Earth & Environment
Ancient amber reveals how ants lived and interacted in the age of dinosaurs
Tiny insects trapped in fossilized tree resin are offering scientists a rare window into life on Earth millions of years ago.
A new study of...
6 million years ago something slammed into modern-day Brazil
Giant impacts on Earth's surface can be cataclysmic events with far-reaching consequences. They can excavate massive craters like the Vredefort Crater.
There's also growing evidence...
Your tires may be broadcasting your movements without you knowing
A safety feature found in most modern cars could also be quietly exposing drivers to tracking, according to new research from the IMDEA Networks...
Ancient love stories: How Neanderthal–human relationships shaped our DNA
Our DNA carries the history of ancient migrations, encounters, and relationships between different human groups.
A new study suggests that intimate connections between modern humans...
Why complaining about your boss might actually bring coworkers closer
Most people have done it at least once—venting to coworkers about a frustrating boss after a long meeting or a tough day.
Gossiping about the...
Ancient eggshell engravings reveal early humans’ surprising math skills
More than 60,000 years ago, early humans in southern Africa were carving patterns onto ostrich eggshells—and new research shows these designs were far more...
Scientists find one of the smallest dinosaurs ever found in South America
Scientists have discovered a remarkably complete fossil of a tiny dinosaur that is helping to solve a long-standing puzzle about a strange group of...
Iron age mass grave reveals targeted killing of women and children in Europe
Archaeologists have uncovered chilling evidence of a large-scale massacre from about 2,800 years ago in what is now northern Serbia.
The discovery, made at the...
Breathing dirty air may quietly raise Alzheimer’s risk in older people
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and affects tens of millions of people around the world. It slowly damages memory, thinking...
40,000-year-old symbols may be humanity’s first step toward writing
Long before the first known writing systems appeared in ancient Mesopotamia, early humans were already carving mysterious symbols into tools, ornaments, and sculptures.
A new...
Scientists create a “cloud in a box” to unlock weather’s biggest mysteries
In a laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists recently witnessed something remarkable: the birth of a cloud inside a...
Why we may still be waiting for an alien signal
Since the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) experiment in 1960, scientists have been scanning the Milky Way for signs of advanced alien civilizations.
They...
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This solar cycle, the sun’s activity is more powerful and surprising than predicted
What do you feel when you see the aurora?
Otherwise known as the northern or southern lights, an aurora is light emitted by upper atmospheric...
Scientists reveal how deep-Earth carbon shapes continents and creates diamonds
A new international study led by researchers at the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry in China has uncovered how carbon deep within the Earth plays...
Scientists find way to turn food waste into biodegradable plastics plastics
Scientists have found a way to turn food scraps into biodegradable plastics using bacteria, offering a promising solution to reduce plastic waste and pollution.
This...
How the Sun’s rays affect the deep Earth: A surprising discovery
For a long time, scientists thought that changes deep inside the Earth, like volcanic eruptions and tectonic plate movements, were the main drivers of...
Certain pollutants may increase risk of COVID-19, study finds
Scientists found that high levels of certain chemical pollutants in the blood are linked to an increased risk of COVID-19 disease.
Why collect asteroid samples?
China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3).
The country could...
Scientists find hidden plastics in the sea
Imagine millions of tons of plastic waste, like water bottles, food wrappers, and clothes, getting tossed into the ocean every year.
Over time, the sun's...
Ray Dalio: My view about economic cycle
According to Investopedia, an economic cycle is the overall state of the economy as it goes through four stages in a cyclical pattern.
The four...