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'Warm water' from deep sea flowing towards one of Antarctica's largest ice shelves
Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame?
20,000-year-old 'human' fossils from Japan aren't what we thought
The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan.
Were the Celts matriarchal? Ancient DNA reveals men married into local, powerful female lineages
An analysis of dozens of British Iron Age skeletons has revealed that Celtic society was organized around women.
Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it's shooting a beam of energy right at us
The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes what we know about the early universe.
Curse tablet found in Roman-era grave in France targets enemies by invoking Mars, the god of war
Excavation of a Roman-era cemetery in France yielded nearly two dozen lead tablets inscribed in Latin and Gaulish.
Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe
A rare group of aligned, star-birthing dwarf galaxies resemble a cosmic string of pearls.
Oregon Cascades hold vast underground water reserves
An enormous water reservoir — likely the largest aquifer of its kind in on Earth — sits inside the volcanic rocks of the Oregon Cascades, scientists have revealed.
World's tiniest cat was a palm-sized tiddler that lived in China 300,000 years ago
Scientists identified the tiny species of cat from a fossilized jawbone, which could date back as far as 300,000 years ago.
Diagnostic dilemma: A woman started sweating blood from her face and hands
A 21-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital after she was bleeding from her face and palms, with no obvious cause.
What's in pink fire retardant being dropped on LA, and is it dangerous?
Parts of Southern California are covered with pink fire retardant as firefighters try to control deadly wildfires raging in Los Angeles. But what is Phos-Chek fire retardant and is it safe?
Woman's sudden hearing loss turned out to be a tick lodged in her ear canal
The tick was found lodged in the skin of her left ear canal after a thorough examination by her doctors.
Famous Sutton Hoo helmet may be clue that early Anglo-Saxons fought as mercenaries for Byzantine Empire, study suggests
The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire.
New supergiant 'Darth Vader' sea bug discovered in South China Sea — and it's absolutely massive
The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's iconic helmet from "Star Wars."
China plans to build enormous solar array in space — and it could collect more energy in a year than 'all the oil on Earth'
China has announced plans to build a giant solar power space station, which will be lifted into orbit piece by piece using the nation's brand-new heavy lift rockets.
Earth's moon could've had Saturn-like rings, new study hints
A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.
IVF may raise risk of certain disorders in babies — and epigenetic 'signatures' in the placenta could explain why
Researchers identified genes that could explain why some assisted reproductive technologies, like IVF, carry a higher risk of growth and metabolic issues in offspring.
Scientists discover 'sunken worlds' hidden deep within Earth's mantle that shouldn't be there
A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's mantle. These anomalies are surprisingly similar to sunken chunks of Earth's crust but appear in seemingly impossible places.
Something invisible and 'fuzzy' may lurk at the Milky Way's center, new research suggests
The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star made of mysterious "fuzzy" matter.
Svalbard's radioactive 'Bear Island' surrounded by rare cloud swirls and a giant algal bloom
Earth from space A 2023 satellite image captured a pair of peculiar phenomena painting parallel swirls in the sea and sky around Norway's Bear Island, which is surrounded by extremely radioactive waters left behind by a doomed Soviet submarine.
