The asteroid-in-spring hypothesis - two paleontologists have turned on each other, each claiming to have found new evidence about the worst day on Earth ~science Article 11 226 words, published Aug 27 2024 8 votes
A voyage like no other, from Norway to Canada through the Northwest Passage – to raise awareness of the six planetary tipping points in the Arctic ~enviro climate change Article 1153 words 7 votes
Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life ~science medicine biology psychology.cognitive Article 361 words, published Apr 17 2023 27 votes
Scientists are now preparing to drill into the rock of Krafla in Iceland to learn more about how volcanoes behave ~enviro energy Video 6:09, published Aug 4 2024 3 votes
Arecibo "Wow!" signal likely caused by rare astrophysical event ~space astronomy.radio Article 388 words 23 votes
Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It's just too deep to tap. ~space Article 949 words 59 votes
Scientists hail ‘smart’ insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time ~health medicine Article 880 words 23 votes
Iceland's recent volcanic eruptions driven by pooling magma are set to last centuries into the future ~enviro Article 1051 words, published Jul 31 2024 4 votes
"Dark oxygen" production defies knowledge of the deep ocean, potentially upends standard model for discovering life on other planets ~science chemistry.marine biology.marine Article 839 words 31 votes
CrowdStrike chaos leads to grounded aircraft — and maybe an unusual weather effect ~enviro Article 721 words, published Jul 19 2024 12 votes
Discovery of a new primitive microcontinent between Greenland and Canada could help scientists understand how microcontinents form ~science Link 14 votes
Stephen Hawking Archive made available to historians and researchers ~science Article 209 words 17 votes
With CO2 levels rising, world’s drylands are turning green ~enviro climate change Article 2259 words 9 votes
‘Goldmine’ collection of wheat from 100 years ago may help feed the world, scientists say ~food history Article 968 words 25 votes
Turning brownfields to blooming meadows, with the help of fungi ~enviro pollution.ground Article 1638 words 12 votes
Lion brothers in search of mates just set a record for longest known swim ~enviro Article 770 words 8 votes
The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes (in mice). ~health Article 957 words 20 votes
Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus ~science Article 762 words, published Jun 19 2024 24 votes
Atlantic sturgeon are being reintroduced to Swedish waters with the help of scientists and advocates nearly 100 years after they died out in the region ~enviro Video 2:32, published Jun 20 2024 15 votes
Processing data from the James Webb Space Telescope • John Davies ~space astronomy Video 49:34 8 votes
Neutrinos: The inscrutable “ghost particles” driving scientists crazy ~science physics.particle Article 635 words 20 votes
Scientists pinpoint driver of IBD and other disorders; work under way to adapt existing drugs ~health medicine Article 782 words 14 votes
Scientists figured out why orcas have been sinking boats for the last four years [turns out it's juveniles just having fun] ~science biology.marine Article 955 words 47 votes
The case against Charles Darwin: How the investigation into a grisly murder shocked 19th-century France and framed the scientist as an accomplice ~humanities.history Article 1841 words 8 votes
Those who read a lot of fiction shown to have improved cognitive abilities ~science Article 483 words 24 votes
‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair ~enviro climate change Article 3195 words 63 votes
Argentine scientists find speedy ninety-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur ~science Article 356 words 12 votes
Hawai'ian scientist quests to find and save the state's native sugarcanes ~food Article 1306 words 9 votes
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient ~enviro Article 1200 words 43 votes
Scientists discover hundreds of unique species in Africa’s newest ecoregion ~enviro Article 951 words 11 votes
Nobel Prize-winning phycisist Peter Higgs died at 94. About sixty years ago he proposed the Higgs Boson, an elememtary particle essential in describing mass in the Standard Model of particle physics. ~science physics.particle Link 28 votes
Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94 ~science physics.particle Article 359 words 27 votes
Sulfur dioxide pumped out by the erupting volcano on Iceland is currently traveling across northern Europe – scientists concerned it could impact the ozone layer ~enviro Link 9 votes
Swedish land owner wins legal battle to keep 14kg meteorite – appeals court ruled that such rocks should be considered “immovable property” and part of the land where they are found ~space Article 324 words 23 votes
Scientific research suggests it might be a good idea to add python to your diet ~food diet meat Article 471 words, published Mar 15 2024 20 votes
Scientists studied how cicadas pee. Their insights could shed light on fluid dynamics. ~science biology Article 1104 words 7 votes
Classic classroom toy 'dippy bird' inspires scientists to build electricity generator ~engineering Link 9 votes
Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades ~science Article 31 votes
Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America ~science Article 462 words 28 votes
Indexing the information age - Over a weekend in 1995, a small group gathered in Ohio to unleash the power of the internet by making it navigable ~tech Article 3050 words 13 votes
Scientists make breakthrough discovery while experimenting with urine ~tech Article 371 words 21 votes
Researchers reveal lost library of Charles Darwin for the first time ~books libraries Article 10 votes
'Cliff-like' collapse of critical current system more likely than thought: study ~enviro Article 1665 words 28 votes
Norway hit by hurricane-force winds – is climate change making Europe's extreme storms worse? ~enviro climate change Link 12 votes
Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure ~health medicine Article 1396 words 28 votes