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Packaged processed foods and deli meats containing common chemical preservatives

These 12 common preservatives could increase the risk of cancer and type 2 diabetes

February 24, 2026 at 11:50 AM
12-year-old Texas student beside a homemade nuclear fusion device after detecting neutrons

A 12-year-old boy in Texas spends four years building a nuclear fusion device at home and manages to detect real neutrons

February 24, 2026 at 10:49 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
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
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
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
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
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
Baking soda and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, the two ingredients commonly mixed into a paste to whiten stained grout lines.

The combination of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide that is so popular in 2026 seems like a magical and inexpensive solution, but experts warn that it depends greatly on where it is used and when it is discontinued

February 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM
People walking in extreme summer heat during a heat wave linked to accelerated biological aging

Science confirms that heat waves are literally accelerating the aging process

February 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Japanese research vessel drilling for rare earth rich mud 6,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean

A deep-sea mission detects mud containing valuable elements where no one was looking. The discovery, made at a depth of 6 kilometers, could change the course of technology

February 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM
A French bulldog lying on grass outdoors.

Goodbye to bulldogs and poodles: experts explain why more than 400 dog breeds would disappear almost completely in less than a decade if humans ceased to exist

February 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Coastal megacity built on a river delta facing flood risk due to rapid land subsidence

The greatest danger to megacities is not climate change, but something happening beneath our feet

February 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Microscopic view of microplastic particles detected in human brain tissue during a recent scientific study

Your brain could be full of microplastics… and you don’t even know it

February 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Gas stove burners on during cooking, linked to benzene exposure and increased long-term cancer risk in U.S. homes

A simple dinner could expose you to the same carcinogenic chemical as tobacco smoke

February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A dog walks past bomb-damaged apartment buildings in Ukraine, reflecting how war conditions may shape frontline dogs

Scientists analyze 763 dogs in nine regions of Ukraine and discover that the front is “producing” wolf-like dogs in a matter of months, claiming that this is natural selection, not genetic magic

February 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Great Pyramid of Giza under dramatic clouds, as a controversial erosion study suggests it may be far older than the Fourth Dynasty

The Great Pyramid of Giza could be thousands of years older than we thought, according to a controversial study

February 18, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Biofluorescent marine fish glowing green and red under blue light on a coral reef during a scientific study

Hundreds of marine fish have been glowing underwater for centuries… and no one had noticed

February 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A mouse pulls at the tongue of an unresponsive cage mate during a lab-recorded rescue-like behavior.

Never-before-documented behavior: mice attempt to rescue their companions with actions similar to CPR

February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Lake Neuron, a massive underground thermal lake discovered 127 meters deep inside Atmos Cave in Albania.

At a depth of 100 meters underground in Albania, scientists have just discovered a thermal lake so large that it challenges our understanding of the world

February 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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