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NASA Rover Finds “Complex Organic Matter” on Mars

A "resounding win for Mars science."

European heatwave's unlikely accomplice: an ocean 'cold blob'

The heatwave battering Europe may have an unlikely partner-in-crime: a patch of cold ocean water south of Iceland and Greenland that can influence weather patterns over the continent.Another paper pub...

A Strange, Boiling Hole Just Appeared Out of Nowhere in Yellowstone

A churning pool of water has opened up in Yellowstone National Park – just two days after scientists were walking around on the exact patch of ground.

For nearly forty years, scientists aimed lasers at the Moon and got nothing back from the Soviet rover Lunokhod 1 — then in 2010, a pulse bounced straight back from a reflector that had been sitting i

LRO images helped APOLLO researchers relocate Lunokhod 1 in 2010, allowing its long-lost lunar laser reflector to return a strong signal.

How a Bird’s Habitat Can Change Its Song

For the Bachman’s sparrow, whether a song is passed to the next generation could depend, in part, on the wind and trees.

Grotesque 'zombie squirrels' with oozing warts spotted roaming through US backyards

The grotesque-looking gray squirrels have been increasingly photographed this summer in US states, including Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, the Daily Mail reported, citing a flurry of social media posts reporting the bizarre sightings.

Psychedelics Could Switch On a New Form of Consciousness, Opening Your ‘Mind’s Eye’

“As a neuroscientist, I’m encouraged that this could be a window into how your brain generates consciousness through your lived reality.”

Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect

At the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star's chromosphere brightens.

What Happens When You Throw a Paper Plane From Space? These Physicists Found Out

A simulated A4 paper plane takes a death dive from the ISS for science.

Some of the last surviving Neanderthals were remarkably diverse ‪-‬ suggesting inbreeding didn't doom them

Some Neanderthals living in northwestern Europe after 52,500 years ago were surprisingly diverse, suggesting that they didn't all go extinct due to inbreeding.

Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: "Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam"

The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away — are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.

Eating meat contributed to ancestral growth spurt: study

Our prehistoric ancestors experienced a rapid growth spurt between 2 and 2.5 million years ago, coinciding with increased meat consumption and more efficient bipedal movement.