1. Physicists recreated the first millisecond after the Big Bang — and found it was surprisingly soupy
2. ''Absolute surprise'': Homo erectus skulls found in China are almost 1.8 million years old — the oldest evidence of the ancient human relatives in East Asia
3. City-size, cold-volcano comet transforms into a glowing ''snail shell'' after major explosive outburst
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7. The biggest trees in the Peruvian Amazon store the most carbon — and they also face the greatest threat from humans
8. Supercomputers simulated the orbits of 1 million satellites between Earth and the moon — and less than 10% survived
9. Research group claims preeclampsia doomed the Neanderthals, but experts say it''s just a ''thought experiment''
11. Missing megaflood: How did the Mediterranean transform from a salt-filled bowl to a deep sea if it wasn''t a cataclysmic deluge?
13. 5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father''s bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals
14. Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China
21. Hidden beauty of Zimbabwe''s 2.5 billion-year-old ''geological marvel'' revealed in striking astronaut photo — Earth from space
23. Tumaco-Tolita Seated Elder: This 2,000-year-old depiction of an aged man with wrinkles struck fear in people because it held ''the power''
26. ''The brain consistently moved upward and backward'': Astronauts'' brains physically shift in their heads during spaceflight
28. Deepest views from James Webb and Chandra telescopes reveal a monster object that defies theory — Space photo of the week
30. Ancient rock art depicting hunters and geometric shapes discovered in Egypt''s Sinai Desert — and it spans a period of 10,000 years
32. ''Runaway'' black hole detected by the James Webb telescope adds a strange new chapter to our universe''s story
36. Science news this week: China turns a desert into a carbon sink, a Viking Age grave holds a giant who had brain surgery, real-life inception, and a last-minute Valentine''s gift idea from nature
38. Trump is bringing car pollution and other greenhouse gases back to America''s skies. Here are the health risks we all face from climate change.
40. Newly visible, city-size ''green comet'' will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS
42. ''It''s telling us there''s something big going on'': Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation
43. Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein''s relativity to its toughest test yet — and proves him right again
44. Canada could remove 5 times its annual carbon emissions by planting trees on edge of boreal forest, study finds
45. Archaeopteryx, one of the world''s first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen features, new study reveals
47. Subterranean tunnel, possibly used for medieval cult rituals, discovered in Stone Age tomb in Germany
51. Capture 2026''s space and astronomy highlights with one of our favorite astrophotography cameras — the Sony Alpha 7 IV has 20% off at Amazon
52. Risk of death from pregnancy in the US is 44 times higher than that from abortion, new analysis reveals
54. Antarctica ''ghost particle'' observatory gets major upgrade that could ''pave the way'' to physics breakthroughs
56. Medieval gold ring with dazzling blue gemstone discovered in Norway is a ''fantastically beautiful and rare specimen''
59. New study favors ''fuzzy'' dark matter as the backbone of the universe — contrary to decades of research
61. World''s oldest known sewn clothing may be stitched pieces of ice age hide unearthed in Oregon cave
63. Save 102 on our fitness experts'' recommended choice as the best walking treadmill, now at one of its lowest-ever prices
64. Needle-free insulin? Scientists invent gel that delivers insulin through the skin in animal studies
66. China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it''s turned this ''biological void'' into a carbon sink
67. Diagnostic dilemma: Teenager contracts rare ''welder''s anthrax,'' marking the ninth known case ever reported
68. Western Europe''s earliest known mule died 2,700 years ago — and it was buried with a partially cremated woman
69. Something supercharged Uranus with radiation during Voyager flyby 40 years ago. Scientists now know what.
76. Viking Age mass grave holds mysterious mix of dismembered human remains and complete skeletons, including a ''giant'' who''d had brain surgery
77. New ''sungrazing'' comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn''t destroy it
78. Impossibly powerful ''ghost particle'' that slammed into Earth may have come from an exploding black hole — and it could upend both particle physics and cosmology
81. Paleo-Inuit people braved icy seas to reach remote Greenland islands 4,500 years ago, archaeologists discover
84. Physicists push quantum boundaries by turning a superfluid into a supersolid — and back — for the first time
87. ''Maybe they''re waiting for something that only happens thousands of years later'': The hidden life ''sleeping'' deep beneath Earth for millions of years
88. Science history: ''Father of modern genetics'' describes his experiments with pea plants — and proves that heredity is transmitted in discrete units — Feb. 8, 1865
89. Anglo-Saxon children discovered buried with warrior gear in UK — perhaps as a nod to ''the men these children might have become''
90. ''A second set of eyes'': AI-supported breast cancer screening spots more cancers earlier, landmark trial finds
91. ''There''s no reason to ban us from playing'': Analysis debunks notion that transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sports
