Fossil Skull From a Museum Drawer Reveals Obscure Saber-Toothed Cat Species With Knife-like Teeth

Learn about a surprise find of an early saber-toothed cat skull in a museum drawer, revealing how the teeth of ancient cats evolved. 

Human Childbirth May Not Be Uniquely Difficult, as Some Squirrel Monkey Babies Have Heads Nearly Twice the Size of Their Mothers' Pelvic Space

Learn how 3D models of primate birth canals found that squirrel monkeys, bushbabies, and other small species may face a tighter squeeze than humans.

Robotic Servicing Spacecraft Will Soon Blast into Orbit, to Try to Save a 1.5-Ton NASA Satellite From Reentry

Learn more about the Swift satellite, why it's slowly being dragged back to Earth, and how LINK will help keep it in space. 

Could a Common Allergy Pill and Heartburn Medication Combination Really Ease PMS Symptoms?

Learn how a viral TikTok trend pairing allergy and heartburn medications for PMS and PMDD might have a biological basis and why experts still urge caution.

A Herculaneum Scroll Is Readable Again Nearly 2,000 Years After Vesuvius Buried It

Learn how AI and CT scans recovered 22 columns of ancient Greek text from a scroll burned in the 79 C.E. Mount Vesuvius eruption.

A 'StormWall' Could Shield Earth From Devastating Solar Storms

Learn more about "StormWall," what it is, and how it will keep Earth safe from potentially dangerous solar storms. 

Long-Lost Megalodon Fossils Confirm the Giant Shark Could Reach 80 Feet Long

Learn how long-lost Megalodon vertebrae confirmed the giant shark’s size, revealed its age, and preserved the first fossil evidence of what it ate.

Feel Like You're on the Same Wavelength With Someone? Synchrony Is Real, and May be Strengthened

Learn how brainwave synchrony could help explain why people feel connected and how real-time feedback may strengthen that bond.

Rare Camel Bones Found in Serbian Fortress Suggest Far-Reaching Medieval Trade Networks

Learn how studying animal bones from historic sites tells detailed stories about the lives of their occupants, from what they ate to how they traded.

31 New Species Found off Brazil Reveal a Fragile World in the Ocean’s Midwater

Learn how shipboard DNA sequencing, 3D imaging, and deep-sea tools helped researchers identify delicate ocean animals within days.

A Young Giraffe Went Strangely Missing in Texas, and the Two-Week Search Revealed the Complex World of Exotic Wildlife

Learn more about Gracie, a giraffe who has been missing for two weeks in a part of Texas known for the breeding, buying, and hunting of exotic animals from around the world.

NASA's Roman Space Telescope Arrives in Florida, New Treatment Could Relieve Knee Pain Without Surgery, and a Cave Full of All-Female Skeletons

Discover the top stories from June 20 to June 26, 2026, including a surgery-free answer to knee osteoarthritis and a spider species that catapults its prey into a web.

Giggling Apes May Help Us Understand How Speech Emerged, as We've Shared a Similar Laugh Pattern for 15 Million Years

Discover how tickling apes and recording their bursts of laughter revealed a similar pattern to how humans laugh, while hinting at the origins of speech.

82 Viking Workshop Huts Found Near Aarhus May Have Supplied a Major Trading City

Learn how a road project near Aarhus uncovered a 1.08-million-square-foot Viking Age textile site with 82 pit houses, flax processing areas, and links to trade.

Dogs Can Have Positive Impacts on Our Mental and Physical Health — but Can They Help Us Live Longer? 

Learn more about the health benefits dogs can provide, both physically and mentally, and how this could have an impact on how long we live. 

These Rare Super-Puff Planets Are Less Dense Than Cotton Candy

Learn more about super-puff planets and how researchers determined the densities of these far-off planets. 

From Mongolia to Madagascar, Dogs Form Remarkably Similar Bonds With Humans

Learn how dogs and humans form remarkably similar bonds across cultures, despite differences in how they live and work together.

A Cave Full of Homo naledi Fossils May Point to an All-Female Burial Site, a First for a Non-Modern Human Species

Learn how proteins in Homo naledi teeth could point to an all-female burial site and raise new questions about how ancient human relatives treated their dead.

A Hot Beverage During Soaring Temperatures May Help You Cool Down — But Only When the Weather Is Dry

Learn how switching a cold one for a hot tea can induce sweat production and help cool you down, but not when it’s humid out.

Webb Telescope Looks Behind the Orion Nebula and Finds Stars Still Being Born

Learn how Webb’s infrared view of Orion revealed buried protostars, violent jets, and disks of gas and dust that could eventually form planets.