How Whales Die — and the Remarkable Life Their Bodies Support Afterward

(Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT)

Learn more about how whales die and how their bodies can provide nutrients to surrounding marine life for up to a century. 

GLP-1s May Be Causing 'Ozempic Breath' — and It's a Side Effect That Should Not Be Ignored 

(Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT)

Learn more about Ozempic Breath, why GLP-1s may be causing bad breath, and what this side effect could mean. 

Two Preventable Semaglutide Dosing Errors May Have Driven a Surge in Poison Control Calls

(Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:30:00 GMT)

Learn how poison control calls involving GLP-1 medications surged after the FDA approved semaglutide for weight management.

Iron Age Scythian Status May Have Been Inherited, Including by a One-Year-Old Given an Elite Burial

(Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:03:00 GMT)

Learn how ancient DNA linked elite Scythian relatives buried up to 87 miles apart and showed that Iron Age social status may have passed through family lines.

Sweden’s Medieval Graves Placed Children With Unrelated Adults, Including Infant Girls Buried Among Men

(Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:45:00 GMT)

Learn how ancient DNA shows that children in medieval Sweden often shared graves with adults of the same sex rather than close biological relatives.

Brightening Clouds With Microscopic Sea Salt Particles Could Weaken Super El Niños in the Future 

(Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:07:00 GMT)

Learn how brightening clouds by spraying sea salt particles into the atmosphere may be able to lessen the climate impacts of a super El Niño. 

Ancient Ocean Survivors Help Reveal What Really Caused Earth's Worst Mass Extinction

(Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:50:00 GMT)

Learn how the metabolisms of ancient ocean animals revealed why some species survived the Great Dying while others vanished.

Changes to Testosterone Therapy Warning Labels, the First Photograph of Earth's Quasi-Moon, and How Oysters Could Treat Gut Inflammation

(Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:39:00 GMT)

Discover the top stories from July 3 to July 10, 2026, including proposed FDA changes for testosterone therapy and a new photo of the rare quasi-moon.

Hectic Mini-Moon Collisions in the Early Solar System Produced the Grains Packed Inside Meteorites

(Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:15:00 GMT)

Learn about the formation of the grains within many meteorites, emerging from collisions of planetary bodies in the early Solar System. 

Seafloor Spreading Event Caught in Real Time, Starting with a Swarm of Earthquakes and an Outpouring of Lava

(Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT)

Learn how new ocean floor formed in real time as earthquakes, sinking crust, and fresh lava reshaped the Southeast Indian Ridge.

WHO Warns Annual Cancer Cases Could Nearly Double by 2050 Without Stronger Action

(Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:30:00 GMT)

The latest report examines global disparities in cancer care, identifies preventable risk factors, and calls for greater political commitment to improve outcomes.

The Mystery of Why There Hasn't Been a Confirmed Case of Schizophrenia in People Born Blind

(Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT)

No person blind from birth has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Learn what this tell us about psychosis — and about how the mind works. 

Viral Desert Rain Frog Moves Closer to Extinction in New IUCN Update

(Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:40:00 GMT)

Learn how the latest IUCN Red List update links deep-sea mining, diamond projects, and invasive predators to extinction risks.

An Elusive Gray Fox Climbs Trees to Hide in Plain Sight — and It May Be Much Rarer Than Once Thought

(Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:46:00 GMT)

Learn more about the gray fox, why its population may be declining in the Midwest, and how citizen scientists can help monitor it. 

Typhoon Flooding in China Sends Farmed Venomous Snakes Swimming Into Residential Areas

(Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:19:00 GMT)

Learn how a recent typhoon-caused flood in southern China unleashed hundreds of venomous snakes onto unsuspecting residential areas, with one death already reported.

A Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Has Sickened 28 People in New York City — Here's What to Know

(Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:30:00 GMT)

Learn more about Legionnaires' disease and what the source of the current outbreak in New York City may be. 

This Blood Test May Reveal Heart Disease Risk That LDL Cholesterol Misses

(Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:15:00 GMT)

Learn about apoB, a cholesterol test that has proven to be a better indicator of heart attack and stroke risk than traditional “bad cholesterol” screening.

Fish and Amphibians May Have Hidden Necks, Challenging Long-Held Assumption

(Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:04:00 GMT)

Learn how fish and amphibians have regions of vertebrae that may act like necks, challenging an common anatomical assumption.

Charged Dust Near the Sun May Change How Its Outer Atmosphere Gets Hotter Than Its Surface

(Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:45:00 GMT)

Learn how the Parker Solar Probe detected charged dust that may help explain why the Sun’s corona gets so hot.

Proposed Satellite Detector Could Identify Nuclear Weapons in Orbit With More Than 99 Percent Confidence

(Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:32:00 GMT)

Learn how an MIT physicist’s proposed detector could help verify whether satellites are secretly carrying nuclear material in space.