3,200-year-old inscription may point to a long-lost ancient Egyptian city from the time of Ramesses II
An inscription written in the time of Ramesses II may indicate the location of a lost ancient Egyptian city.
Hideki Shirakawa, Who Helped Turn a Lab Error Into a Nobel, Dies at 90
The Japanese chemist played a key role in the discovery of electricity-conducting plastics, largely by accident.
Stars forge and deliver the elements that make up your body — and scientists may finally know how
Scientists are close to understanding how stars forge the elements that comprise our planet, bodies and pretty much ever...
Nigerians die after inhaling toxic fumes during alleged pipeline theft, community group says
Image source, YEACImage caption, People watched on anxiously as locals organise a rescue effort ByMakuochi Okafor, BBC A...
Aging doesn't look the same for everyone at the molecular level — it's 'individualized and context-dependent'
People's bodies may reflect their ages very differently at the molecular level, even when they are the same chronologica...
The World’s First Bugs Had Way More Legs
Meet the earliest known insects. Shaking hands with them will take a while.
Hubble Telescope sees spectacular 'superbubble' | Space photo of the day for Sept. 4, 2026
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a spectacular 'super bubble' in our Milky Way's nearest neighbor the Large Magell...
On this day in space! Sept. 4, 1962: NASA's Mariner 2 spacecrafts performs the 1st-ever maneuver in deep space so it could reach Venus
On Sept. 4, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft performed the first-ever rocket maneuver in deep space as it did a quick m...
We played 'Exodus', a sci-fi RPG that should please 'Mass Effect' fans, even if you can't romance the talking octopus
An explosive hands-on demo has us more excited than before for the new action RPG led by BioWare veterans, who talked to...
How did the infant sun form? Scientists get surprising new insights from 4.6-billion-year-old space dust
New research suggests that dust from meteorites contains a "fossil record" dating back 4.6 billion years to the formatio...
Isle of May puffin numbers plummet after extreme weather
Image source, Catriona Webster/NatureScotImage caption, Puffin numbers on the Isle of May are being affected by a drop i...
'A worrying snapshot': Satellite image shows large patches of open water less than 40 miles from the North Pole
An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of o...