Some South American rodent-borne viruses may spread as climate warms
Some rodents in South America carry arenaviruses and hantaviruses. Climate change may bring both to regions where neither is currently a threat.
Category: Science
New ‘trick’ fixes major flaw in neutral-atom quantum computers — inching us closer to a superpowerful system
A new “geometry‑based” quantum swap gate makes neutral‑atom computers far less sensitive to laser noise — bringing large‑scale, stable quantum processors a step closer to
A 2025 Alaskan tsunami was one of the largest on record, new research finds
A tsunami that rocked an Alaskan fjord in 2025 was the second largest ever recorded and formed a standing wave that sloshed for a day.
Hantavirus LIVE: American passengers from cruise head to specialized facilities in Nebraska
The latest news and updates on the hantavirus cluster associated with the MV Hondius.
Lion’s head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board game piece that was later repurposed into a magical religious object with baboons
An ancient Egyptian board game piece was repurposed centuries later in Sudan into a dazzling gold-and-amethyst pendant.
New Perspective of Home
Seen during the Artemis II mission, the Moon and Earth align in the same frame, each partially illuminated by the Sun.
‘More than 100 million years of evolution’: How snakes evolved and lost their legs
Huge snakes, tiny snakes, poisonous snakes and constrictor snakes, snakes that slither, burrow or swim: New fossils and modern technology are tracing serpent origins
More polar bears are approaching human sites as the climate warms, and it’s not just the skinny ones
It’s not just thinner bears that are coming ashore as the climate warms.
James Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole that could reveal the truth about ‘little red dots’
A peculiar object dubbed an ‘X-ray dot’ could help solve the mystery of the ‘little red dots’ discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Declassified Apollo 12 images show UFOs on the moon — Space photo of the week
Newly declassified images from the Apollo 12 mission highlight strange, unidentified lights spotted by astronauts on the moon.
Are we more closely related to cats or dogs?
The answer of whether humans are more closely related to cats or dogs depends on how you look at the question.
‘We’re dry:’ The new U.S. Wildland Fire Service prepares for extreme fire season
Brian Fennessy, new head of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, says his agency is ‘trying to bring on additional aircraft and bring them on early,’
Starstruck
A stunning snapshot in time. The Artemis II crew captured this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Hantavirus cruise: WHO Director-General will travel to Tenerife for disembarkment; repatriation flights planned on Sunday and Monday
Take a look back at our live coverage from May 7 through May 9 of the hantavirus cases associated with MV Hondius.