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A controversial study published in the journal Science in March claimed that Monte Verde, a 14,500-year-old Paleo-Indian archaeological site in Chile that is one of the…

Hitchhiking fish that are famous for suctioning themselves to other marine animals have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta rays, a new…

Astronomers have developed a new way to test one of the central assumptions of modern cosmology — that the universe behaves uniformly on the largest scales.…

A solar eruption has blown a massive hole in the sun’s atmosphere, causing temporary radio blackouts and possibly triggering a northern lights display tomorrow.Scientists recorded an…

Ocean temperatures reached a near-record-breaking monthly high in April as forecasters warn that we could be on the cusp of one of the strongest El Niño…

QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Hawaii, North Pacific OceanWhat’s in the photo? A sunglint covers Hawaii as a hurricane barrels toward the islandsWhich satellite took the photo?…

Refresh 2026-05-12T10:41:22.664Z “We expect more cases,” says WHO director-general Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez (left), and the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…

Microplastics are absorbing heat in the atmosphere and contributing to global warming, a new study reveals.Microplastics are infamous for being everywhere, contaminating ecosystems and accumulating inside…

A hormonal disorder that affects 1 in 8 women just got a new name.Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) will now be called polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).…

Insects are disappearing, and they are leaving global food security gaps in their wake. Over the past three decades, bugs have been declining at an alarming…