Learn more about the arrival of ancient humans on the island of Sulawesi, a nearby neighbor to the island of Flores, where the tiny hominins Homo floresiensis emerged.

Learn why differences in the mitochondrial DNA of great white sharks have bewildered scientists for over 20 years.

Learn more about the golden apple snail and how it’s able to regrow their eyes after it’s been amputated, leading researchers to wonder if this could help treat human eye injuries.

What is the sea star wasting disease? Over a decade, sea stars have been disappearing and researchers finally know why.

Extraordinary discovery of bones from early Ice Age period could reshape how we understand and respond to today’s climate shifts.

Learn about the first ever molecule in the universe and its significance when it comes to the formation of the earliest stars.

What is the sturgeon full moon? Learn more about the array of celestial events happening in August 2025.

What is the speed of Earth’s rotation? Here’s why we don’t feel a thing, even though Earth spins at 1,000 mph.

Learn more about the gut microbiome’s digestion of the amino acid tryptophan, which creates byproducts with potential for treating certain metabolic conditions.

Learn more about Plesionectes longicollum, a well-preserved plesiosaurioid that’s the oldest known from the Posidonia Shale fossil beds in Holzmaden, Germany.

Learn how some smaller theropods likely had a stronger bite force than larger ones.

What’s in the middle of the Milky Way? In our neck of the cosmos, everything revolves around a supermassive black hole.

Learn more about telepathy, why it’s a controversial topic in the world of science and how a new podcast sheds light on the topic.

Learn more about coffee's nutritional benefits, especially for longevity in women.

How common is ADHD? Learn more about ADHD and why it seems more people have it than really do.

Learn more about the wasp nest found at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and how no wasps have been found around it.

What would a wormhole really look like? It's unlikely that wormholes truly exist, but here's what they would look like if they did.

Learn about the curious singing habits of leopard seals, whose songs bear a striking resemblance to human nursery rhymes.

Learn more about nature’s quick, efficient, and fascinating process for cleaning up dead animals in the woods.

Hibernating animals reverse aging, avoid diabetes, and preserve muscle. Could we one day do the same?

For investors looking for a return in the space industry, picking winners among startups, always a challenge, has become more complicated as the White House and Congress re-evaluate the federal government’s role in space. On one hand, the Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget coupled with reconciliation legislation signed into law July 4 would boost U.S. […]

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Space-based Bluetooth connectivity startup Hubble Network has become the anchor customer for Muon Space’s MuSat XL satellite platform, the smallsat maker’s largest yet at 500 kilograms.

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In an 18-month clinical trial of the experimental GLP-1 pill orforglipron, about 60 percent of people lost at least 10 percent of their body weight.

Virgin Galactic is pushing back slightly the beginning of commercial flights of its Delta-class suborbital spaceplanes next year as it deals with a manufacturing issue.

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