NASA says the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid will pass closer than many satellites in 2029, and the rare flyby will be visible without a telescope
On April 13, 2029, asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass about 20,000 miles above Earth’s surface, closer than many satellites in geosynchronous orbit. There is…..
What looked like a wall full of grooves in the Adriatic Sea turned out to be the trail of hundreds of terrified turtles 79 million years ago
High above the Adriatic Sea, on a cliff that rock climbers scale for fun, scientists have uncovered what looks like a moment of pure…..
Science
NASA says the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid will pass closer than many satellites in 2029, and the rare flyby will be visible without a telescope
On April 13, 2029, asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass about 20,000 miles above Earth’s surface,…..
A 4,000-year-old object stored in Denmark may preserve one of humanity’s earliest written traces of everyday administration, and its silence lasted millennia
What happens when researchers finally open a museum storage room that has been quiet for…..
Scientists warn that synthetic mirror bacteria could slip past natural defenses, and the threat is not a virus but a form of life built backwards
Could a microbe built from biology’s “wrong-handed” building blocks slip through nature’s defenses like a…..
The largest gravity test ever carried out has confirmed Newton and Einstein on cosmic scales, leaving alternative theories with less room to hide
Gravity is the force that keeps your feet on the ground, but it also choreographs…..
A genetic study of 1,343 golden retrievers has found genes tied to emotions that also appear in humans, suggesting dogs may share more of our inner world than expected
Why does one golden retriever trot happily into any room while another flinches at the…..
What looked like nothing in quantum physics has produced detectable particles, and the vacuum may no longer be the empty stage we imagined
Empty space looks calm, even boring. Quantum physics has long claimed it is anything but…..
Scientists explored the edge of the solar system and found a strange bright structure no one had seen before, opening a new mystery close to home
Astronomers have spotted an enormous molecular hydrogen cloud surprisingly close to the solar system, and…..
A storm in the United States tore open the ground and exposed 15 treasures hidden for more than 100 million years
When floodwaters ripped through parts of Central Texas in the summer of 2025, the aftermath…..
DNA solves the mystery of medieval people found in a Spanish Stone Age site, proving that the oldest layer of a place was not the whole story
Ancient DNA from two men buried at the entrance of the Menga dolmen in southern…..
Scientists discover a new type of human cell that appears only at one moment in life, and no one yet knows exactly what it does
What if one of the most important “gatekeeper” cells in pregnancy only exists for a…..
Mobility
China is sending 600 next-generation buses to Nicaragua, and the first 180 have already arrived in a move that could reshape public transport in Latin America
China has begun sending hundreds of new buses to Nicaragua in a deal meant to refresh the…..
The longest passenger train route in the United States crosses America like a moving observatory, and the California Zephyr turns the country into one continuous landscape
Railroads still cover an enormous amount of ground in the United States. The Association of American Railroads…..
Energy
Economy
A South African gold miner has become the first major casualty of Ghana’s tighter resource-control push, and the move shows how fast Africa’s mining rules are changing
Ghana plans to take full control of the Damang gold mine on April 18, 2026,…..
A zoo in the United States is building a $46 million African savanna, and the most striking feature isn’t the giraffes or the rhinos, but a hotel with a direct view of the habitat
Plans are taking shape for a major expansion at Wichita’s Sedgwick County Zoo that could…..
The 5,200 holes dug into a mountain in Peru are no longer a mystery, and the explanation changes what we knew about their ancient economy
For nearly a century, a strange band of thousands of holes carved into a Peruvian…..
It’s very rare to see so much gold in one place: gold bars and nearly 1,000 coins are being auctioned off in France, with a total value exceeding 2 million
In Angers, France, more than €2 million (roughly more than $2.3 million) in gold bars…..
It’s not about lithium or batteries: the problem driving up the cost of electric cars and wind power might lie in a tiny magnet, and a new AI has already found a way to do without rare earth elements
What if one of the biggest obstacles to cleaner cars and cheaper wind power is…..
What they have discovered in the Andes Mountains, between Argentina and Chile, is not just any mine, but a colossal deposit containing up to 84 billion pounds of copper, tens of millions of ounces of gold and silver, and a potential that is already revolutionizing the market
A copper, gold, and silver find in the Andes on the Argentina-Chile border is drawing…..
Russia intercepts a 2.8-ton fragment of the Aletai meteorite, valued at $4.2 million, which was being smuggled out of the country disguised as a simple garden ornament
Customs officers in Russia say they stopped a 2.8 ton chunk of the Aletai meteorite…..
Another theme park goes bankrupt and closes its doors “forever”: what has happened in recent weeks is more serious than it seems
Is Brean Theme Park really gone for good? Not exactly. The Somerset attraction entered liquidation…..
The battle for Panama’s ports is entering a new phase, and China has issued a stern warning
Most people will read this as another chapter in the power struggle around the Panama…..
Australia has just discovered the largest iron deposit ever recorded, weighing 5.7 billion tons, and the most impressive thing is not its size, but its age
This is not a story about a brand-new mountain of iron suddenly appearing in Australia……
Technology
Environment
What looked like a wall full of grooves in the Adriatic Sea turned out to be the trail of hundreds of terrified turtles 79 million years ago
High above the Adriatic Sea, on a cliff that rock climbers scale for fun, scientists…..
Ocean eddies are driving coastal currents harder than expected, and the swirling forces may be quietly amplifying climate extremes along the world’s shores
Ocean eddies look harmless from the surface, just swirling patches of water that spin off…..
A camera more than a kilometer below the Pacific Ocean found a “yellow brick road” and leaves an uncomfortable question about our seas
In 2022, a remotely-operated vehicle gliding over an underwater mountain north of Hawaiʻi sent back…..
Archaeologists found 317 human skeletons beneath an inhospitable shopping center, and the discovery has turned a modern site into an unexpected ancient cemetery
Workers redeveloping a former Debenhams department store in Gloucester, England, expected the usual surprises that…..
A herd of cows was abandoned on a deserted island 130 years ago, and a genetic study has now left researchers with a result they did not expect
When you think of cattle, you probably picture fences and a steady water supply. On…..
Researchers descended into the deep sea and filmed one of the ocean’s most elusive squids for the first time, turning a legend of the abyss into visible proof
A century after the colossal squid was formally described, scientists have finally filmed one alive…..
A 7.22-meter python rescued in Indonesia has been recognized as the longest wild snake ever measured, but its record is also a warning about habitat loss
How long can a snake get before the stories stop sounding like campfire talk and…..
China dropped a cow 1,600 meters into the sea and accidentally woke eight mysterious sleepers, revealing deep-ocean life where almost nothing should have moved
From the shore, the South China Sea can look calm and familiar. About 5,344 feet…..
