Scientists have recently harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to build “aging clocks” that aim to estimate a person’s true biological age.While…
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The remote south Atlantic island of St. Helena boasts an international celebrity: the tortoise Jonathan, the oldest living land animal.…
As the “super” El Niño is predicted to bring heavier storms and flooding to the U.S., experts recommend stocking up…
Researchers have observed the strongest candidate yet for a “microblazar” — a dazzling object that has long been predicted to…
Amazon Big Deal Days is back, and we’ve found some tempting deals on our favorite stargazing equipment at Amazon. For…
You may have watched the moon block out the sun during a solar eclipse, but have you ever seen it…
The ancient Egyptians practiced human sacrifice around 5,000 years ago, a period shortly after the country was first unified, a…
Earth glows like a half moon while a giant aurora writhes over the North Pole in this ultraviolet image from…
Physicists smashed gold nuclei together at nearly the speed of light and found an unexpected pattern in the particles these…
Mammals first appeared on Earth over 200 million years ago, scuttling around alongside the dinosaurs as little mouse-sized creatures. But…
About 1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections with viruses, bacteria or parasites, a new study finds, suggesting…
Cape Cod is known for its lobsters and its growing great white shark population, but now the holiday hotspot has…
This year’s “super” El Nino means the U.S. will likely face a higher risk of stormy weather and flooding, so…
A new AI tool that analyzes speech could give users a glimpse of how they are aging and whether they’re…
The world’s smallest crocodiles use a sneak attack to hunt bats in hellish underground caves filled with poop, a new…
Scientists have a new tool for mapping the universe’s perplexing acceleration.A Canadian telescope designed to chart the distribution of hydrogen…
A powerful “Kelvin wave,” triggered by this year’s super El Niño, is creeping up the Pacific coast of Central and…
Earth’s life-support systems are in peril — and they’re getting worse — but although the window for action is closing,…
The largest defensive wall at Oued Beht. Archaeologists think its base was constructed about 4,000 years ago. (Image credit: G. Lucarini, Oued…
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 1,700-year-old limestone tomb with a rare poem inscribed on it in ancient Greek, likely…
An American spy satellite deployed during the Cold War has exploded above our planet without warning — and, so far,…
quick factsWhat it is: IC 348, a star-forming reflection nebulaWhere it is: 1,000 light-years away in the constellation PerseusWhen it…
An enormous, ongoing cosmic “fart” is causing a mysterious zombie star to flare up repeatedly, shining bright pulses of X-rays…
One of the most famous full moons of the year will climb into the eastern sky on Saturday, Sept. 26.…
History is rife with lost treasures, from Aztec gold hidden during the Spanish conquest to the Ark of the Covenant,…
NASA is moving forward with designing a new space telescope that can see even deeper into the infrared universe than…
Fusion-powered space travel has long held the promise of rapid trips across the solar system: Mars in weeks, Saturn in…
Archaeologists have unearthed a monumental 2,700-year-old tomb at Vulci, an important ancient Etruscan town north of Rome. Despite repeated attempts…
A Pacific cyclone dubbed Polo exploded from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 5 hurricane in less than 24…
Scientists may have settled a decades-long debate about bat evolution, including controversial questions about when bats began to communicate and…