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The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the...

The British VarEVolt battery has been granted the certification needed so it can be manufactured on a large scale, meaning more EV makers ca...

The world's oldest known dress is a simple V-necked garment that was overlooked as rags for decades.

Look at any world map and you'll see that the Pacific is the largest ocean. But how did it get so big?

If you've handled cat litter or eaten raw meat or unwashed produce, there’s a chance you might have a permanent toxoplasmosis infection spre...

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago...

New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, offering clues to...

A new panorama from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars, rising above a thick blanket of clou...

To navigate the skies, birds rely on a complex sensory tool kit.

A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed an Early Middle Ages hoard that contains 200 artifacts, including a pendant that may be a cross...

Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link"...

Evidence from Earth's deep past suggests dramatic subduction zones can spread like a contagion.

These large, flightless birds have powerful, muscular legs and tough, prehistoric-looking feet with claws that can deliver a powerful blow.

A pair of canines found in Siberian permafrost were wolf sisters that died shortly after eating.

The color purple is, in a way, invented by our brains.

June 14, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the...

A legal scholar with a doctorate in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently...

Earth's magnetic field and oxygen levels have increased more or less in parallel over the past 540 million years, suggesting the two factors...

Low iron levels can flip the genetic switch on a mouse's sex during development, causing XY embryos to grow female features. But it's not cl...

Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter than the other — b...

Space weather experts warn that a "moderate" geomagnetic storm could rock Earth over the weekend, potentially lighting the skies with vibran...

Breathing patterns among humans are so unique that they can work as an identification tool, scientists report. They propose someday using br...

The Colorado River basin has lost a Lake Mead’s worth of water in the last 20 years — and scientists say we’re passing a "critical point" wh...

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine bright and dark stripes ca...

The Zanj, enslaved people largely from Africa, rebelled at the same time they were ordered to build a massive system of canals in what is no...