Photographer Martin Giraud captured a breathtaking view of January’s full “Wolf Moon” rising over…

Photographer Martin Giraud captured a breathtaking view of January’s full “Wolf Moon” rising over…

Our personalities as humans are shaped through interaction, reflected through basic survival and reproductive instincts, without any pre-assigned roles or desired computational outcomes. Now, researchers at Japan’s University of…

January 24, 2026
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Back from the dead, a black hole is erupting after a 100-million-year hiatus
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NASA’s Perseverance rover has officially crossed the 42.2-kilometer mark on Mars, surpassing the equivalent of a marathon. This achievement, announced just ahead of the rover’s five-year anniversary, builds on findings presented by…

Imagine this scenario. The year is 2030; deepfakes and artificial-intelligence-generated content are everywhere, and you are a member of a new profession—a reality notary. From your office, clients ask you to verify the authenticity of photos,…

This week’s science news was filled with discoveries once thought lost to time — notably, the world’s oldest known rock art was discovered in Indonesia.
The roughly 70,000-year-old stencil of a human hand, found in a cave in Sulawesi, promises…

On October 1, 2022, something strange happened in the Philippines: 433 people won the jackpot in the local lottery. For this particular lotto, six numbers ranging in value from 1 to 55 were randomly selected, and the 433 winners all matched. Even…

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are beginning to study animals’ emotions and personalities — from joy to individual temperament.

The monks soaked the animal-skin parchments in milk or lemon juice, scraped them with pumice stones and sprinkled them with flour to create a fresh surface for new writing, according to Uwe Bergmann, a visiting professor of X-ray science at…

The Canadian satellite RADARSAT uncovered a hidden, untouched landscape dating back more than 34 million years. The discovery lies beneath a layer of ice spanning over 10 million square kilometers and has opened up new avenues of scientific…