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Large fragment of the Aletai iron meteorite seized by Russian customs after smugglers attempted to export it as a garden sculpture.

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

April 2, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Illustration of an asteroid approaching the Moon near Tycho crater with a potential impact flash visible from Earth

An asteroid about 60 meters in diameter, equivalent to a 15-story building, could strike near Tycho and cause a flash visible to the naked eye for 200-300 seconds

April 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Wet magnetic cement mixture being poured during a wall-finish demonstration for movable no-drill storage

A 29-year-old man wants to put an end to holes in walls with an idea that could transform rental housing

April 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Betel leaf with white lime paste and chopped areca nut held in hands, linked to ancient betel chewing in Asia

The remains found in the teeth of a woman from 4,000 years ago could change what we know about betel consumption in Asia

April 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Barista handing a cup of coffee to a customer, illustrating research on coffee’s surprising effect on the gut microbiota

An epidemiologist who has been studying the gut for 30 years confirms that coffee has a surprising effect on the microbiota

April 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Tiny dwarf shrew perched on a blue gloved hand after being identified as a new 3-gram species in Ethiopia

Biologists can’t believe the latest discovery of a tiny new species weighing only 3 grams: “Flat head, hairy tail, and the weight of a sugar cube”

April 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Composite space image showing a faint circled object inside a purple dark matter-rich region, linked to the Cloud 9 discovery

Astronomers suspect they have discovered an object that could reveal one of the greatest mysteries of the universe

April 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Pod of dolphins swimming at the ocean surface, marine mammals known for sleeping with one half of the brain awake

In 1964, scientists discovered that this marine mammal could sleep with half its brain awake, and it is not the only one that hardly ever rests

April 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Whole onion beside a glass bowl of baking soda on a wooden table, ingredients often used in homemade insect bait

It’s not magic or witchcraft, it’s home chemistry that explains why onions and baking soda are used as “bait” and why insects are so attracted to them

April 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Microscope images of Diplolaimelloides woaabi, the newly identified worm species discovered in Utah’s Great Salt Lake

A tectonic plate that had been “dead” for 200 million years has just reappeared beneath western North America, and scientists say it could be increasing seismic risk without anyone noticing

April 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
European eel Anguilla anguilla, a migratory fish now listed as critically endangered after decades of population decline.

The eel, which can grow to over a meter in length and travel thousands of kilometers between rivers and the sea, is critically endangered according to the IUCN, and now the industry fears a total ban

April 1, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Invisible countertop cooktops arriving in 2026 could upend induction and glass-ceramic stoves.

Say goodbye to the traditional induction cooktop: the invisible cooktop that threatens to replace the classic glass cooktop and is beginning to cast doubt on the future of the induction cooktop as we’ve known it

March 31, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Microbialite-covered shoreline at Utah’s Great Salt Lake, where scientists found a newly described worm species

In 2022, they descended to the bottom of Utah’s Great Salt Lake and found a “worm” that, according to the textbooks, should not exist there and is now officially a new species to science

March 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
JAMSTEC drill ship Chikyu at sea in Japan during research into the fault that triggered the devastating 2011 tsunami

Japan sank to almost 8,000 meters below sea level, and what it found explains why the 2011 tsunami was much worse than anyone imagined

March 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Surface of Mars showing ancient lakebed and ice sheet evidence explored by NASA Curiosity rover

NASA explores the surface of Mars and finds traces of “ice sheets” dating back 3.6 billion years

March 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Coelacanth fish Latimeria chalumnae, the ancient lobe-finned species rediscovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938.

December 1938, a call from a ship and an “impossible fish” in South Africa: that’s how the day began when Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer turned 66 million years of science on its head

March 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Person practicing high intensity yoga exercises shown to improve sleep quality in people with insomnia

No weights or running: according to a study, this type of exercise improves sleep more than walking or cardio

March 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Researcher examining a large pink granite boulder in Antarctica linked to a hidden structure beneath Pine Island Glacier

The pink rocks of Antarctica reveal a gigantic secret structure hidden under the ice for 175 million years

March 31, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Illustration of Sagittarius A at the center of the Milky Way, the massive object long believed to be a supermassive black hole.

In 1974, we confirmed that Sagittarius A was a black hole with a mass of 4 million suns, but now a study suggests that it may never have been one, and a technical detail will decide whether Hawking was right or wrong

March 31, 2026 at 10:38 AM
A common octopus exhibiting complex camouflage and arm coordination while navigating a coral reef environment.

They would not be insects or mammals: humanity’s most likely successor lives under the sea and is smarter than you think

March 31, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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