News archive
February 2025
Filter
263 articles
- February 28
-
- This year's flu shot was up to 78% effective at preventing hospitalization in kids, early data finds
- 'Jetsons' robot finally arrives: Sweater-wearing Neo Gamma android helps with household chores
- Giant flying squirrels as big as cats once lived in Tennessee
- 'Planet parade' photo captures 7 planets in a line over Earth — possibly for the 1st time ever
- 150,000-year-old stone tools reveal humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than thought
- Scientists discover never-before-seen type of brain cell
- US national parks quiz: How many of the 63 can you name?
- Walvis Bay saltworks: The monster refinery in Namibia with colorful ponds that cover the land like patchwork
- 20,000-year-old evidence of ancient 'vehicles' discovered in New Mexico
- Sneaky bamboo can control the genes of the pandas eating it, scientists discover
- February 27
-
- Next ice age would hit Earth in 11,000 years if it weren't for climate change, scientists say
- This ‘glow in the dark’ battery runs on nuclear waste
- Most powerful cosmic rays in the universe start shockingly close to Earth, paper claims
- Mystery of how man's brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption possibly solved
- AWS launches 'Ocelot' quantum processor — a chip inspired by Schrödinger's cat that corrects errors exponentially with scale
- Scholars are building an archive of federal climate data. Here's how to find it.
- 'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch
- The deadly 'black fungus' infection that decimates flesh
- Watch polar bear cubs emerge from their winter den for 1st time on Svalbard
- February 26
-
- Neanderthal 'population bottleneck' around 110,000 years ago may have contributed to their extinction
- Brewing tea can remove lead and other heavy metals from water, new study finds
- Did a supernova 6 million years ago kickstart evolution in Africa? New study offers a clue
- Death reported in Texas measles outbreak is 1st in US in a decade: What to know
- Chinese scientists reveal plans for near-invisible stealth missiles that could 'redefine modern warfare'
- Rare fresco discovered in Pompeii shows type of woman who 'breaks free from male order to dance freely, go hunting and eat raw meat in the mountains'
- 'Planet parade' 2025: See the ultra-rare planetary alignment peak this week, before Saturn gets swallowed by the sunset
- Australia's 'upside down' dinosaur age had two giant predators, 120 million-year-old fossils reveal
- Surgeons remove parasitic twin from teenager who had legs growing out of his chest
- 'Utterly cataclysmic': James Webb telescope spots 2 alien planets disintegrating before our eyes
- What are cancer vaccines?
- Diagnostic dilemma: Teen's improbable pregnancy occurred after oral sex
- Thutmose II tomb discovery raises new mysteries: Where is his mummy, and why wasn't he buried in the Valley of the Kings?
- February 25
-
- Mystery illness kills over 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mars was once a 'vacation-style' beach planet, Chinese rover scans reveal
- Mars' red color explained by surprising new research
- 'Have the cure and eat it' too: How cannibalism changed from a pagan rite to Christian medicine
- Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone helped entire ecosystem thrive, 20-year study finds
- Blue Ghost spacecraft captures rare, stunnning views of Earth eclipsing the moon
- Scientists create world's 1st chip that can protect data in the age of quantum computing attacks
- Trump executive order calls mental health prescriptions a 'threat' — why?
- Do animals suffer mental health problems?
- Earth from space: Rare 'sunglint' transforms the Mediterranean Sea into a swirling, silver mirror
- February 24
-
- Dozens sickened and 12 dead in Listeria outbreak linked to frozen shakes
- Ancient DNA reveals mysterious origins of the Huns who sacked Rome
- French scientists smash China's 'artificial sun' fusion record by 25%
- Exoplanet with iron rain has violent winds 'like something out of science fiction'
- 'That's Zero Folks!': Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a hazard
- What happens to the body during an asthma attack?
- Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they really liked snacks, model suggests
- 'Math Olympics' has a new contender — Google's AI now 'better than human gold medalists' at solving geometry problems
- Croesus stater: The 2,500-year-old coin that introduced the gold standard
- Can you forget your native language?
