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New NASA, ESA images show 3I/ATLAS getting active ahead of its close encounter with Earth
The celebrity comet 3I/ATLAS is showing itself out of our solar system for good — but not before the ...View More
Unusual, 1,400-year-old cube-shaped human skull unearthed in Mexico
Archaeologists digging at a Mesoamerican site in Mexico have discovered an unusual, cube-shaped huma ...View More
1,800-year-old 'piggy banks' full of Roman-era coins unearthed in French village
Archaeologists in France have discovered three ancient storage jars brimming with tens of thousands ...View More
Science history: Female chemist initially barred from research helps helps develop drug for remarkable-but-short-lived recovery in children with leukemia — Dec. 6, 1954
In 1954, researchers described a new drug that sent children with acute leukemia into remission. It ...View More
Science news this week: A human population isolated for 100,000 years, the biggest spinning structure in the universe, and a pit full of skulls
This week’s biggest science news took us to a region 140 million-light-years away, where scientists ...View More
CDC panel, stuffed with vaccine skeptics, votes to end recommendation for universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination
An influential vaccine advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ha ...View More
Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it's pointed right at Earth
A gigantic cluster of sunspots — collectively around the same size as the one that birthed the large ...View More
A huge helium shortage is looming — but ancient rocks in Earth's crust may be hiding massive reservoirs
In 1903, residents of the small town of Dexter, Kansas, gathered to celebrate a newly drilled natura ...View More
Male human heads found in a 'skull pit' in an ancient Chinese city hint at sex-specific sacrifice rituals
Just outside the gate of a 4,000-year-old city in China, archaeologists found a pit full of 80 skull ...View More
Geminids 2025: The year's best meteor shower is coming, with a second shower hot on its tail
The most prolific meteor shower of the year is about to deliver more "shooting stars" than any other ...View More
