Ancient Ash in an Australian Cave May Have Helped Track the Footsteps of Spirit-Beings

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

Learn how microscopic plant remains in Cloggs Cave connect 25,000 years of grass burning with GunaiKurnai magic and ritual traditions.

How Legionnaires’ Disease Can Turn Deadly as Bacteria Multiply Inside Immune Cells

(Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:30:00 GMT)

Learn how Legionella bacteria invade the lungs and cause pneumonia, respiratory failure, and other life-threatening complications.

A Researcher Stopped Wearing Mineral Sunscreen Because of Its White Cast — Now She May Have Fixed It

(Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:15:00 GMT)

Learn how a research team created a mineral sunscreen without a white cast, a change especially important for skin cancer prevention for those with darker skin tones.

Railway Excavations Uncover a 1,740-Year-Old Coin of Britain's Breakaway Roman Emperor

(Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT)

Learn how archaeological work for England’s East West Rail uncovered Roman coins, Iron Age pottery, and evidence of ancient communities.

The Streisand Effect Shows Why Suppressing Information Can Backfire

(Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 GMT)

Learn more about the Streisand effect, describing how efforts to censor public information may draw even more attention to an issue.

A 90,000-Year-Old Skeleton May Be One of the Earliest Known Victims of a Sharp-Object Attack

(Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMT)

Learn about a fossil shedding light on violence and funerary practices during the Middle Paleolithic.

The Brain Develops Differently in People Born Blind — but Not in the Way Previously Thought

(Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:40:00 GMT)

Learn more about the differences in brain structure for those born blind and how a new study is changing our understanding of these developments. 

A New Solar 'Switch-Off' Signal Could Help Predict Future Space Weather

(Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:04:00 GMT)

Learn about a new method to predict future solar activity by observing the Sun when its weather "switches off."

American Heart Association Deems 5 Cups of Coffee Safe but Warns Against Energy Drinks

(Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:30:00 GMT)

Learn how much caffeine is considered safe for your heart, why energy drinks may not be a great alternative, and why studying coffee's health impacts isn't so straightforward.

Newly Discovered Saqqara Tombs Preserve a 3,000-Year-Old Family Record

(Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT)

Learn how inscriptions inside three rock-cut tombs preserve the families, careers, and foreign connections of ancient Egyptian officials.

An Archaeologist’s Cell Phone Light Uncovers a Hidden Medieval Wall Beneath Chester Crown Court

(Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:30:00 GMT)

Learn how part of a nearly 800-year-old medieval castle thought to have been destroyed was found beneath Chester Crown Court.

Fossil Evidence Indicates Baby T. rex Were Tiny, but Deadly

(Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT)

Learn what recently discovered fossils can tell us about this formidable dinosaur’s hunting style and why they were "unsafe at any size." 

Are Wildfires Getting Worse? California’s Forest-Killing Fires Now Burn 30 Times More Forest Than 40 Years Ago

(Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:30:00 GMT)

Learn how warmer air and decades of fuel buildup are turning California’s wildfires into increasingly destructive events.

A Total Solar Eclipse and the Perseids Meteor Shower Will Share the Sky in August 2026

(Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:15:00 GMT)

Why August 12, 2026, could be one of the most exciting dates on the astronomical calendar.

Melting Ice Didn't Trigger Yellowstone Eruptions — but It May Have Sparked Hydrothermal Explosions

(Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:47:00 GMT)

Learn more about glacial periods in Yellowstone National Park and how they may be connected with hydrothermal activity. 

NASA's Viking I Landed on Mars 50 Years Ago and Transformed the Search for Life

(Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT)

Learn more about Viking I and Viking II and how these missions changed what we know about Mars. 

Slowing Biological Aging May Be GLP-1 Drugs' Next Medical Frontier

(Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:45:00 GMT)

Learn how studying DNA-based age markers in people with HIV helps us understand how GLP-1 drugs could slow molecular clocks.

The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Have Come From a Rare Class of Meteorites

(Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:15:00 GMT)

Learn more about the rare composition of the Chicxulub impactor. 

An Obscure Asteroid Turns Out to Be a Dark Comet — a Mysterious Group of Hidden Comets 

(Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT)

Learn about an object in space that has emerged as a dark comet, displaying a much fainter glow than most comets. 

A Tiny Electrical Gate in Nerve Cells May Be Behind Excessive Sweating

(Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:45:00 GMT)

Learn how an inherited genetic change may cause excessive sweating by making the nerves that control sweat glands respond too strongly.