- 'Nailed-head ritual' in Iron Age Spain was more 'complex than initially thought,' severed skulls reveal
- February 23
-
- NASA supercomputer reveals strange spiral structure at the edge of our solar system
- See heartbreaking photos of 'bumpy' giraffe in South Africa with viral disease rarely seen in these tall animals
- Scientists identify tipping point for Greenland's ice sheet — and it's not far off
- Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious 'light echo' in the broken heart of Cassiopeia
- Why do cats have 'toe beans'?
- February 22
-
- James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic 'Phoenix' cools off to birth stars
- Crocodiles are overheating due to climate change — and it's changing their behavior
- Why America is losing its 50-year 'war on cancer,' according to scientist Nafis Hasan
- China is building a space telescope to rival the JWST — and it could survive in orbit decades longer
- What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?
- We gave this Garmin smartwatch top marks for its fitness tracker features in our review and now it's $300 cheaper
- Science news this week: AI mind readers and an ancient Egyptian tomb
- February 21
-
- Humanoid 'Protoclone' robot twitches into action while hanging from ceiling in viral video
- 'Just the tip of the iceberg': Why risky asteroids like 2024 YR4 will pester Earth for decades to come
- Deadly motor-neuron disease treated in the womb in world 1st
- How to watch 'The Americas': TV and streaming as Tom Hanks and Hans Zimmer join forces for new docu-series
- Invisible DNA lurks everywhere in the environment — and we're on the verge of decoding its secrets
- What is double pneumonia? Pope Francis's diagnosis explained.
- Savonoski Crater: The mysterious, perfectly round hole in Alaska that scientists can't explain
- Asteroid YR4 impact odds plummet as NASA changes threat level of 'city-killer'
- February 20
-
- 2 'exclusively indoor' cats in Michigan caught bird flu, potentially from their owners
- 14-year-old known as 'the human calculator' breaks 6 math world records in 1 day
- Decapitated woman found in Irish bog is 2,000-year-old ritual sacrifice
- Scientists may have just discovered 300 of the rarest black holes in the universe
- 'A set of large teeth sticking out of the ground': Scientists reveal ancient hypercarnivore discovered in Egyptian desert
- Parasite lurking in woman's brain caused mysterious 'burning' leg sensation
- 1,300-year-old royal flush toilet used by crown prince discovered at palace in Korea
- The Vortex Optics 10x36 Monocular is superbly capable for birdwatching, outdoor activities and even basic astronomy — it now has a $50 saving in this deal
- NASA just changed the odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 yet again
- How to watch 'Museum Alive with David Attenborough', as US streaming begins for CGI-fueled documentary
- AI-designed chips are so weird that 'humans cannot really understand them' — but they perform better than anything we've created
- Evolution itself can evolve, new study argues
- Norrie disease: The rare genetic disorder that makes people go blind and deaf
- February 19
-
- Tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh is 1st to be discovered in 100 years
- Fast radio burst traced to the outskirts of an ancient 'graveyard' galaxy — and the cause remains a mystery
- US suffers record-breaking cold: What's going on with the polar vortex?
- 5,000-year-old fortress found in Spain contains mysterious burial of Roman-era man with dagger
- 'Plastics are there and seem to be getting worse': Viral study of microplastics in human brains shows worrisome trend, but has flaws
- Lasers reveal 1,000-year-old Indigenous road near Chaco Canyon that aligns with the winter solstice
- Man nearly guaranteed to get early Alzheimer's is still disease-free in his 70s — how?
- 'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images
- 2,000-year-old spoon from Isle of Man may have been used in blood rituals for fortune telling
- Hormonal birth control may double risk of stroke, study finds — but don't panic
- World's glaciers are losing enough ice to fill 3 Olympic pools every second, terrifying new study finds
- Breakthrough quantum chip that harnesses new state of matter could set us on the path to quantum supremacy
- 'Speech gene' seen only in modern humans may have helped us evolve to talk
- Shattered 1,800-year-old sword was 'ritually sacrificed' and may be from Vandal warrior's grave
- Diagnostic dilemma: Weakness in a man's leg revealed his abnormally small brain
- February 18
-
- Blood moon 2025: How to see the moon turn red over North America during March's total lunar eclipse
- Chance of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, NASA reports
- US abortion bans have driven a surge in infant deaths, study finds
- Strange corkscrew burrows and other unexpected structures discovered 4.7 miles deep in the Japan Trench
- James Webb Space Telescope discovers mysterious flares near the Milky Way's monster black hole
- What should I do if I find a cool artifact in the US?
