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Highly contaminated water inside the torus room at Fukushima Daiichi where active marine bacteria were detected.

Fifteen years after the 2011 disaster, Fukushima continues to deliver strange surprises. Japan has found active bacteria in highly radioactive water, and what is most disturbing is that they appear “normal,” as if nothing had happened

February 24, 2026 at 8:38 AM
566-year-old coolabah “matriarch” tree in the Gwydir Wetlands, NSW, studied for five centuries of climate and flood history

A 566-year-old “matriarch” tree still stands in the Gwydir wetlands, and scientists say its trunk contains a climate record spanning five centuries

February 24, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Quartz vein with gold deposits in dark rock, showing how earthquakes may help form giant gold nuggets

Earthquakes could be behind the formation of giant gold nuggets

February 24, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Seychelles sea coconut (coco de mer) seed on a beach, the world’s largest seed at up to 66 pounds and nearly 20 inches wide

Weighing up to 66 pounds and measuring nearly 20 inches, the Seychelles sea coconut is the largest seed on the planet

February 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
10-year-old boy in Rostock programming a small educational robot with block-based code on a laptop during a MikroMINT technology workshop

A 10-year-old boy from Rostock is already programming his own browser in Python with a “history limit” and everything, while others are still learning how to browse safely

February 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Naturally mummified cheetah preserved inside a dry cave in northern Saudi Arabia

The discovery of 4,000-year-old mummified cheetahs in Saudi Arabia could lead to the recovery of a lost ecosystem

February 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Scientist releases biological control weevils onto invasive floating pennywort in a UK river

The war against invasive plants that devour rivers and fields enters creative mode: British scientists are releasing living allies that no one would have imagined in a modern scientific plan

February 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Close-up of a wild boar linked to Fukushima’s post-disaster genetic experiment in abandoned farmlands

Fifteen years after the March 11, 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, scientists discover that wild boars were the subject of an unexpected genetic experiment

February 23, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Red light traffic camera mounted at a California intersection under automated enforcement

Thousands of Californians refuse to pay their fines for running red lights, and the reason has to do with a legal loophole that almost no one knows about

February 23, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Satellite view of Jubbah oasis in Saudi Arabia’s Nafud Desert showing circular green irrigated fields amid orange dunes

NASA photographs a desert and finds mysterious circles in the heart of Saudi Arabia

February 23, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Russian Shahed loitering munition equipped with a Starlink satellite terminal used for live video guidance in Ukraine.

Russian kamikaze drones fly close to the ground and transmit live video thanks to Starlink, a combination that renders traditional electronic warfare obsolete

February 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Hand holding a plastic water bottle in a store aisle, highlighting concerns about microplastics in bottled water.

This study could make you stop drinking bottled water forever

February 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Joshua trees blooming in the California desert in October 2025, months earlier than their usual flowering season.

Something is not right in the California desert: Joshua trees began to bloom in October 2025 (yes, October), and now scientists are trying to figure out what “woke them up” months earlier than usual

February 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Chestnut mining bee Andrena rehni on an American chestnut flower in a Syracuse research orchard

It looked like a normal bee in an orchard, but after a few seconds, a scientist realized she was seeing something that almost no one had ever seen in that area before

February 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Bowl of plain yogurt topped with fruit and granola on a breakfast table

Thousands of people do it without thinking twice, but eating yogurt every day has real effects on health, and not all of them are positive, according to experts

February 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Underground view of the Oklo mine in Gabon, where scientists confirmed a natural nuclear reactor operated about 2 billion years ago.

In 1972, an impossible anomaly was detected in a mine in Gabon, leading to the discovery that the Earth created a nuclear reactor 2 billion years ago

February 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A high-speed passenger train used by Brazil’s ANTT to illustrate the proposed Rio to São Paulo high-speed rail project.

Say goodbye to endless journeys between Rio and São Paulo: Brazil announces South America’s fastest train, which will cover approximately 317 miles in just 1 hour and 45 minutes

February 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Close-up of a desktop PC front panel with yellow USB ports, power button, and audio jacks.

What does it mean when a USB port is yellow, and why are they often not the best option?

February 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis used in evolutionary biology research

A brainless creature from the bottom of the sea could hold the molecular trick that helped build the human body between 600 and 700 million years ago

February 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Older man drinking water while coughing, illustrating Parkinson’s related swallowing and throat symptoms.

A new study links Parkinson’s disease to gut bacteria and reveals that something as simple as a vitamin B supplement could slow the disease

February 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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