Today's Science News
February 1, 2026
Muscle stem cells build resilience but lose regenerative power with age - A UCLA study reveals aging muscle stem cells accumulate NDRG1, slowing repair but enhancing survival, highlighting trade-offs in aging.What ice-fishing competitions reveal about human decision-making - An international team analyzed ice fishers' choices, revealing success affects decision-making between personal experience and social cues.
January 31, 2026
Research roundup: 6 cool stories we almost missed - A lip-syncing robot, Leonardo's DNA, and new evidence that humans, not glaciers, moved stones to StonehengeDAILY DOSE: US Measles Cases Hit 588 in 2026 as South Carolina Outbreak Jumps Again; Thailand Tries to “Rewild” Endangered Leopard Sharks With Aquarium-Bred Juveniles. - US measles cases rise to 588 in 2026, with South Carolina's outbreak growing significantly; vaccination rates are declining among children.
Lifespan may be 50% heritable, study suggests - 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.
Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA set to take stations for moon rocket fueling test - Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon.
Chinese space tourism startup eyes 2028 for 1st crewed mission, signs celebrity for future flight - InterstellOr is already taking bookings for its planned suborbital flights and says it has attracted its first celebrity passenger, highlighting China's growing commercial space ambitions.
Astronomers spot 'time-warped' supernovas whose light both has and hasn't reached Earth - Will two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding?
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 195 — Remembering Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia - On Episode 195 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Gerry Griffin, former Apollo Flight Director and Director of the Johnson Space Center, about NASA's spaceflight tragedies.
5 Diseases With Surprising Animal Reservoirs — And How They Can Affect Humans - Learn more about the diseases that live in certain animals and if they can be transferred to humans.
Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Jan. 26, 2026: Which planet may have a July meteor shower? - Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.
Life may have rebounded 'ridiculously fast' after the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact - After the asteroid smashed into Earth around 66 million years ago, it didn't take life that long to rebound, a new study finds.
From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space - Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.
'The problem isn't just Siri or Alexa': AI assistants tend to be feminine, entrenching harmful gender stereotypes - Virtual assistants mostly adopt 'female' personas, but all that does is exacerbate the notion that women are subservient.
From 'Asteroids' to 'Star Citizen': A brief history of space dogfighting games - How space dogfighting games evolved from vector lines to virtual cockpits.
Best Garmin smartwatches for runners 2026, tried and tested - These are the best Garmin running watches you can buy in every category, from Fenix 8 and Enduro 3 to Forerunner 55.
Science news this week: 'Cloud People' tomb found in Mexico, pancreatic cancer breakthrough, and the AI swarms poised to take over social media - 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.
Garmin Enduro 3 review: The longest-lasting sports watch series gets a price cut - If you’re after a high-end sports watch, minus the upkeep and attention-grabbing smartwatch tech, this one is for you.
Peak Design 25L Outdoor Backpack review - The Peak Design 25L Outdoor Backpack provides versatility and quality for a variety of outdoor uses.
What actually happens to a spacecraft during its fiery last moments? Here's why ESA wants to find out - What actually happens to a spacecraft during its fiery last moments?
James Webb telescope solves mystery of 'forever young' vampire stars from the dawn of time - Astronomers have discovered how "forever young" stars stay blue and bright despite being almost as old as the universe.
Jupiter’s clouds are hiding something big - Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds.
Puffy baby planets reveal a missing stage of planet formation - A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets.
Weak magnetism causes big changes in a strange state of matter - A strange, glowing form of matter called dusty plasma turns out to be incredibly sensitive to magnetic fields.
How long does it take the sun to rotate? - The time it takes for the sun to completely rotate depends where on the sun you are measuring.
Electric fields flip the rules of water chemistry - nside electrochemical devices, strong electric fields dramatically alter how water molecules behave.
How gene loss and monogamy built termite mega societies - Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features.
Ancient tools in China are forcing scientists to rethink early humans - Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed.
How Dissociation Blunts Trauma - The most elusive mental health condition is more common than we thought
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For the First Time, Scientists Detect Molecule Critical to Life in Interstellar Space - For the first time, a complex, ring-shaped molecule containing 13 atoms—including sulfur—has been detected in interstellar space, based on laboratory measurements.
Cracks on Europa Sport Traces of Ammonia - The search for life-supporting worlds in the Solar System includes the Jovian moon Europa.
January 30, 2026
NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station - NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier thanAncient Jokes Etched in Clay - These millennia-old punchlines aren’t exactly gut-busters today
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NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the moon puts Crew-12 SpaceX launch in delicate dance - SpaceX launch date of Crew-12 astronauts to the International Space Station will depend on the outcome of the Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal and launch attempts.
