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Antarctica’s Mysterious Radio Pulses Remain Unexplained — but Better Particle Experiments Could Change That

Learn how, after one of the world’s most sensitive neutrino detectors discovered mysterious radio pulses in Antarctica, researchers are developing more efficient neutrino research.

Mar 23, 2026

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Huntington’s Disease Is a Relentless, Neurodegenerative Condition — But Treatment May Soon Be Possible

Dogs Have an Incredible Ability to Find Their Way Home — but the Recent Seven Lost Dog Story Was a Bit Exaggerated

Japan’s Underwater Supervolcano Is Refilling With Magma — And It Could Change How We Predict Eruptions

Squirrels Will Climb Higher for Better Snacks — Even When It Takes More Effort

Hubble Captured Comet 41P Reversing Its Spin After Passing by the Sun, Getting Twisted in the Opposite Direction

Over 20 Years, One Mouse Was Cloned for 58 Generations — Until the Line Collapsed

The U.S. May Get a New National Park on the Beaches of Los Angeles — Helping to Protect Endangered Species

Once Called the “White Death,” Tuberculosis Lingers as Trends Shift in the U.S. and Globally

240-Million-Year-Old Coelacanth May Have Used Lungs to Hear Underwater

A Sperm Whale Is Born — Rare Footage Reveals Social Care During the "Most Vulnerable Moments of Life"

87 Newly Detected Stellar Streams Map the Milky Way — And Could Illuminate Dark Matter

Eating the Same Meals Every Day May Be the Simplest Way to Lose Weight

Ancient DNA Reveals Ibiza Was a Global Crossroads in the Medieval Mediterranean — and a Case of Leprosy

Ice Age Animal Fossils Hidden in Texas Water Cave, Including the Giant Ground Sloth

18-Million-Year-Old Ape Fossil From Egypt Suggests Modern Apes Originated Outside East Africa

Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s First Dogs Came From Eastern Wolves — Not Local Ones

Giant Dragonflies With 2-Foot Wingspans Ruled the Skies 300 Million Years Ago — But Oxygen May Not Explain Why

NASA Unveils Roadmap for Permanent Moon Base and Increased Missions to the Moon

Ancient DNA Reveals How Farming Spread in the Southern Andes of Argentina

The Longest March in English History Never Happened — King Harold Likely Sailed to the Battle of Hastings

Does Eating Sour Candy Help with Anxiety? It Could Work as a Grounding Technique

Neanderthals Faced a Genetic Crisis During the Ice Age, Setting the Stage for Their Extinction

Two Planets Forming Around a Young Star Could Resemble an Early Solar System

Like Modern Humans, Penguins in Captivity Are Living Longer — but Show Signs of Aging Faster

Snow Flies Survive Freezing Temperatures Using Mammal-Like Heat and Fish-Like Antifreeze

Immersive Dreams May Be the Key to Better Sleep Quality

Brain Size Alone Tells Us Little About Intelligence — Here's What We Know

Hubble Caught an Accidental Glimpse of a Comet Breakup, Snapping Pictures of Bright Blue Fragments

Antarctica’s Mysterious Radio Pulses Remain Unexplained — but Better Particle Experiments Could Change That

Honey Bees' Waggle Dance — Wiggling and Looping Motions — Changes With the Crowd

Meteor Traveling 35,000 MPH Explodes Over Texas, Possibly Striking a Houston House

Galactic Archaeology Reveals How a Galaxy Formed Over 12 Billion Years

Drone Footage Reveals Sperm Whales Head-Butting — Echoing Tales That Inspired Moby Dick

Mammoth Cave Was Once Home to Ancient Sharks — and the Evidence Is in the Walls

11,000-Year-Old Volcanic Ash Layer Could Rewrite Early Human History in the Americas

Shark Teeth Found in Whale Fossils Reveal How Sharks Fed 5 Million Years Ago

Ancient Roman Machine Gun-Like Weapon May Have Damaged Pompeii’s Walls During Siege

Humans Are Likely the Only Animals That Keep Pets — Here’s Why It’s So Rare in the Wild

Earth’s Rotation Is Speeding Up — Here’s What It Means for Timekeeping

Sea Turtle Shells Hold a Hidden Timeline of Ocean Change — and Reveal How the Seas Are Shifting

Pythons’ Unique Eating Habits May Inspire the Next Generation of Weight Loss Drugs

If the Menu Is Just Right, Seals Will Risk Danger From Polar Bears for a Better Meal

Baby Rattlesnakes Aren’t More Dangerous Than Adults — So Why Did This Myth Spread?

This Newly Discovered Texas Bee Appears to Live on Just One Plant — and Nothing Else

Meet Dooly, a Baby Dinosaur That May Have Been Fuzzy and Was Hidden in 113-Million-Year-Old Rock

Some Tattoo Ink May Cause Immune‑Triggered Eye Inflammation and In Rare Cases Lead to Vision Loss

JWST Identifies a New Class of Planet With Deep Magma Oceans ​— ​Which is Unlike ​Anything in our Solar System

Preeclampsia May Have Shaped the Fate of Neanderthals and Given Homo sapiens an Edge

Ice Age Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Early Medicine

Asteroid Bennu's Surface Contains Cracked Boulders Instead of Smooth Beaches, Making It Rapidly Lose Heat

JWST Identifies a New Class of Planet With Deep Magma Oceans — Which is Unlike Anything in our Solar System