A Hidden Rock Layer Beneath Bermuda Explains a Mysterious Swell in the Ocean's Crust

(Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:00:00 GMT)

Learn about the swelled-up structure beneath Bermuda, where a thick layer of buoyant rock may be holding up oceanic crust.

Prehistoric Underwater Wall Hints at Sophisticated Human Engineering 7,000 Years Ago

(Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:45:00 GMT)

A 400-foot-long granite structure off the coast of Brittany suggests late hunter-gatherers were already beginning to settle down.

Stone Age Tools Found in Central African Cave Were Remarkably Stable for 5,000 Years

(Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:30:00 GMT)

Learn more about the diversity of tool use in Central Africa during the Stone Age.

You Spend Most of Your Life Indoors — But How Safe Is the Air?

(Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:20:00 GMT)

Learn how dust, air, and everyday products inside buildings can expose people to emerging chemicals that often go unmonitored indoors.

This Adorable New Species of Pumpkin Toadlet Can Fit on the Tip of a Pencil

(Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:50:00 GMT)

This teeny tiny amphibian was found hopping through the cloud forests of southern Brazil. Learn more about the conservation efforts around them.

Newly Detected Supernova Exploded When the Universe Was Just 730 Million-Years-Old

(Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:45:00 GMT)

Learn more about the supernova, which is more than a billion years older than the previous record-holder.

Terrestrial Particles Travel to the Moon by Hitchhiking Along Earth’s Magnetic Field Lines

(Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:30:00 GMT)

Learn how nitrogen and helium end up in lunar soil, and why this helps us understand planetary habitability. 

Colliding Tectonic Plates Are Making the Iberian Peninsula Rotate Clockwise

(Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:20:00 GMT)

Learn about new earthquake and satellite data that has revealed the Iberian Peninsula is slowly on the move.

Humans Don’t Eat 8 Spiders Per Year in Their Sleep — Here’s How We’d Know If We Did

(Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMT)

Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? Thankfully, no. Researchers explain why and how we’d know if we were swallowing spiders.

Highly-Stressed Rats Sought Puffs of Cannabis to Relax

(Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:40:00 GMT)

Learn how rats with naturally high hormone levels chose to chill out by seeking puffs of cannabis vapor. 

Vegetarian and Vegan Kids Excel in Many Health Measures But Still Need Key Supplements

(Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:30:00 GMT)

The largest dietary study comparing children’s diets shows that eating a vegetarian and vegan diet can work well for growing children, provided families stay on top of critical nutrients. Learn more about it. 

First Map of the Sun's Outer Edge Demystifies the Escape Route of Solar Wind

(Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:00:00 GMT)

Learn what the first maps of the sun's atmospheric boundary reveal about solar wind and its escape into space.

Tanning Beds Are Mutating Your DNA and Tripling the Risk of Deadly Skin Cancer

(Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:50:00 GMT)

For the first time, scientists have proven tanning beds are more dangerous than the sun and cause widespread DNA damage.

Zebrafish Can Expel Nanoplastics in Their Gut Quickly, But Not as Fast in the Brain

(Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:40:00 GMT)

Learn more about nanoplastics and how easily they can get into the bloodstream of zebrafish, resulting in buildup in the brain and reproductive organs.

Why Being “Hangry” May Start in the Brain, Not the Belly

(Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:25:00 GMT)

Learn how hunger affects mood only when people consciously feel it — not simply when energy levels drop.

Raccoons Have Hidden Rules to Navigate Cities, and Refuse to Cross Roads, Even for Easy Meals

(Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:15:00 GMT)

Learn how motion sensors and GPS tracking uncovered how raccoons weigh risk against reward.

In a First, Watch as Orcas Team Up With Dolphins to Boost Their Salmon-Hunting Success

(Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:00:00 GMT)

Learn how resident orcas collaborate with local dolphins to hunt salmon while offering protection for their smaller cousins in return.

Purrs Convey Cats' Identities Better Than Meows — Domestication Reveals Why

(Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:40:00 GMT)

Learn why purrs say more about a cat's identity than its meows, and how domestication forever changed the way cats communicate with their owners.

Your Backyard Hammock Has a 4,000-Year-Old History and Helped Shape the Americas

(Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:35:00 GMT)

Learn the untold story of the hammock, and how it was used by both Indigenous cultures and European colonizers.

A Tatooine-Like Planet Is Revealing How Worlds Form Around Two Suns

(Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:30:00 GMT)

Learn how the discovery of a young planet orbiting two suns is revealing how worlds form and survive in binary star systems.