- 'Hugely proud': UK Paralympian becomes 1st disabled astronaut to be cleared for ISS mission
- Divers discover 500,000-year-old treasure trove of fossils in Florida sinkhole
- 'Perhaps it's only a matter of time': Intelligent life may be much more likely than first thought, new model suggests
- Quantum simulation breakthrough will lead to 'discoveries impossible in today's fastest supercomputers,' Google scientists claim
- Earth from space: A mysterious 'black hole' in Pacific Ocean that sparked wild rumors online
- February 17
-
- 'Stay off the roads': Winter storm warning as deadly floods strike Kentucky
- AI 'brain decoder' can read a person's thoughts with just a quick brain scan and almost no training
- 'We don't feel stranded': Astronauts 'stuck' in space set the record straight
- Presidents day telescope deal: Celestron NexStar 130SLT with GoTo now 23% off at Amazon
- 'Like a family photo of our solar system': The James Webb telescope is watching 2 alien planets being born before our eyes
- Lasers reveal 15th-century fortified Zapotec city in Mexico
- There was nearly 1 rocket launch attempt every 34 hours in 2024 — this year will be even busier
- Surprisingly simple coding trick can slash data center energy usage by 30%
- NASA rover discovers liquid water 'ripples' carved into Mars rock — and it could rewrite the Red Planet's history
- Ancient Egyptian 'granary with scribes' diorama: A miniature workplace found buried in a tomb from the Middle Kingdom
- When were birthday parties invented?
- February 16
-
- 1 million 'interstellar objects' — each larger than the Statue of Liberty — may lurk in the outer solar system
- Older AI models show signs of cognitive decline, study shows — but not everyone is entirely convinced
- Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope shocks scientists with image of ancient galaxy roaring back to life
- Can animals learn another species' 'language?'
- February 15
- February 14
-
- 2,000-year-old remains of London's oldest Roman basilica discovered under office building
- 'I thought I was dead': Terrifying video of humpback whale gobbling up kayaker explained
- Scientists reveal surprising factor that may prolong pregnancy
- 'Next generation of laptops': Intel unveils blueprints for a fully repairable and modular computer
- Lake Vostok: The 15 million-year-old lake buried miles beneath Antarctica's ice
- Pale Blue Dot: The iconic Valentine's Day photo of Earth turns 35 today — and you're probably in it
- Do other animals kiss?
- February 13
-
- Massive male great white shark tagged and released off Florida coast in new video
- The US is having its most active flu season in 15 years
- Mystery star could belong to the fastest planetary system ever seen
- 'We were amazed': Astronomers discover oldest, biggest black hole jet in the known universe — and there may be more
- Scientists just rewrote our understanding of epigenetics
- Parts of San Francisco and Los Angeles are sinking into the sea — meaning sea-level rise will be even worse
- Biological aging may not be driven by what we thought
- Supercomputer runs largest and most complicated simulation of the universe ever
- Scientists share groundbreaking image of the 'cosmic web' connecting 2 galaxies near the dawn of time
- The exceptionally rare disease that causes holes to form in your brain
- February 12
-
- Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, spewing lava 330 feet into the sky
- 'Stranded' Starliner astronauts finally have a return date — and it's sooner than expected
- Scientists record never-before-seen 'ice quakes' deep inside Greenland's frozen rivers
- 'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say
- Euclid telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' hiding near Earth — and an ancient, unnamed galaxy behind it
- Moroccan fly maggot uses fake face on its butt to infiltrate termite colony
- Most energetic neutrino ever found on Earth detected at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea
- Sex leaves 'microbial traces' on genitalia, even when a condom is used — scientists call it the 'sexome'
- Parisian photographer produces phenomenal, perfectly-proportioned 'planetary parade' portrait
- Watch robot dog and drone locked in fierce battle — blasting fireworks at each other in future warfare demo
- A strange triangle will appear in the zodiac this month. How to see rare 'zodiacal light,' before it disappears.