Asteroid 2024 YR4’s Possible 2032 Moon Impact — What the Aftermath Could Look Like - Learn about 2024 YR4, the asteroid with a 4 percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032, and the possible timeline of effects that could follow.
"Red Geyser" Galaxies Have Plenty of Star-Forming Gas But Don't Form Stars - Red Geysers are an unusual class of galaxy that contain only old stars.
Fire-Loving Fungi Have Learned to Eat Charcoal — A Useful Skill for Dealing With Industrial Waste - Learn more about how exploring the genes of fungi thriving on charcoal could help revive ecosystems after severe fires and industrial pollution.
Brown Bears Look Alike to the Human Eye — An AI Program Is Helping to Observe Their Differences - Learn about the AI program that's recognizing individual brown bears in Alaska by their faces and poses.
When German Shepherds Got Their Cursed Genes - DNA from museum specimens help detail the genetic bottleneck
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Blue Origin pausing space tourism flights for at least 2 years to focus on moon plans - Blue Origin will ground its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for at least two years, in order to devote more resources to the company's crewed moon plans.
430,000-Year-Old Discovery Reveals Earliest-Known Evidence of Humans Using Wooden Tools - Learn how two wooden tools discovered in Greece mark the earliest known evidence of humans shaping wood, moving the timeline back roughly 40,000 years.
Russian 'inspector' satellite appears to break apart in orbit, raising debris concerns - Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after retirement, raising new concerns about debris in high Earth orbit.
The Devastating Disease Neglected for Decades - Despite high-tech new therapies, people with sickle cell anemia still encounter stigma today
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NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards - NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards And to further that vision, NASA has issued two awards for studies into vehicle concepts.
Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars - This animation of NASA’s Perseverance was created with the Caspian visualization tool using data acquired during an 807-foot (246-meter) drive on the rim of
NASA Honor Awards for Cold Atom Lab Team Members - NASA OUTSTANDING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP MEDAL Awarded for notable leadership accomplishments that have significantly influenced NASA’s mission.
Video: Perseverance Rover’s View of Crater Rim Drive - Description This animation shows Perseverance’s point of view during drive of 807 feet (246 meters) along the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2025, the 1,709th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
Large Hadron Collider reveals 'primordial soup' of the early universe was surprisingly soupy - Using the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, scientists have found that the quark-gluon plasma that filled the universe just after the Big Bang really was a primordial "soup."
Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI - This annotated image from NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image depicts the
New triple-drug treatment stops pancreatic cancer in its tracks, a mouse study finds - 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.
The Atlantic Ocean May Have Its Own Grand Canyon — and It Might Be Even Bigger - Learn more about how Earth’s crust unzipped beneath the Atlantic Ocean, creating a giant underwater canyon.
Recreating the Smells of History - Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields
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China Controls Britain’s Drug Deaths—And There’s Nothing Westminster Can Do About It - A 15-year study reveals the uncomfortable truth about drug policy: domestic legislation has limited impact when the substances are manufactured abroad
New research finds crosstalk inside cells helps pathogens evade drugs - Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars - The team for the six-wheeled scientist used a vision-capable AI to create a safe route over the Red Planet’s
Sex Changes the Brains of Male Mice - “What surprised us here was the clarity of the signal”
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What’s Up: February 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA - NASA’s Artemis II mission has its first opportunity to launch to the moon, Orion the Hunter takes center stage, and a planetary parade marches across the night sky.
Laws to keep guns away from distressed individuals reduce suicides - In 2023, ERPO laws significantly reduced firearm suicides in certain states, demonstrating their effectiveness without increasing other suicide methods.
Preparing for Artemis II: Training for a Mission Around the Moon - Four astronauts will soon travel beyond low Earth orbit and fly around the Moon on Artemis II, a mission that will test NASA's systems and
1.1 million mph cosmic winds race through 'magnetic superhighway' in colliding galaxies - Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.
Jurassic Predators Feasted on Baby Long-Necked Dinosaurs 150 Million Years Ago - Learn how fossils from Colorado’s Morrison Formation helped researchers reconstruct a Late Jurassic food web and uncover the role of young sauropods.
Goldstone’s DSS-15 Antenna and the Milky Way - Deep Space Station 15, one of the 112-foot antennas at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, looks skyward, with the stars
New Measurements of Europa's Ice Shell Taint the Icy Moon's Potential Habitability - Jupiter's icy moon Europa is a tantalizing target in the search for habitability in our Solar System.
