Greenland’s Thawing Ancient Garbage Heaps Are Releasing a 4,500-Year Bacterial Record

Learn how bacterial DNA preserved in Greenland’s ancient middens traces 4,500 years of settlement and why thawing permafrost poses little risk for now.

A Tiny Antarctic Sea Squirt Hosts a Bacterium That Could Kill Melanoma Cells and Help Develop Cancer Treatments

Learn more about Antarctic sea squirts and how they could one day help with advanced melanoma treatments. 

Medieval Gameboard in Moroccan Bathhouse Highlights Early Islamic Gaming Traditions

Learn about a gameboard that was found at a medieval-era bathhouse in Morocco, showing how people used to play games while freshening up. 

Spending Time With Your Cat May Not Help Your Mood When Feeling Stressed

Learn how tracking 188 pet owners found that cats and dogs lifted moods overall, but cat interaction after stressful events was linked to worse feelings.

Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements May Not Prevent Fractures or Falls in Older Adults

Learn how 69 trials involving nearly 154,000 adults found little evidence that calcium and vitamin D supplements prevent fractures or falls.

New Schrödinger-Cat-Like States Created That Until Now Were Only Theoretical

Learn how scientists are learning to create exotic superpositions.

Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic May Lower Breast Cancer Risk and Slow Disease Progression

Learn about new research that suggests there is a link between GLP-1 agonists and reduced breast cancer risk.

A Bright Blob Emitting X-Rays Near the Center of the Milky Way May Have Been Forged by a Supernova

Learn about a bright blob in the central region of the Milky Way, illuminating what may be a remnant of a massive star that exploded

Iron Age Celtic Grave Reveals Gold, Weapons, and a Two-Wheeled Chariot

Learn how a Celtic chariot burial provides new evidence of elite power and long-distance connections in Iron Age Germany.

The "Dig of the Century" at Notre-Dame Is Revealing 2,000 Years of Parisian History

Learn more about what some Parisian officials are calling the "dig of the century" outside of Notre-Dame as experts uncover artifacts that are nearly 2,000 years old. 

Your Body's Cells and Organs Age at Different Speeds — Some May Signal Alzheimer’s or ALS Risk

Learn how a blood-based aging test connected youthful brain-support cells with lower genetic risk and older muscle cells with ALS years before diagnosis.

4,000-Year-Old Human Remains and Artifacts Linked to the Fall of the Lost City of Qabra

Learn more about the walled city of Qabra, a Bronze Age hub that met a tragic end.

A Rare Pygmy Hippo Is Born at Zoo Berlin — Named “Bread Roll,” She Is Already Exploring and Getting Used to the Water

Learn about Brötchen, the latest pygmy hippo calf of Zoo Berlin, to win the hearts of the internet.

Elusive Goblin Shark Glides Past Camera 2,000 Feet Deeper Than Expected — a Rare Sighting for This Living Fossil

Learn how living goblin sharks recorded near Jarvis Island and in the Tonga Trench extended the species’ known Central Pacific range and set a new depth record for mackerel sharks.

Scottish Burial Site Suggests an Iron Age Woman’s Brain Was Removed and Bones Carved After Death

Learn about the burial of two individuals from Iron Age Scotland, one of whom had their brain removed and bones whittled after dying. 

FDA Backs the Use of a New Weapon Against Flesh-Eating Screwworm to Treat Infected Pets

After the New World screwworm was detected in Texas, federal regulators authorized a commonly available flea medication to help treat infections in dogs and cats.

Animal Tooth Pendants Buried With Ancient Hunter-Gatherers May Reveal Who Hunted and Who Fished

Learn how animal tooth pendants buried with ancient hunter-gatherers in Latvia may connect to rounded throwing arms, fishing work, and specialized roles before farming.

Leonardo da Vinci's Notebooks Are Whole Again, 400 Years After a Collector Cut Them Apart

Learn how a new digital archive reunites Leonardo da Vinci’s scattered manuscripts, reconnecting drawings and notes that were cut apart more than 400 years ago.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's ‘Spy Mirror’ Could Transform How We Map the Universe

Learn more about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — known as Roman — and the advanced technology that will help give us a better map of the universe. 

The Universe May Be a Hologram, a Strange "Cold Blob" in the Atlantic, and a Rare Lyme Bacterium Found in New York

Discover the top stories from June 6 to June 12, 2026, that you may have missed, including whether or not the universe could be a hologram and a rare Lyme bacterium found in New York.