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Two killer whales swim side by side at the ocean surface in a photo used to illustrate research on possible orca-on-orca predation

A colleague sent Olga a strange photo taken on a Russian beach, and now scientists believe they have discovered a macabre pattern among orcas: sometimes they hunt each other

April 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Astronaut photo of Salinas Las Barrancas in Argentina, a heart-shaped pink salt lake seen from the International Space Station

NASA observes Argentina from the International Space Station and detects a gigantic pink heart nearly 10 kilometers wide, whose color does not have as romantic an origin as it seems

April 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM
View of Earth from space illustrating changes in the planet’s rotation that could lead to future 25‑hour days.

Goodbye to the 24-hour day: from this date onwards, days on Earth will last 25 hours

April 20, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Interior view of Scărișoara Ice Cave in Romania, where scientists recovered an ancient bacterium from millennia-old ice

Scientists extract a bacterium over 5,000 years old from the ice and discover something disturbing: it was already resistant to ten modern antibiotics long before our medicine existed

April 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Ian González Santos during a university degree ceremony with academic recognition in Mexico

Ian Emmanuel, molecular biologist at age 12, on his school: “They told me I had attention deficit disorder”

April 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Cladosporium sphaerospermum fungus growing in a high-radiation environment linked to Chernobyl research

A form of life has been detected in Chernobyl that not only resists radiation, but seems to use it to grow

April 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Two Atlantic puffins standing on a grassy cliff in Iceland with wings spread

Farewell to the harbor lights: light pollution could wipe out 40% of the world’s puffin population

April 20, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Solar storm activity affecting satellites in low Earth orbit with potential impact on GPS and communications

The new threat that worries scientists does not come from Earth, but from the Sun, and could affect satellites, GPS, and communications

April 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton showing foot structure linked to bird-like toe walking gait in new study

Goodbye to the T. rex from “Jurassic Park”: a new study argues that it didn’t run like a giant reptile, but with a gait much more similar to that of an ostrich

April 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Seismic map of Northern California showing earthquake activity near the Mendocino Triple Junction and hidden fault structures

What appeared to be a simple union of plates in California hides a much more chaotic system, and these small earthquakes have just exposed it

April 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The Hubble Space Telescope is tracking the four icy fragments of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) as they travel through space, while a puzzling 48-hour delay in the increase in brightness is forcing theorists at Auburn University to rethink all their hypotheses about the timeline of its disintegration

The Hubble Space Telescope is tracking the four icy fragments of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) as they travel through space, while a puzzling 48-hour delay in the increase in brightness is forcing theorists at Auburn University to rethink all their hypotheses about the timeline of its disintegration

April 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Fossilized reptile skin impression with visible scale patterns from the Early Permian discovered in Germany

The oldest reptile skin prints ever seen have been discovered in Germany, and what is most surprising is that they are almost 300 million years old

April 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Workers operate industrial machinery processing banana pseudostems into fiber pulp for tissue paper production inside a large factory

The thousands of tons of banana pseudostems left rotting after each harvest are now being transformed into tissue paper and packaging materials, while a simple process using sodium hydroxide at 230°F is achieving pulp yields of up to 44 percent in April 2026 trials

April 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Band of Holes at Monte Sierpe in Peru showing thousands of pits carved into a hillside linked to ancient trade

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

April 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Birdwatcher using binoculars observing birds in nature linked to brain changes in attention and memory

Birdwatching for years not only changes what you see, but it could also be reshaping your brain in ways that surprise neuroscientists

April 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Gold bars and coins displayed at auction in France with high-value lots attracting global bidders

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

April 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Red sprite lightning captured from the ISS above a thunderstorm reaching high into the upper atmosphere

Astronauts photograph from the ISS a red electrical phenomenon exploding above storms at altitudes of up to 89 kilometers (about 55 miles)—a phenomenon that for decades seemed nothing more than a pilot’s legend

April 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Satellite view of the horseshoe-shaped Yilan impact crater in China, showing the forested rim and central farmlands.

NASA observes China from space and discovers a giant structure hidden in plain sight that not even an entire forest has managed to conceal from the crater

April 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
An aerial view of a harvested farm field in Bohemia with overlaid digital infrared highlights showing the outlines of prehistoric long barrows.

Archaeologists were exploring ordinary farmland in Central Europe, and what they found underground forces us to rethink 5,000 years of funerary history

April 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A satellite-style map of the Barents Sea showing warm Atlantic currents flowing north into the Arctic Ocean.

The Barents Sea is receiving more and more warm water, and scientists believe they have finally found the reason that had eluded them for 40 years

April 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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