Living spaceships, plague planets, and a quote from Josef Mengele: 'The Sixth Nik' is NYT bestselling author Daniel Kraus' 1st sci-fi novel, and it's really weird - Read an excerpt of this deep-space mystery from the prolific writer of 'Whalefall' and 'Angel Down.'
Thousands of dams in the US are old, damaged and unable to cope with extreme weather. How bad is it? - Dams in the U.S. are showing signs of damage that are worsening with age and climate change.
'Part of the evolutionary fabric of our societies': Same-sex sexual behavior in primates may be a survival strategy, study finds - A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in socially complex species.
Boron Could Be Astrobiology’s Unsung Hero - The light, rare element boron, better known as the primary component of borax, a longtime household cleaner, was almost mined to exhaustion in parts of the old American West.
More than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in a cave; but archaeologists aren't sure why - Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.
NASA delays critical Artemis 2 rocket fueling test due to below-freezing temperatures, launch no earlier than Feb. 8 - NASA has been forced to delay a critical fueling test for its Artemis 2 moon rocket due to unusually cold weather forecasted to hit the Space Coast this weekend.
Once Thought To Support Neurons, Astrocytes Turn Out To Be in Charge - New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states.
On the nose: Beauty, bias and the face of social media - ECU research reveals how facial filters and stereotypes shape perceptions of noses, impacting identity and self-worth on social media.
Perseverance Rover Discovers an Ancient Martian Beach, Complete with Waves - When the rover now named Perseverance landed in Jezero crater in early 2021, scientists already knew they had picked an interesting place to scope out.
See the moon glow next to mighty Jupiter in the winter sky tonight - The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1.
Is a MacBook or Windows laptop better for astrophotography? - Both Windows and MacBooks have advantages for astrophotography, but the choice will depend on your power level and budget.
DAILY DOSE: Measles Outbreak Map Shifts as Utah, Arizona, Washington Grow and Nebraska Reports First Case; FDA Clears First Human Trial of Partial Epigenetic Reprogramming for Vision Loss. - Measles outbreaks rise in Utah, Arizona, and Washington; Nebraska reports its first case.
Scientists teach microorganisms to build molecules with light - Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful for humans and society.
Artemis 2 moon suits ready to make history | Space photo of the day for Jan. 30, 2026 - A new image from NASA shows the four orange spacesuits that will be worn by the Artemis 2 crew in their 10-day mission around the moon.
Baby dinosaurs a common prey for Late Jurassic predators - A study finds that young sauropods were crucial food sources for predators in the Late Jurassic, influencing ecosystem dynamics and evolutionary adaptations over millions of years.
Immunoglobulin G's overlooked hinge turns out to be a structural control hub - The lower hinge of immunoglobulin G (IgG), an overlooked part of the antibody, acts as a structural and functional control hub, according to a study by researchers at Science Tokyo.
Watch awkward Chinese humanoid robot lay it all down on the dance floor - The model demonstrated remarkable precision, stability and speed across a highly complex dance routine.
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) crumbles apart in stunning new telescope images - The comet broke into pieces after making a close approach around the sun in October 2025.
3D covalent organic framework offers sustainable solution for wastewater treatment - Industrial dye pollution remains one of the most persistent and hazardous challenges in global wastewater management.
Shining a light on sustainable sulfur-rich polymers that stay recyclable - For the first time, scientists have used ultraviolet (UV) light, a low-cost and readily available energy source, to successfully synthesize more sustainable and recyclable polymer materials.
Hawke Frontier ED X 8x42 review - An award-winning birding binocular with both style and substance at a reasonable price — a must for any nature enthusiast.
The Snow Moon will 'swallow' one of the brightest stars in the sky this weekend: Where and when to look - On the night of Feb. 2, skywatchers in eastern North America can see the moon occult Regulus — a rare event visible to the naked eye.
Yum! Flies swarm to a flower that smells like wounded ants - A type of Japanese dogsbane emits the distress signal of injured ants — a particular scent — to draw in scavenging flies that end up pollinating its flowers.
From space to the seabed, critical infrastructure is becoming more vulnerable, experts warn: 'People don't realize how dependent we are' - From space debris to cyberattacks, experts warn that the hidden infrastructure powering modern life is increasingly vulnerable.
Gray wolves are hunting sea otters and no one knows how - On a remote Alaskan island, gray wolves are rewriting the rulebook by hunting sea otters — a behavior few scientists ever expected to see.
Overcoming the solubility crisis: A solvent-free method to enhance drug bioavailability - A large share of medicines developed today may never reach patients for a surprisingly simple reason: they cannot dissolve well enough in water.
