An astonishing discovery of ancient proteins from a 24-million-year-old rhino fossil is rewriting the evolutionary history of these majestic creatures.

Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

AI-designed materials cool better than paint and save energy. Their uses span homes, clothes, and space tech. A new class of materials created with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning could help lower indoor temperatures and reduce energy…

Beneath the Arctic waves lies Earth’s largest, unseen waterfall, a colossal force shaping our climate in ways you’ve never imagined.

The huge clouds of pebbles rapidly accrete to form the rocky cores of gas giants like Jupiter.

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 The Quipu superstructure, spanning over 1.3 billion light-years, is the largest known entity in the universe. 🔭 Astronomers utilize X-ray galaxy clusters to map and analyze these massive cosmic formations. 📊 The immense size of superstructu…

Disaster victims trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building or mine may one day be rescued by a tiny and unlikely savior: a beetle with a backpack.

With the universe constantly expanding, scientists have a hard time finding where its center is.

By Gary Martin Thank goodness for air conditioning. Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the

A recent study by Dr. Esther Jacobson-Tepfer, published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, explores the transformation of elk rock art in the Mongolian Altai. Her research sheds light on the possible factors that influenced these changes, leading to rea…

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift more than a meter.

Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests – not in our DNA code itself, but in how that code is expressed.

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Scientists in Japan have injected 40,000-year-old Neanderthal DNA into mice, sparking unexpected changes in their skeletons. The results offer surprising new insights into the ancient human species.

They're the 'dinosaurs of the universe'

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which orbits the Milky Way.

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers away."

What's Earth's lowest spot on dry land — and how did it get to be that way?

A team of astronomers recently discovered the traveling space object, just the third of its kind to pass through our solar system.

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to AI-powered genetic research, scientists have revealed a far more entangled history. Modern humans and Neanderthals didn’t just cross paths…

Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting expansion rate.

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Pepper the cat, whose owner works at the University of Florida, gathered a specimen containing a never-before-seen virus for the second time.