93. Science news this week: Anomalies inside Earth, leak on Artemis II, and how psychedelics may help treat PTSD
97. Extraordinary photo captures first appearance of Siberian peregrine falcon in Australia''s arid center
98. Scientist accidentally stumbles across bizarre ancient ‘wrinkle structures’ in Morocco that shouldn''t be there
99. Psychedelics may rewire the brain to treat PTSD. Scientists are finally beginning to understand how.
100. Psychedelic drug ayahuasca could treat PTSD, early studies hint. But exactly how it works isn''t clear.
101. Bandera Volcano Ice Cave: The weird lava tube in New Mexico whose temperature is always below freezing
104. Spotted lanternflies are invading the US. They may have gotten their evolutionary superpowers in China''s cities.
106. Black hole outburst ''Jetty McJetface'' is one of the most energetic objects in the universe — and only growing brighter
108. 7,500-year-old deer skull headdress discovered in Germany indicates hunter-gatherers shared sacred items and ideas with region''s first farmers
109. How well can AI and humans work together? Scientists are turning to Dungeons & Dragons to find out
111. Saltwater crocodiles crossed the Indian Ocean to reach the Seychelles — before humans arrived and wiped them out
120. Diagnostic dilemma: Man''s autopsy reveals unexpected ''boomerang-shaped'' structure in his heart
121. ''Textbooks will need to be updated'': Jupiter is smaller and flatter than we thought, Juno spacecraft reveals
123. A deer carrying the rotting head of its vanquished foe and a playful lynx shortlisted for Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People''s Choice Award
124. Asteroid 2024 YR4''s collision with the moon could create a flash visible from Earth, study finds
129. ''System in flux'': Scientists reveal what happened when wolves and cougars returned to Yellowstone
130. In the search for bees, Mozambique honey hunters and birds share a language with distinct, regional dialects
132. Physicists push thousands of atoms to a ''Schrödinger''s cat'' state — bringing the quantum world closer to reality than ever before
133. Trippy ''biomass'' snap reveals first detailed look at our planet''s carbon stores — Earth from space
136. What is Moltbook? A social network for AI threatens a ''total purge'' of humanity — but some experts say it''s a hoax
137. Enormous ''mega-blob'' under Hawaii is solid rock and iron, not gooey — and it may fuel a hotspot
139. The Colorado River''s largest tributary flows ''uphill'' for over 100 miles — and geologists may finally have an explanation for it
140. Artemis II simulated launch window opens tonight as NASA delays mission due to ''rare Arctic outbreak''
144. ''It''s similar to how Google can map your home without your consent'': Why using aerial lasers to map an archaeology site should have Indigenous partnership
145. ''Nose-in-a-dish'' reveals why the common cold hits some people hard, while others recover easily
147. Rare medieval seal discovered in UK is inscribed with ''Richard''s secret'' and bears a Roman-period gemstone
149. Stellar nursery bursts with newborn stars in hauntingly beautiful Hubble telescope image — Space photo of the week
154. ''The problem isn''t just Siri or Alexa'': AI assistants tend to be feminine, entrenching harmful gender stereotypes
155. Science news this week: ''Cloud People'' tomb found in Mexico, pancreatic cancer breakthrough, and the AI swarms poised to take over social media
161. Thousands of dams in the US are old, damaged and unable to cope with extreme weather. How bad is it?
162. ''Part of the evolutionary fabric of our societies'': Same-sex sexual behavior in primates may be a survival strategy, study finds
163. More than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in a cave; but archaeologists aren''t sure why
166. The Snow Moon will ''swallow'' one of the brightest stars in the sky this weekend: Where and when to look
167. Halley wasn''t the first to figure out the famous comet. An 11th-century monk did it first, new research suggests.
168. ''Previously unimaginable'': James Webb telescope breaks own record again, discovering farthest known galaxy in the universe
170. 50-year-old NASA jet crashes in flames on Texas runway — taking it out of the Artemis II mission
171. 5,000-year-old rock art from ancient Egypt depicts ''terrifying'' conquest of the Sinai Peninsula
174. Drones could achieve ''infinite flight'' after engineers create laser-based wireless power system that charges them from the ground
177. AI tool reveals hundreds of ''anomalies'' in Hubble telescope archives — and some defy classification
179. Complex building blocks of life can form on space dust — offering new clues to the origins of life
181. 430,000-year-old wooden handheld tools from Greece are the oldest on record — and they predate modern humans
183. Next-generation AI ''swarms'' will invade social media by mimicking human behavior and harassing real users, researchers warn
185. NASA is preparing for simulated launch of Artemis II mega moon rocket — and it could happen as early as Saturday
186. Days numbered for ''risky'' lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative
190. ''Doomsday Clock'' ticks 4 seconds closer to midnight as unregulated AI and ''mirror life'' threaten humanity
191. ''The dream has come true'': Standard model of cosmology holds up in massive 6-year study of the universe — with one big caveat
192. Creepy humanoid robot face learned to move its lips more accurately by staring at itself in the mirror, then watching YouTube
193. 160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiens
194. Rock climbers in Italy accidentally discovered evidence of an 80-million-year-old sea turtle stampede
195. Ancient lake full of crop circles lurks in the shadow of Saudi Arabia''s ''camel-hump'' mountain — Earth from space
199. 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing death
201. People with more ''brown fat'' have healthier cardiovascular systems. A new study in mice may explain why.
202. Microsoft says its newest AI chip Maia 200 is 3 times more powerful than Google''s TPU and Amazon''s Trainium processor
206. How to see 2 total solar eclipses in the next 2 years — including the ''eclipse of the century''
208. Google Glass has found yet another lease of life — but is it too little too late for smart glasses?
209. James Webb telescope peers into ''Eye of God'' and finds clues to life''s origins — Space photo of the week
211. 2,500 years ago, people in Bulgaria ate dog meat at feasts and as a delicacy, archaeological study finds
213. AI can develop ''personality'' spontaneously with minimal prompting, research shows. What does that mean for how we use it?
