''
272. Scientists are finally learning what''s inside mysterious ''halo'' barrels submerged off Los Angeles
273. Microsoft''s new light-based computer inspired by 80-year-old technology — it could make AI 100 times more efficient
285. James Webb telescope finds a warped ''Butterfly Star'' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the week
293. Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world''s biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience
294. The universe''s first magnetic fields were ''comparable'' to the human brain — and still linger within the ''cosmic web''
295. ''I trust AI the way a sailor trusts the sea. It can carry you far, or it can drown you'': Poll results reveal majority do not trust AI
298. Will the James Webb telescope lead us to alien life? Scientists say we''re getting closer than ever.
