Learn about the underwater volcanic eruption that is disrupting waters near Papua New Guinea, potentially setting the stage for a new island to emerge.
Learn how the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt may weaken earthquake vibrations above the King’s Chamber, helping the ancient structure survive centuries of seismic shaking.
Learn which Patagonian birds frequent a landfill outside Ushuaia and why birders, including those aboard the MV Hondius, have been drawn to the site.
Learn how caffeine could be impacting young adults' sleep quality and school performance.
Learn about retatrutide, a new weight-loss drug that works differently than other GLP-1s and helped patients in a clinical trial lose up to 85 pounds.
Learn how ancient DNA traced a massive pre-Inca migration along Peru’s coast, and how communities preserved their cultural identities for centuries afterward.
Learn more about Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s recent conservation efforts to save the Puerto Rican crested toad, a rare species once thought to be extinct.
Learn about the similarities between the wrist bones of humans and African apes, which may point to shared knuckle-walking roots.
Learn how ancient DNA traced long-distance family ties across Europe’s megalithic tombs during the Neolithic period.
Learn how AI is helping researchers reconnect shattered clay tablets and recognize the handwriting styles of individual scribes more than 3,000 years after they wrote in cuneiform.
Discover the newly identified box jellyfish — and see how its unusual traits reveal how much scientists still have to learn.
Learn more about how potatoes shaped Andean genomes — and how diet can influence our DNA
Learn how NASA spacecraft tracked a record-breaking solar radio burst that circled the Sun for 19 days and what the signal reveals about how solar activity lingers in space.
Learn how the Ocean Census discovered 1,121 new marine species, from deep-sea “ghost sharks” to carnivorous sponges, while accelerating the race to document ocean life.
Learn how genomes across Japan show traces of a previously overlooked ancestral group alongside Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA linked to modern diseases and drug responses.
Discover the ancient herders in eastern Africa who balanced herding, hunting, and gathering for centuries longer than previously thought.
Learn more about the canine distemper outbreak that could have reduced Yellowstone wolf pup populations to a historic low.
Learn more about the Himalayan Happy-Face Spider, a new species with a red grin that is remarkably similar to the famous happy-face spider of the Hawaiian Islands.
Learn more about a dingo skeleton uncovered at an ancient burial site — and what the remains reveal about its connection to the Barkindji people.
Learn more about why some theropods had such small arms, and why it was their skulls that may have determined their size.