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Chimpanzee examining a crystal object, reflecting observed attraction to geometric and transparent materials

What these chimpanzees did with some pieces of glass suggests a story that began millions of years ago

April 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Advanced aluminum material structure representing a new catalyst alternative to rare and expensive critical metals

Goodbye to dependence on critical metals: scientists create a new form of aluminum that defies what we thought was possible and could make the industry of the future more affordable

April 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A female chimpanzee in the wild carefully using a modified stick as a tool to fish for termites in a mound.

The big clue to a very human ability may lie with female chimpanzees

April 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM
A yellow-chevroned parakeet with unusual blue plumage caused by a rare genetic mutation known as cyanism

Brazil is in shock after detecting an extremely rare mutation in a wild bird, and the discovery is already alarming experts

April 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Artist’s impression of a blue jet lightning discharge rising from a thunderstorm as seen from the International Space Station.

NASA is monitoring storms from the International Space Station, and what it’s observing about blue jets, sprites, and ELVES could forever change the way we predict extreme weather events

April 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Concept illustration of a warp drive spacecraft bending space-time for faster-than-light travel

Scientists believe they’ve found a way to travel at the speed of light, but there’s one detail dampening the excitement: humanity would have to wait 1,000 years to test it

April 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Close-up conceptual image of a bacterium used to illustrate concerns about synthetic mirror-life microbes

Scientists warn about synthetic bacteria that could threaten life as we know it

April 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft approaching the Dimorphos and Didymos asteroid system in space

For the first time, humanity significantly altered the orbit of a celestial body

April 20, 2026 at 5:00 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
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
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
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
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