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Satellite view of Lac Rouge and the surrounding landscape in northern Quebec before the lake’s sudden drainage event

An entire lake disappears overnight in northern Quebec, and the water travels more than 6.2 miles as if someone had pulled the plug

March 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Laurent Simons in a physics lab in Antwerp as the 15-year-old researcher completes his doctorate in quantum physics

A young man aged just 15 is about to officially become a doctor of quantum physics in Antwerp, and what is most surprising is that he already lives in Munich, where he is preparing a second doctorate focused on medicine and artificial intelligence

March 23, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Ancient iron surgical tool used for trepanation discovered at an Iron Age Celtic site in Poland

A 2,300-year-old Celtic “medical instrument” has been found in Poland, and evidence points to cranial surgery being performed in the middle of the Iron Age

March 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Cow using a broom to scratch its back, demonstrating tool use behavior observed by scientists

A cow scratches its back with a broom and proves that we have been wrong for more than 10,000 years

March 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
According to this new study, what lies at the center of the Milky Way may not be what it seemed

According to this new study, what lies at the center of the Milky Way may not be what it seemed

March 22, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Microscopic view of laser-generated structures inside living human cells using two-photon polymerization technology

They shoot a laser at living human cells and manage to build three-dimensional structures inside them

March 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Interstellar comet 3I ATLAS traveling through space with a glowing coma and tail releasing gas and dust

Why objects such as 3I/ATLAS could be the cheapest ticket to cross the galaxy

March 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Portrait of James Watson, the American biologist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered the DNA double helix structure.

James Watson went from being a scientific icon to falling from grace in the public eye. The 1962 Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of DNA died on November 6, 2025, at the age of 97, after years of controversy for making baseless claims that Black people were less intelligent

March 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM
NASA map showing seasonal surface velocity changes on Stonebreen glacier in Svalbard, with red areas marking faster summer flow

NASA detects a strange “red pulse” on a Norwegian glacier, and what happens every summer in Svalbard is leaving many people speechless

March 21, 2026 at 5:56 AM
An artistic rendering of Voyager 2 approaching Neptune, highlighting the planet's tilted and off-center magnetic field lines.

In 1989, Voyager 2 observed “something that didn’t add up” on Neptune, and it took us decades to understand it. Now, a study published in Nature suggests that dark ice could be the cause of the planet’s strange magnetism

March 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Helix Nebula infrared image by James Webb showing glowing gas rings from a dying Sun-like star

The James Webb Space Telescope points to the “Eye of God,” and what it sees looks like a scene from the future: this is how the Sun could end up in 5 billion years, according to models

March 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
NASA’s Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, where scientists detected organic molecules in an ancient lakebed sample

A rock drilled by Curiosity in Gale Crater in 2013 is back in the news because it might hold a key clue to ancient life on Mars—and no one expected that from an “old” hole

March 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Close-up of Martian surface with dust storm patterns driving electrostatic chemical reactions

Mars is not just dust and cold: a study claims that its atmosphere is becoming a “poison factory” with active chemistry that never stops

March 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Transparent deep-sea siphonophore drifting in dark water, showing the gelatinous colonial animal filmed at extreme depth

At a depth of 6,000 meters in Australia, a 15-meter-long organism has been discovered, and scientists admit that they have rarely seen anything like it

March 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Carl Sagan smiling in front of a cosmic background, reflecting on his idea that the universe is indifferent to humanity

Carl Sagan, astronomer: “The universe was not created to accommodate man, nor is it hostile to him. It is indifferent to him”

March 19, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Khafre at Giza, Egypt, amid debate over possible underground structures beneath the pyramid complex

What researchers have just discovered beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza could change everything we thought we knew about the only surviving wonder of the ancient world

March 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Chinese lunar lander on the Moon’s surface, linked to the Chang’e mission that returned far-side samples revealing natural nanotubes

An “impossible” material appears on the Moon: Chinese scientists identify single-layer atomic nanotubes and confirm for the first time that they can form naturally

March 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Close-up of metallic californium crystals, the synthetic radioactive material considered one of the most expensive substances on Earth

It’s not gold or diamonds: the most expensive material on the planet costs $27,000,000 per gram

March 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Colorized microscope image of a tardigrade, the tiny animal whose Dsup protein may protect DNA but also harm cells.

They wanted to equip astronauts with the “armor” of a tardigrade, but DNA gave them a resounding NO: the Dsup protein protects, yes, but in return it can kill cells

March 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Baby holding a smartphone or tablet, illustrating research on early screen exposure and its potential effects on brain development.

A study sounds the alarm for the entire planet: screen time before the age of 2 could accelerate brain maturation and increase the risk of anxiety in adolescence

March 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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