5,000-year-old dog skeleton and dagger buried together in Swedish bog hint at mysterious Stone Age ritual
Five millennia ago, ancient fishers buried a dog alongside a dagger in a lake bed. Archaeologists are trying to figure out why.
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Fingerprint of ancient seaborne raider found on Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat
An ancient fingerprint and several chemical clues from a 2,400-year-old sea raiders’ boat are revealing secrets about where some mysterious attackers came from during the
How to levitate objects sans magic
It’s possible to defy gravity using sound waves, magnets or electricity, but today’s methods can’t hoist heavy items high in the sky.
Dark matter ‘nuggets’ could explain the Milky Way’s mysterious glow
A mysterious excess of far-ultraviolet light seen across the Milky Way could come from the annihilation of clumpy dark matter.
5 genetic ‘signatures’ underpin a range of psychiatric conditions
A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms.
These incredible birdwatching binoculars are $125 off at Amazon — just in time for that last bit of Christmas shopping
Celestron Regal ED 8×42 earned 5 stars from our experts, and they’re now the cheapest we’ve ever seen them — they’re ideal for birders.
Today’s biggest science news: ‘Little Foot’ potential unknown human ancestor | Geminids peak | Comet 3I/ATLAS closest approach
Monday, Dec. 15, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
Mapping Dark Matter
This image shows two massive galaxy clusters. The vast number of galaxies and foreground stars in the image were captured by NASA’s James Webb Space
Magdala stone: 2,000-year-old carving from Jerusalem is world’s oldest known depiction of a menorah
A pilgrim who visited the Second Temple in Jerusalem may have carved their memories into a limestone block for another synagogue.
The UN’s International Asteroid Warning Network is closely watching comet 3I/ATLAS. Here’s why.
Tracking comets accurately is hard. A new effort with the U.N. and NASA aims to better chart these visitors using 3I/ATLAS.
‘This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture’: Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was made
The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete.
A Robotic Helping Hand
The 57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm extends from a data grapple fixture on the International Space Station’s Harmony module in this July 23, 2025, image.
Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid’s huge genome, revealing secrets of the ‘living fossil’
The genetic link between squids and octopuses may just be found in the vampire squid genome.
Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen — Space photo of the week
Astronomers used major telescopes across the world to probe a cosmic explosion 8 billion light-years from the solar system.