
Preserved hair reveals just how bad lead exposure was in the 20th century
A new study reveals the dramatic decrease in lead exposure in the U.S. following the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency 55 years ago.

By Patrick Pester published
NASA's Artemis II simulated launch is scheduled for tonight after Arctic weather forced the mission to be delayed. The first crewed Artemis mega moon rocket could still leave Earth as early as this weekend.

By Jamie Carter published
A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming within collapsing clouds of gas and dust.

By Ivan Farkas published
Will two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Perhaps, but we'll have to wait for it for them to 'reappear'.

By Ivan Farkas published
Astronomers have discovered how "forever young" stars stay blue and bright despite being almost as old as the universe.

By Skyler Ware last updated
The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

By Skyler Ware published
After the asteroid smashed into Earth around 66 million years ago, it didn't take life that long to rebound, a new study finds.

By Skyler Ware published
Scientists discover a tipping point that took place in 2000, where El Niño’s effect on sea ice loss in Siberia was amplified.

By Stephanie Pappas published
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists now says humanity is a metaphorical 85 seconds to global disaster.

By Harry Baker published
Earth from space A 2020 astronaut photo shows the oasis town of Jubbah lurking within a paleolake in the wind shadow of Saudi Arabia's "two camel-hump mountain."

By Sophie Berdugo published
Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.

By Joanna Thompson published
An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.

By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region.

By Olivia Ferrari published
A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in socially complex species. The findings show diverse sexual behaviors are common — and likely beneficial in primates.

By Jeanne Timmons published
Scientists say grooves on a rock face overlooking the Adriatic Sea may have been made by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake.

By Chris Simms published
Sharktober is real in Hawaii — and it's down to the reproductive pattern of predatory tiger sharks, an analysis of 30 years of data reveals.

By Jess Thomson last updated
An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say.

By RJ Mackenzie published
Using a laboratory model of the human nose, scientists have investigated why the severity of common-cold infections varies so widely between individuals.

By Victoria Atkinson published
A new study suggests that lifespan might be 50% heritable — although for now, it's hard to know if the finding applies across diverse populations.

By Zunnash Khan published
By targeting three key growth pathways at once, researchers eliminated pancreatic tumors in multiple mouse models and prevented the cancer from returning, a promising step toward overcoming treatment resistance.

By Nicoletta Lanese published
Nearly 790 people, primarily children, have been infected in South Carolina's ongoing measles outbreak, officials report.

By Anirban Mukhopadhyay published
Designed to assist rather than replace doctors, a new autonomous tool scans clinical notes to highlight patients who may need urgent follow-up for cognitive decline and potential dementia.

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By Ramona Vijeyarasa published
Virtual assistants mostly adopt 'female' personas, but all that does is exacerbate the notion that women are subservient.

By Ben Turner published
Science news this week Jan. 31, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

By Victoria Atkinson published
The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

By Skyler Ware published
The six-year Dark Energy Survey has released its full results, showing that two leading models of cosmology are equally valid — but both fail to explain one key observation.

By Ivan Farkas published
Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that challenges our understanding of how the universe evolved.

By Harry Baker last updated
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