Science
Five giant asteroids could hit Earth before the end of the century, and the list shows why planetary defense is no longer just science fiction
Archaeologists opened a cave sealed for 40,000 years in Gibraltar and found what could be the last refuge of the Neanderthals on Earth
The human brain works with roughly the power of a computer monitor, and that tiny energy bill may reveal why artificial intelligence still has a huge problem
Scientists have identified 45 planets that could be useful in a Project Hail Mary-style apocalypse scenario, turning science fiction into an emergency map of possible worlds
A strange stone in a U.S. backyard looked like nothing special, until experts realized it was an archaeological treasure hiding in plain sight
A mysterious radio signal from deep space repeated every 36 minutes for eight days, and astronomers still cannot find the object that produced it
Africa is splitting in two in slow motion, and geologists have found the crack where a new ocean is being born
The secret of prime numbers could be written inside black holes, and physicists are exploring whether the strangest objects in the universe hide mathematics’ oldest mystery
2,000-year-old skulls in Vietnam reveal that ancient communities permanently blackened their teeth, a stylish practice that survived long after the people who wore it disappeared
A new theory suggests gravitational waves could modulate the light emitted by atoms, as if every atom carried a tiny trace of the universe’s deepest vibrations
A remote volcano in Iran appears to be waking after 700,000 years of silence, and the signal from Taftan is forcing scientists to look again at a mountain considered dormant
Construction workers in Sweden uncovered six centuries-old shipwrecks where no one expected them, and the discovery has opened a forgotten chapter beneath modern ground
An adorable dinosaur chick has been discovered in South Korea and named Dooly, but behind the cartoon name lies a fossil that could change its ancient lineage
Astronomers may have witnessed two planets colliding in space, and the event is so rare that it could rewrite how we understand the violent birth of solar systems
Neither fish nor nuts: the food that could help boost memory and neural development is a humble tuber that many people still overlook
Ancient DNA from the North Sea reveals a lost forest beneath the waves, and suggests that 16,000 years ago Europe and Britain were still part of a vanished world
An American high school student used artificial intelligence to map 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space, and the result has stunned scientists who thought the sky had already been searched








