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Dec. 13, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over
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Dec. 13, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over
A thick layer of more than 12 miles of rock may explain why Bermuda seems to float above the surrounding ocean.
New images taken with the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii confirm that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has gotten brighter and greener since its close flyby
A California woman was scheduled to have a large cyst removed but, in the lead-up to the procedure, learned she had a rare ectopic pregnancy.
Cassius was an 18-foot-long saltwater crocodile living in captivity in Marineland Crocodile Park in Australia. He died last year at the age of about 120
Sensors and artificial intelligence help a prosthetic hand act more like a natural one, new research shows. (Image credit: Dave Titensor)
The Oreo-sized baby turtle represents a turning point in Rockalina’s recovery: Spending time with her own kind. (Image credit: Garden State Tortoise)
James Webb finds a hot planet that is tidally locked with its parent star, is coated with a thick atmosphere of volatile chemicals.
Archaeologists have identified a 16th-century gallows structure and nearly a dozen mass burial pits in Grenoble, France.
The winners of the inaugural Global Space Awards were recently announced at a star-studded ceremony at London’s Natural History Museum. The event championed innovation and
A mosquito proboscis repurposed as a 3-D printing nozzle can print filaments around 20 micrometers wide, half the width of a fine human hair.
In the aftermath of slavery, white psychiatrists diagnosed Black people with “religious excitement” and claimed they were unfit for freedom.
Webb’s image of the enormous stellar jet in Sh2-284 provides evidence that protostellar jets scale with the mass of their parent stars—the more massive the
Scientists have discovered that over half a mile of DNA could hold over 360,000 terabytes of data.