- 2,500-year-old painted tomb with 'unique scene of smithy' discovered at Etruscan necropolis in Italy
- Diagnostic dilemma: One Direction concert left teen with 'crackling' bubbles in her chest
- February 11
-
- Gold jewelry with leopard and tiger designs unearthed in 2,400-year-old burial in Kazakhstan
- 100-year-old heart drug made from foxglove may help 'dissolve' clumps of spreading cancer cells
- Giant Florida panther captured by wildlife officials is heaviest on record
- Earthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there's now a 50-50 chance of an eruption
- World's 1st hybrid quantum supercomputer goes online in Japan
- Earth grew an extra, never-before-seen 'radiation belt' after last year's supercharged solar storm — and it's probably still there
- How to watch 'Expedition Killer Whale' — TV and streaming details for orca documentary
- Canal turns into 'stream of blood' in Argentina as locals fear toxic leak
- World's biggest underground thermal lake discovered in Albania at bottom of 330-foot abyss
- If any AI became 'misaligned' then the system would hide it just long enough to cause harm — controlling it is a fallacy
- Venus, the 'love planet', will look extra special this Valentine's Day. Here's why.
- People have been dumping corpses into the Thames since at least the Bronze Age, study finds
- Earth from space: The heart-shaped 'Spirit Lake' sculpted by Mount St. Helens' epic eruption
- Hims & Hers Super Bowl controversy: What the ad left out about its 'alternative' weight-loss drugs
- February 10
-
- Mysterious tunnels sketched by Leonardo da Vinci in 1495 may finally have been discovered — hidden under a castle in Milan
- 'Fascinating' Viking Age inscription reveals who owned immensely valuable 'Galloway Hoard'
- In emergency decision, James Webb telescope will study 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 before its close approach to Earth
- Watch potential 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 as it hurtles through space
- Scientists discover Earth's inner core isn't just slowing down — it's also changing shape
- Early-medieval stash of 'devil's money' found at cult site in the Netherlands
- MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 times longer than previous designs
- Astronomers catch black holes 'cooking' their own meals in bizarre, endless feeding cycle
- Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year-old Arctic eyewear carved from walrus tusks
- February 9
-
- Is the moon still geologically active? Evidence says it's possible
- Ancient Europeans ate the brains of their dead enemies 18,000 years ago, researchers discover
- 'I encountered the terror of never finding anything': The hollowness of AI art proves machines can never emulate genuine human intelligence
- Space photo of the week: Dry ice 'geysers' erupt on Mars as spring hits the Red Planet
- Would a fallout shelter really protect you in a nuclear blast?
- February 8
-
- Astronomers unsure what caused 'weird explosion' seen by Einstein Probe's X-ray eye
- Scientists discover black holes spinning unexpectedly fast: 'You’re essentially looking at its fossil record'
- Watch bipedal robots running in a more human-like way than ever thanks to major vision upgrade
- Mount Kaputar pink slug: The giant hot-pink mollusk found only on a single, extinct volcano
- Why are flies attracted to humans?
- Science news this week: 'Impossible' black holes and Antarctica's hidden 'plumbing'
- February 7
-
- Astronomers discover 'Quipu', the single largest structure in the known universe
- In a 1st, ancient proteins reveal sex of human relative from 3.5 million years ago
- 'Wandering' contraceptive implant travels to woman's lung in rare case
- January 2025 hottest on record despite US cold and La Niña
- Stunning, rainbow-colored object spotted by James Webb telescope could be an alien solar system in the making
- Orcas off Antarctica filmed teaching calves to hunt in incredible new footage
- Alaska's ice is melting in front of our eyes, staggering satellite shots show
- 11,000-year-old settlement in Canada could rewrite history of Indigenous civilizations in North America
- Coldest-ever qubits could lead to faster quantum computers
- Romania's trovants: The bulbous 'living' rocks that inspired folkloric tales of dinosaur eggs and aliens
- NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
- February 6
-
- 2nd form of bird flu detected in US cows
- Scientists are building an ultimate atlas of the vagina. Here's why.