214. Science news this week: The world''s oldest rock art, giant freshwater reservoir found off the East Coast, and the biggest solar radiation storm in decades
218. Astronomers discover a gigantic, wobbling black hole jet that ''changes the way we think about the galaxy''
219. Some of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal Indigenous people in Brazil were hunting whales 5,000 years ago
220. ''A real revolution'': The James Webb telescope is upending our understanding of the biggest, oldest black holes in the universe
221. Chocolate Hills: The color-changing mounds in the Philippines that inspired legends of mud-slinging giants
224. Stream Will Smith''s Pole to Pole and many more nature and science documentaries with a 33% saving in this limited-time Disney deal
227. Arctic blast will bring ''life-threatening'' temperatures and dump snow on 150 million Americans. But will it make the trees explode?
228. 5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas
233. Californians have been using far less water than suppliers estimated — what does this mean for the state?
234. Scientists may be approaching a ''fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics'', if dark matter and ''ghost particles'' can interact
235. Lab mice that ''touch grass'' are less anxious — and that highlights a big problem in rodent research
238. Stunning time-lapse video captured using ''artificial eclipse'' shows 3 massive eruptions on the sun
239. Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 years
240. World''s oldest known rock art predates modern humans'' entrance into Europe — and it was found in an Indonesian cave
245. Diagnostic dilemma: A woman experienced delusions of communicating with her dead brother after late-night chatbot sessions
247. ''Like watching a cosmic volcano erupt'': Scientists see monster black hole ''reborn'' after 100 million years
248. Tiny improvements in sleep, nutrition and exercise could significantly extend lifespan, study suggests
250. Earth hit by biggest ''solar radiation storm'' in 23 years, triggering Northern Lights as far as Southern California
254. 1,700-year-old Roman marching camps discovered in Germany — along with a multitude of artifacts like coins and the remnants of shoes
255. Giant underwater plumes triggered by 7-story waves at Nazaré captured off Portuguese coast — Earth from space
256. Indigenous TikTok star ''Bush Legend'' is actually AI-generated, leading to accusations of ''digital blackface''
259. Eerie ''sand burials'' of elite Anglo-Saxons and their ''sacrificed'' horse discovered near UK nuclear power plant
260. Last year, the oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat — equivalent to 12 Hiroshima bombs exploding every second
261. Remnants of spills on Renaissance-era textbook reveal recipes for ''curing'' ailments with lizard heads and human feces
263. Nebra Sky Disc: The world''s oldest depiction of astronomical phenomena — and it may depict the Pleiades
264. James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a black hole — and it could solve a major galactic mystery
265. Astronomers confirm earliest Milky Way-like galaxy in the universe, just 2 billion years after the Big Bang
266. Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria
270. Strange discovery offers ''missing link'' in planet formation: ''This fundamentally changes how we think about planetary systems''
271. James Webb telescope spots ''failed stars'' in a breathtaking cluster near Earth — Space photo of the week
273. This is SPARDA: A self-destruct, self-defense system in bacteria that could be a new biotech tool
276. ''The scientific cost would be severe'': A Trump Greenland takeover would put climate research at risk
277. Science news this week: ISS medical evacuation, Mars Sample Return canceled, and woolly rhino flesh found in permafrost wolf
280. Artemis 2 update: NASA to wheel historic, 11 million-pound rocket to the launch pad this weekend
281. Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass says he''s close to finding Nefertiti''s tomb in new documentary
285. Ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in Saudi Arabia contain preserved DNA from the long-lost population
287. Tapping into new ''probabilistic computing'' paradigm can make AI chips use much less power, scientists say
289. New map of Antarctica reveals hidden world of lakes, valleys and mountains buried beneath miles of ice
292. Our model of the universe is deeply flawed — unless space is actually a ''sticky fluid'', new research hints
294. NASA''s powerful new Roman Space Telescope is complete — and will soon begin mission to find 100,000 alien worlds
298. James Webb telescope saw black holes emerging from ''cocoons'' near the dawn of time, new study hints
299. One of the last woolly rhinos to walk Earth was eaten by a wolf pup — and scientists have now sequenced its genome from the undigested meat
300. ''One of those rare ''wow'' moments'': Zombie star near Earth has a rainbow shockwave that ''shouldn''t be there''
