Planet Earth Rivers & Oceans Collapse of key Atlantic currents may be held off by newly-discovered back-up system, study finds Rising temperatures in the North Atlantic are slowing vital currents, but ...

Planet Earth Geology 'Unequivocal evidence' of the age of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact ...

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The study used two existing drugs: the antipsychotic chlorpromazine and the sedative promethazine, called "C+P" when they're used together. This drug combo induced hypothermia and protected brain ...

This rare example of an Aztec ritual mask was carved from wood over five centuries ago to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the god ...

Science news this week: Goblin shark filmed for first time, California close to a major quake, physicists split photon, and inside China's plans to 'tame nature' June 20, 2026: Our weekly roundup of ...

Space Astronomy James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation buried in the Sword of Orion — Space photo of the week A new James Webb telescope snap shows off the glowing gas, sculpted jets ...

Animals Wildlife inside Chernobyl exclusion zone acted differently during Russia's invasion, camera traps reveal Camera footage in Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone revealed that mammals became less ...

In response to the Disneyland outbreak, we ended up passing SB-277 in California and a number of other important vaccination ...

Space Space Exploration Artemis II crew captures rare double auroras on the dark side of Earth as they zoom toward the moon — Space photo of the week The four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission ...

The findings, published June 11 in the journal Science, come from the largest-ever map of Denisovan-inherited DNA ever created. The discovery shows that Denisovan DNA "is not just a remnant of ancient ...

Planet Earth Atacama Desert’s center dried out 20 million years earlier than previously thought — before the Andes formed Chile's Atacama Desert, which gets less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) of ...