- 'Incredible moment in history:' Particle accelerator and AI offer first peek inside 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll
- Red 'star' rising with the moon on Sunday is really Mars — and you may be able to see it 'disappear'
- New 'Camp Hill' virus discovered in Alabama is relative of deadly Nipah — the 1st of its kind in the US
- 1,900-year-old Roman sanctuary and coin found in flooded Spanish cave
- Greenland's ice sheet — the second biggest in the world — is cracking open at alarming speed, scientists discover
- Massive study of 3 million people reveals genetic 'hotspots' linked to bipolar disorder
- 'Bull's-eye!' Hubble telescope spots record-shattering 9-ring galaxy — and the cosmic 'dart' that smashed through its center
- World's largest-ever bead stash found in 5,000-year-old 'Ivory Lady' tomb in Spain
- How to see tonight's full Snow Moon rise with the 'Heart of the Lion' before Valentine's Day
- Watch humanoid robots waltzing seamlessly with humans thanks to AI motion tracking software upgrade
- 'Impossible' black holes detected by James Webb telescope may finally have an explanation — if this ultra-rare form of matter exists
- Rabbits may have a surprising source of calcium — eating their own teeth
- People with this rare genetic condition can't repair damage to their DNA
- February 5
-
- Venus and the moon dance over the Eiffel Tower in stunning 'planetary parade' photo from Paris
- Here's what could happen if asteroid Bennu smashes into Earth in 157 years
- Scientists discover hidden 'plumbing' that's driving Antarctic ice sheet into the ocean
- 'Ancient' part of the brain tells you when to stop eating, study suggests
- What are the signs of stroke?
- 'Stranded' NASA astronaut Suni Williams photographed from Earth during record-breaking spacewalk. Can you spot her?
- 'Extreme' warming in the Arctic as North Pole temperatures swell 36 F above average
- 1.4 million-year-old jaw that was 'a bit weird for Homo' turns out to be from never-before-seen human relative
- Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever discovered
- 'It was so simple': How Antarctica's missing meteorites were discovered using a block of ice, a freezer and a lamp
- Scientists discover giant galaxy 32 times bigger than Earth's — and they named it 'trouble'
- Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant volcanoes in the Cascades
- Newly discovered quantum state could power more stable quantum computers — and a new 2D chip can tap into it
- Diagnostic dilemma: A man ended up in the ER after drinking 6 gallons of milk in 2 days
- February 4
-
- Ocean plate from time of Pangaea is now being torn apart under Iraq and Iran
- The existence of intelligent aliens is 'highly likely' — and they could await in our own galaxy
- Dwyane Wade diagnosis: What to know about kidney cancer
- Jupiter's 'tormented moon' Io just unleashed the most powerful volcanic event ever seen
- Rat numbers are skyrocketing across US cities — and it's only going to get worse
- How much did SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 explosion pollute the atmosphere?
- New laser-based artificial neuron processes enormous data sets at high speed
- Earth from space: Golden river of toxic waste spills out from deadly mining disaster in South Africa
- February 3
-
- 'We've just seen earthquake after earthquake after earthquake': Santorini earthquake swarm intensifies but likely won't trigger volcano
- US reports 1st outbreak of 'highly pathogenic' H5N9 virus in poultry. Should we worry?
- Dolní Věstonice Portrait Head: The oldest known human portrait in the world
- How do Hula-Hoops work?
- February 2
-
- Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago
- 7,000-year-old bone holds 3 arrowheads with mixed poisons — the oldest of their kind on record
- Space photo of the week: James Webb and Hubble telescopes unite to solve 'impossible' planet mystery
- Biological computers could use far less energy than current technology — by working more slowly
- Which planet is closest to the sun?
- Are birds reptiles?
- February 1
-
- Earth's crust is peeling away under California
- It's tough to resist scratching an itch — and evolution may be to blame
- New fabric can heat up more than 50 degrees to keep people warm in ultracold weather
- Fake studies are slowing lifesaving medical research — all while fraudsters are getting rich, investigation reveals
- Watch China's 4-legged 'Black Panther 2.0' robot run as fast as Usain Bolt
- Antarctic scale worm: The glitzy frilly horror show with giant protruding jaws that look like Alien's xenomorph
- Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star's habitable zone. Could life survive its extreme climate?
- Can your eyes get sunburned?
- Science news this week: Doomsday predictions and asteroid secrets
- 'Neuroergonomics' aims to monitor workers' brains to boost productivity. Is that... okay?
