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Science & Nature A new “X-ray dot” found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory – which could look like this artist’s illustration released on April...

Science & Nature A new high-precision calculation of a key component underpinning the magnetic moment of the muon, a heavier cousin of the electron,...

Science & Nature Critical information about this unknown boy was destroyed during World War II. The post Mystery item spotted in 2,000-year-old Egyptian child mummy...

New analyses of lunar basalts returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission are offering fresh insight into one of the Moon’s largest impact structures. By examining potassium isotopes preserved in rocks from the South Pole–Aitken Basin, researchers uncovered evidence that a massive ancient collision triggered widespread volatile loss and may have reshaped the Moon’s interior. Credit: Shutterstock

My earliest memory is of a faraway Maya pyramid. A lofty, stony thing in the Guatemalan jungle, with steps leading to a doorway—impossibly enticing to my three-year-old self looking upward, determined to scramble up to the top. But my mom would have none of it. She and my father were both archaeologists and worked at

A 13-year-old girl killed in a house fire was found in her bed by firefighters - a coroner has now revealed why police 'cannot rule out anything' in the tragedy 09:24, 17 Jan 2026 Updated 09:50, 17 Jan 2026 A schoolgirl tragically died after a deadly fire ripped through her bunk bed while she slept

Science & Nature Towering Prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science...Read MoreRandy Stoval

Science & Nature Over 11 years, citizen scientists collected billions of data signals for the SETI@home project. The post 100 mystery sounds under review for...