An international team of astronomers led by University of Galway, has discovered the likely site of a new planet in formation, most likely a gas giant planet up to a few times the mass of Jupiter.
Window-Sized Device Taps the Air for Safe Drinking Water
MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that produces fresh water anywhere — even Death Valley, California.
Scientists discover natural cancer-fighting sugar in sea cucumbers
Sea cucumbers, long known for cleaning the ocean floor, may also harbor a powerful cancer-fighting secret. Scientists discovered a unique sugar in these marine creatures that can block Sulf-2, an enzyme that cancer cells use to spread. Unlike traditional medications, this compound doesn t cause dangerous blood clotting issues and...
The global rule that predicts where life thrives—and where it fails
What if all life on Earth followed a surprisingly simple pattern? New research shows that in every region, species tend to cluster in small hotspots and then gradually thin out. This universal rule applies across drastically different organisms and habitats from trees to dragonflies, oceans to forests. Scientists now believe...
A Tornado’s Mark on Kentucky
Amid a spate of severe weather across the U.S. Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic regions on May 16, 2025, a deadly tornado tore across three counties in Kentucky.
Rings of Time: Unearthing Climate Secrets From Ancient Trees
Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum).
Lizards of Madagascar
After the island of Madagascar drifted away from India 88 million years ago, isolating it from all other landmasses, its flora and fauna evolved in seclusion.
Scientists uncover why “stealth” volcanoes stay silent until eruption
Some volcanoes erupt with little to no warning, posing serious risks to nearby communities and air traffic. A study of Alaska's Veniaminof volcano reveals how specific internal conditions like slow magma flow and warm chamber walls can create these so-called "stealthy eruptions."
What a dinosaur ate 100 million years ago—Preserved in a fossilized time capsule
A prehistoric digestive time capsule has been unearthed in Australia: plant fossils found inside a sauropod dinosaur offer the first definitive glimpse into what these giant creatures actually ate. The remarkably preserved gut contents reveal that sauropods were massive, indiscriminate plant-eaters who swallowed leaves, conifer shoots, and even flowering plants...
2,000 miles through rivers and ice: Mapping neanderthals’ hidden superhighways across eurasia
Neanderthals may have trekked thousands of miles across Eurasia much faster than we ever imagined. New computer simulations suggest they used river valleys like natural highways to cross daunting landscapes during warmer climate windows. These findings not only help solve a long-standing archaeological mystery but also point to the likelihood...