700-year-old skull from China is first ever skeletal evidence of nose amputation
A 700-year-old female skull found in a Chinese cemetery is the world’s first archaeological example of punitive nose amputation, according to a new study. The
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A surprising slab of salt shines at the summit of the Sahara’s tallest peak
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Emi Koussi, Chad [19.825520656, 18.551560720] What’s in the photo? A patch of bright-white salt at the summit of the Sahara’s
Practicing for Safe Landings on the Moon and Beyond
An Alta-X drone flies an advanced guidance and navigation system known as the Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) experiment near NASA’s
Rare armored dinosaur found in Japan may have ancestors that migrated across a land bridge 100 million years ago
Rare fossils discovered in Japan more than 30 years ago are from a new species of armored dinosaur — one whose ancestors likely reached Asia
Weird spikes poking through a teen’s eyelid turned out to be a wayward tooth
The patient: A 16-year-old boy in India The symptoms: The teen developed swelling on his left upper eyelid that persisted for a few months but
The hunt for extraterrestrial life is fundamentally flawed. But there’s a fix.
The hunt for extraterrestrial life on distant planets may be operating with a big blind spot. That’s because we aren’t accounting for the nature of
Meet the newest living cat species, the first described in 100 years
Genetic testing of two tiny tiger cats from Bolivia revealed a new species, adding a new branch to the feline family tree.
This year’s El Niño just broke a record months before it’s expected to peak
Daily sea surface temperatures in the region where El Niño develops are more extreme than at any point in recorded history.
Polluted air can generate power
Researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven have succeeded in developing a process that purifies air and, at the same time, generates power.
Leaf litter has slower decomposition rate in warm temperatures than previously thought
The time it takes for a leaf to decompose might be the key to understanding how temperature affects ecosystems, according to Kansas State University ecologists.
Could comet 3I/ATLAS teach us about life beyond Earth? Scientists say the story’s not over yet.
In July 2025, a large, bright cosmic object visited from beyond our solar system. Only the third interstellar object ever discovered, the comet — named
Japan switches on its first full-stack room-temperature quantum computer — and scientists plan to scale it up to 10,000 qubits
Researchers in Japan have switched on “Shunkai,” a neutral atom quantum computer that scientists hope to scale into a 10,000-qubit behemoth by March 2031. Shunkai
Hurricane Polo exploded in intensity in just 24 hours. Is the ‘super’ El Niño to blame?
Editor’s note: This article was updated at 06:31 EDT on Sept. 24 with news that Polo had intensified back to a Category 5 storm. A
Astronomers detected radio signals coming from an exoplanet for the first time. Spoiler alert: It’s not aliens.
For the first time, astronomers have detected radio signals coming directly from a planet outside our solar system, according to a new preprint study .