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from two coasts in two days - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites lifted off from California on Jan. 29, 2026.
A Laser Ruler for Sharper Black Hole Images - Researchers at KAIST have developed a breakthrough technology that could dramatically improve our ability to image black holes and other distant objects.
A fish that ages in months reveals how kidneys grow old - A fast-aging fish is giving scientists a rare, accelerated look at how kidneys grow old—and how a common drug may slow that process down.
Treasures found on HS2 route stored in secret warehouse - Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.
A New Theory for What Really Powers a Flare - Solar flares are one of the most closely watched processes in solar physics.
African scientists push for homegrown pharma innovation - African scientists push for regional pharmaceutical product development as donor funding declines.
A 20-year-old cancer vaccine may hold the key to long-term survival - Two decades after a breast cancer vaccine trial, every participant is still alive—an astonishing result for metastatic disease.
New Research Reveals the Ingredients for Life Form on Their Own in Space - A new study led by researchers from Aarhus University showed that amino acids spontaneously bond in space, producing peptides that are essential to life as we know it.
January 29, 2026
The First Time Tobacco Executives Admitted Smoking Is Bad for You - The moment the science finally came to light The post The First Time Tobacco Executives Admitted Smoking Is Bad for You appeared first on Nautilus .Social Media Habits Are Easy to Form — And Easier to Break Than You Might Think - Learn more about how and why we form social media habits and some ways you can break your own social media habits.
Landslide Causes 1,500 Residents to Evacuate Small Sicilian Town - Learn more about the landslide that’s left some homes teetering on the edge of a cliff.
Adult Polar Bears in Svalbard Are Gaining Fat Even as Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks - Learn how polar bears in the Arctic’s Barents Sea are maintaining healthy fat reserves despite sea ice loss in a warming climate.
The Star That Wasn't Dying After All - Astronomers have solved a bit of a mystery that had them questioning whether one of the most extreme stars ever observed was about to explode.
NASA Fires Up Nuclear Future for Deep Space Travel - NASA has completed its first major testing of nuclear reactor hardware for spacecraft propulsion in over 50 years, marking a crucial step toward faster, more capable deep space missions.
Astronomers watch 1st black hole ever imaged launch a 3,000‑light‑year‑long cosmic jet from its glowing 'shadow' - "It is amazing to see that we are gradually moving towards combining these breakthrough observations across multiple frequencies and completing the picture of the jet launching region."
This Popular Culinary Mushroom Turns Meals into Visions, Making People See “Little Elves” - Openly sold in and widely eaten in Asia, Lanmaoa asiatica can cause bizarre, highly specific hallucinations, challenging what we know about fungal toxins.
First Direct Evidence Suggests the Universe’s Primordial Soup Behaved Like a Liquid - Learn how physicists recreated the early universe’s primordial soup, known as quark-gluon plasma, and discovered how it responds when particles race through it.
Halley wasn't the first to figure out the famous comet. An 11th-century monk did it first, new research suggests. - An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.
Rocket Lab launches Korean disaster-monitoring satellite after long delay - Rocket Lab launched a South Korean disaster-monitoring satellite from New Zealand on Thursday (Jan. 29), about six weeks later than originally planned.
What Sets Off Bomb Cyclones - This storm category includes some nor’easters, which seem likely to grow even more chaotic in coming decades
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Finding A Frozen Earth In Old Data - Finding Earth-like planets is the primary driver of exoplanet searches because as far as we know, they're the ones most likely to be habitable.
New 'Starfleet Academy' episode 'Vox in Excelso' shows that Klingons are the most versatile species in 'Star Trek' - Think Klingons are just loudmouthed louts with terrible table manners?
James Webb telescope discovers closest galaxy to the Big Bang ever seen - The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe.
US government declassifies Cold War-era 'JUMPSEAT' spy satellites - The National Reconnaissance Office just revealed the existence of its "JUMPSEAT" line of spy satellites, eight of which launched to Earth orbit between 1971 and 1987.
South Carolina's measles outbreak nears 790 cases — making it the biggest in decades - Nearly 790 people, primarily children, have been infected in South Carolina's ongoing measles outbreak, officials report.
Your Lifespan May Depend Much More on Genes Than Previously Thought - Your Lifespan May Depend Much More on Genes Than Previously Thought: Research published today shows a bigger impact of genetics on aging than previously thought
What ice fishing can teach us about making foraging decisions - Social density increases likelihood of sticking with a location.
NASA's Juno spacecraft spots the largest volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io - "What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources."
