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Lab Report covers new research as it publishes. Fresh studies, first findings, and the occasional retraction, drawn from the journals and the institutions doing the work.
A father-daughter fossil hunt in a Somerset mudflat yielded the largest ichthyosaur jaw bone ever found—and upended what scientists thought they knew about these ancient marine giants.
Sep 8, 2026
The preparation happens at sunset while the larva is still swimming, and most of the regions that change at that point are closing rather than opening.
Sep 8, 2026
A megastar's surprise gift of a Malibu canyon compound raised questions about tax deductions, conservation motives, and whether philanthropic gestures always serve the public good.
Sep 7, 2026
A team led from University College Dublin recovered 21 new genomes of a livestock virus, most of them from sheep teeth and from the pages of medieval books, which are made of animal skin.
Sep 7, 2026
Curiosity’s June panorama reveals an extensive field of small polygonal fractures. Researchers are comparing images and chemistry to determine what formed them.
Sep 7, 2026
A rare tree-dwelling marsupial's coming-of-age in captivity offers a glimmer of hope for a species vanishing from its Indonesian rainforest home.
Sep 6, 2026
A Texas family's nominal gift of parkland in 1999 became a $10 million data-center plot by 2025, raising questions about how the deed's conservation language disappeared along the way.
Sep 6, 2026
A single dye molecule's 19-mile underground odyssey through Florida's hidden plumbing revealed how profoundly the state's aquifer remains a mystery.
Sep 6, 2026
One 248 keV recoil survived LUX-ZEPLIN’s background checks, producing a 2.6-sigma global result that remains far short of a dark-matter discovery.
Sep 6, 2026
Greg Clark, 33, paid $2.55 million for an 81-room Eureka Springs Holidome and budgeted another $1.1 million for FF&E, aiming to reopen as Hotel Expedition around Christmas 2026.
Sep 6, 2026
The blue carpenter bee's solitary genius upends everything we think we know about how bees build, work, and raise their young.
Sep 6, 2026
As Scotland's whisky distilleries grapple with mountains of waste, a forgotten WWI fermentation trick could transform barley dregs into fuel—and keep cars running on liquid history.
Sep 6, 2026
A deregulatory push aims to untangle the byzantine rules that keep small and mid-size meat producers locked within their own state borders, even after inspection.
Sep 6, 2026
Researchers discovered that waste from your morning brew could revolutionize construction materials, making concrete dramatically stronger while solving a global disposal crisis.
Sep 5, 2026
