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Stupid hot: Heat waves cause cognitive changes in animals, making them more aggressive and unable to complete basic tasks
As temperatures rise, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn. The consequences of these behavioral changes may ripple through ecosystems.
Tump administration to remove 900 deep sea monitoring instruments that would have studied the collapsing Atlantic current
The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade
Science news this week: Ötzi the Iceman used to make sourdough, Italian teenagers discover Roman villa under school, Google plans to release 64 million mosquitos, and RIP to NASA’s Maven probe
June 6, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over
Why can’t we figure out how strong gravity is?
Despite dozens of experiments over the years, scientists still don’t have a precise measurement for gravity’s strength. Why is that?
‘Cannibal’ CME from rare ‘anti-Hale’ sunspot will slam into Earth today, bringing auroras to 23 US states
Northern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.
This tiny, blue octopus is new to science
The deep-sea octopus is fully mature despite fitting in a palm, a trait researchers think may help it reproduce faster than larger relatives.
Flu drugs might fight cognitive decline seen in HIV, early study hints
A very early study suggests flu antivirals might help reverse certain signs of accelerated aging in people with HIV. But more research is needed to
‘The best solution is to murder him in his sleep’: AI can learn violent tendencies from each other despite zero references to violence in training data
Scientists found that AI models can inherit a taste for murder (or owls) from other models’ training data.
Archaeologists study the International Space Station and Everest to figure out ‘how humans adapt in this impossible place where we have no business going’
Archaeologists are turning their attention and research skills to far-flung places on the Earth and beyond, discovering new information about how humans survive in extreme
First Steps: America’s Grueling Second Spacewalk
A year after America’s first spacewalk, Gemini IX-A Eugene Cernan stepped outside his spacecraft for an ambitious extravehicular activity scheduled for 167 minutes. The challenges
Are Memories Transferable — or Edible?
I t was the dead of winter in Boston. The surface of the Charles River was frozen solid. But Zachary Kelso braved the biting cold
World’s largest scorpion had 6-inch pincers, and prowled UK land and waters 415 million years ago
Enigmatic 415 million-year-old fossils belong to a giant scorpion that may have reached lengths of around 3 feet (1 meter), a remarkable body size because
Coming El Niño will be the strongest ever recorded, new forecast predicts
A June update by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts suggests that the coming weather event will be the strongest ever measured.