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Fresh Icelandic Lava Reveals How Life Takes It’s First Footsteps — On Earth and Beyond

DNA from Icelandic lava flows reveals how microbes move into a brand-new habitat, offering insights into early life on Earth and volcanic worlds like Mars.

Dec 19, 2025

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What Is the Sun's Magnetic Field and Why Is It Important?

Scientists Are No Closer to Finding a Cure For the Common Cold — Here’s Why

The Tiny Black Piranha Has a Bite Force of 70 Pounds — How Is This Possible?

No, Vikings Didn’t Have Horns On Their Helmets — Here’s The True Origins of the Myth

Post-Party Depression: Why Holiday Socializing Can Feel Like a Hangover

NASA’s Colorful Cosmic Map Could Shed Light on First Moments After Big Bang

Titan’s Subterranean Liquid Oceans May Actually Be Slush

Yellowstone Is One of the World’s Largest Magmatic Systems – And It May be Missing a Key Volcanic Gas

Hidden Molecules in Animal Fossil Reveal How the Ancient World Looked

Why We Sometimes Avoid the Truth — and Other Times Can’t Stop Seeking It

What an Ancient Sea Anemone Reveals About the Origins of Animal Complexity

When the Mind Goes Blank — What Happens When Your Brain Briefly Goes Offline

Thirdhand Smoke Could Turn Your Home Into a Source of Chronic Chemical Exposure

The Size of Our Galaxy Stretches Tens of Thousands of Light Years Across, But It's Height Is Rather Small

Those Orcas Wearing Salmon Hats? It Might Not Be as Cute as You Think

Childhood Games Like Super Mario Bros. Can Boost Happiness and Reduce Burnout

Ancient DNA Uncovers Startling Family Secret of a 3,500-Year-Old Bronze Age Community

Meet 14 of the New and Unusual Species of 2025 — From Death Ball Sponges to Pumpkin Toads

Smiling Through the Holidays Can Instantly Change How People See You

The Earth Is Round, and Is Also a Shifting, Squashed Spheroid

The World’s Oldest Botanical Art Reveals How Humans Were Doing Math 8,000 Years Ago

Weird Lemon-Shaped Exoplanet Discovered Orbiting a Bizarre Star

Prehistoric Elephant Footprints Trace Their Movements Through Spain 125,000 Years Ago

Thousands of Dinosaur Footprints Found Close to Where Italy Will Host Winter Olympics

What Makes the Subclade K Strain Different? Here’s What to Know About the “Super Flu”

Do Animals Hold Funerals for Their Loved Ones Like We Do, or Are We Just Projecting Grief?

Ants Make Individuals Weaker to Build Bigger Societies

Whale Breath May Reveal a Deadly Virus Circulating in Arctic Waters

Fresh Icelandic Lava Reveals How Life Takes It’s First Footsteps — On Earth and Beyond

Saying Goodbye to Comet 3I/ATLAS, the Interstellar Visitor That Briefly Called Our Solar System Home

Ancient Sewers Reveal Intestinal Parasites Sickened Roman Soldiers Near Hadrian’s Wall

Swearing May Unlock Strength You Didn’t Know You Had

Like Jurassic Park, Mosquitoes Can Capture an Entire Ecosystem in Their Blood Meals

Simulation Shows That Bird Flu Could Become a Public Health Crisis After Only Two Days

Violent Space Rock Smashups Caused a Dusty Wreck in a Nearby Planetary System

Rare Footage Reveals the Mysterious Seven-Arm Octopus Eating Its Prey

An Explosion of Twin Dead Stars May Signal the First Superkilonova Ever Seen in Space

Some Compostable Dishes Contain Gluten and Can Transfer It into Food

160-Million-Year-Old Fossils Rewrite the Story of Dinosaur Flight

The Moss in Your Christmas Decorations Could Be Storing DNA From Rare Species

What a 1.5-Million-Year-Old Face Reveals About Early Human Migration

Light Powers the World's Smallest Programmable Robot, at About 0.3 Millimeters Long

Like Kindergarten Buddies, Male Dolphins That Keep Friendships Can Live Longer

Colorful Phytoplankton Blooms Can Cover Ocean Area the Size of Minnesota — Here's Why

Ancient Bees Found Nested Inside Fossilized Bone — A Behavior Never Seen Before

This Rare Deep-Sea Squid May Trick Predators and Prey by Sticking Its Head in Mud

The Mysterious Little Foot Fossil May Rewrite Hominin History, Representing a New Human Relative

Why Worry-Prone Personalities May Face a Higher Risk of Dying Earlier

Manta Rays Give Free Rides to Hitchhikers, Protecting Other Coastline Species

Ancient Dental Plaque Is Changing What We Know About Medieval Diets