NASA's Artemis 2 crewed mission to the moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China's closed program - The United States is no longer competing against a single rival in a largely symbolic race.
Can Morality Survive Climate Collapse? - Megha Majumdar’s acclaimed novel A Guardian and a Thief explores a near-future where scarcity forces hard choices
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New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research - New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.
50-year-old NASA jet crashes in flames on Texas runway — taking it out of the Artemis II mission - New footage shows one of NASA's WB-57 research jets spewing out flames and smoke as it skids across a runway during an emergency landing near Houston.
5,000-year-old rock art from ancient Egypt depicts 'terrifying' conquest of the Sinai Peninsula - Archaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region.
RNA droplets may have accelerated prebiotic Earth's development of complex molecules - The origin of life from Earth's primordial chemistry has long fascinated and perplexed us.
This trio of 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' cadets weren't Trekkies before the show, but they are now (interview) - "It's like when you watch 'The Lord of the Rings.'
The Milky Way's Center is a Difficult Target, But It Can't Deter the Roman Telescope - The Milky Way's Galactic Center and Bulge are shrouded in thick dust and tightly-packed with stars.
When does the Nasa Moon mission launch and who are the Artemis II crew? - The first crewed Moon mission in 50 years could launch in February, ahead of a future lunar landing.
Stone Age teenager was mauled by a bear 28,000 years ago, skeletal analysis confirms - The mystery of a Stone Age teenager's death has been solved — 80 years after he was found in an ancient burial ground in Italy.
Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say - Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.
Jupiter's moon Europa has an ice shell about 18 miles thick — and that could be bad news for alien life - Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — which could make it hard for nutrients to get down to its buried ocean.
Best Lego NASA sets 2026: Build NASA's finest from the Apollo 11 Rover to Artemis 2 - We've rounded up the best Lego NASA sets to suit a range of budgets and ages.
The 10 best sci-fi TV Shows of the 1990s - From "The X-Files" to "Farscape," drift back three decades with us as we reminisce over the last great run of science fiction on the small screen.
States want to tax fossil fuel companies to create climate change superfunds - As climate costs rise, states are passing legislation so fossil fuel can pay their share.
February 2026 night sky: What to see and what you need - The best of February’s stargazing events — with key dates and the must-have gear to see them at their best.
Satellite sees river flow across the globe | Space photo of the day for Jan. 29, 2025 - Along with this stunning image is the first-ever global estimate of river water discharge and overall sediment suspension.
Why Do Humans Get Acne, and Is it Unique to Us? Here’s What to Know - Learn more about what causes acne in humans and how it can sometimes impact animals, too.
Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life - Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.
Drones could achieve 'infinite flight' after engineers create laser-based wireless power system that charges them from the ground - A new system will enable operators to use laser beams to top off batteries while drones are in midflight.
Biodegradable bark–plastic composite lets engineers predict product lifetime from tensile tests - Old trees are learning new tricks with the advent of composite materials.
Critical moment when El Niño started to erode Russia's Arctic sea ice discovered - Scientists discover a tipping point that took place in 2000, where El Niño’s effect on sea ice loss in Siberia was amplified.
Early Universe's supermassive black holes grew in cocoons like butterflies - During cocoon phase, young, supermassive black holes are surrounded by high-density gas.
Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago — and used thyme to mask the smell - A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.
Everyone experiences malicious joy now and then - Called schadenfreude, feeling happy when we see someone else’s pain is typically harmless.
Hundreds of new 'anomalies' in Hubble data defy explanation - AI helped researchers probe the Hubble Space Telescope's archive to find strange celestial objects, including some indescribable by science.
James Webb Space Telescope reveals new origin story for the universe's 1st supermassive black holes - Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes formed without stars.
Self-powered composite material detects its own cracks - A new multifunctional composite made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) and piezoelectric materials can use vibrations to self-detect tiny cracks.
Tiny mammals are sending warning signs scientists can finally read - Small mammals are early warning systems for environmental damage, but many species look almost identical, making them hard to track.
What’s Really Going On Inside Jupiter? New Models Offer Clues - Jupiter’s atmosphere and clouds have mesmerized stargazers for centuries, as their multi-colored, swirling layers can easily be viewed from powerful telescopes on Earth.
A breakthrough that turns exhaust CO2 into useful materials - Scientists have created a device that captures carbon dioxide and transforms it into a useful chemical in a single step.
Dark Energy Survey Data Reveals the Tighest Estimates Yet on Cosmic Expansion - The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration collected information on hundreds of millions of galaxies across the Universe using the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at CTIO, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.