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Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to blow — that doesn...

An artificial intelligence safety firm has found that OpenAI's o3 and o4-mini models sometimes refuse to shut down, and will sabotage comput...

The site's architecture may indicate the Judaean princess was buried there.

Thousands of satellites with incredibly short lifetimes are being sent up into low Earth orbit. When they fall back down they're fireballs o...

A large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The unusually old dark patc...

Invisible radiation leaking out of private satellites, like SpaceX's Starlink spacecraft, is disrupting radio astronomers' ability to detect...

First theorized in 1938, heat's wave-like flow through superfluids, known as "second sound", has proven difficult to directly observe. Now,...

The number of satellites orbiting Earth is rising fast, thanks to private companies such as SpaceX. But just how big will these "megaconstel...

We've rounded up the best cameras on the market that deliver impressive image quality, reliable autofocus and intuitive handling ahead of Pr...

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant vol...

A study of more than 100 genomes from people who lived in ancient China has unmasked a "ghost" in their midst.

A cocktail of FDA-approved cancer drugs, trametinib and rapamycin, boosts the lifespan of lab mice by 30% and might help humans age better,...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either ad...

Learn facts about sleep, during which the body rests, recuperates and performs essential repairs.

The world’s largest drone "mothership" is getting ready for deployment in June. It’s designed to carry and launch up to 100 drones in a swar...

The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main driver.

Higher global temperatures mean the intertropical convergence zone could shift south — throwing off precipitation trends for a major swath o...

A study suggests that Venus' volcanic "pancake domes" push the planet's crust down, forming bulges toward the surface. This could explain a...

Moebius syndrome is a rare condition that affects several cranial nerves, impairing the muscles that control facial expressions and eye move...

New research has revealed that a domed array of loudspeakers can create virtual soundscapes capable of blurring human perception.

The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of symbolic art.

The USGS has announced that Kilauea volcano is ejecting fountains of lava in a manner not seen since the Pu'u'ō'ō eruption in the 1980s. But...

The James Webb Space Telescope has broken its own record once again, spotting the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new...

Our planet's core is rich in gold that can leak out into the mantle, and in some cases, end up in volcanos on the surface, according to a ne...

ASKAP J1832-0911, which is periodically throwing out pulses of radio waves and X-rays, could be a brand-new cosmic object.