Earth & Environment
Antarctica's Blood Falls gets its eerie red color from oxidizing iron, not blood
Sep 21, 2026
2026
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Health
Could hiccups be an ancient reflex from gill-breathing ancestors?
Sep 21, 2026
Life
Spiders sense Earth's electric field to launch their airborne journeys
Sep 20, 2026
Earth & Environment
Flying insect biomass collapsed 76 percent in 27 years across German reserves
Sep 20, 2026
Technology
Palm-sized drone navigates darkness with artificial whiskers using 34 kilobytes of RAM
Sep 20, 2026
Technology
Most internet traffic travels through seafloor cables thinner than a garden hose
Sep 20, 2026
Physics
Physicists watch quantum vibration vanish in a discrete jump
Sep 20, 2026
Earth & Environment
Beneath Antarctic ice, scientists find evidence of a sunlit ocean that once existed
Sep 20, 2026
Earth & Environment
Your ten-dollar smoke alarm contains a radioactive element from nuclear reactors
By Daniel Moran · Sep 19, 2026
Earth & Environment
Two French astronomers spent seven years surveying a line from Dunkirk to Barcelona during the French Revolution to calculate the distance…
Sep 19, 2026
Earth & Environment
Forgetful squirrels plant thousands of trees each year by accident
Sep 19, 2026
Life
Dog's discovery in Wyoming saved species presumed extinct from oblivion
Sep 19, 2026
Life Science and Evolution
Baby colossal squid filmed alive for the first time in deep ocean
Sep 19, 2026
Health
Cancer drug from the 1960s became first approved AIDS treatment
By Mal James · Sep 19, 2026