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Forced closure of premier US weather-modeling institute could endanger millions of Americans
On Dec. 16 2025, the Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmos ...View More
Fragment of lost tectonic plate discovered where San Andreas and Cascadia faults meet
A fragment of a long-lost tectonic plate is sliding under the North American continent in the southe ...View More
New map of Antarctica reveals hidden world of lakes, valleys and mountains buried beneath miles of ice
Scientists have mapped the bedrock beneath Antarctica's massive ice sheet in unprecedented detail, r ...View More
These genes were thought to lead to blindness 100% of the time. They don't.
Genetic variants believed to cause blindness in nearly everyone who carries them actually lead to vi ...View More
Scientists watch microscopic plant 'mouths' breathing in real time with palm-sized tool
Scientists have created a new tool to watch plants breathe in real time. The new tech could help ide ...View More
NASA astronauts back on Earth after unprecedented medical emergency on ISS
Four astronauts have landed back on Earth after being evacuated from the International Space Station ...View More
Chinese scientists unveil reliable lunar clock that accounts for Einstein's relativity
Did you ever wonder what time it is on the moon? A software package developed by researchers in Chin ...View More
Black hole butterflies? James Webb telescope spots dozens of black hole 'cocoons' in early universe.
Scientists may have finally pinned down the nature of some of the most baffling objects in the night ...View More
One of the last woolly rhinos to walk Earth was eaten by a wolf pup — and scientists have now sequenced its genome from the undigested meat
Scientists have analyzed the genome of a 14,400-year-old woolly rhino from a piece of its flesh foun ...View More
'One of those rare 'wow' moments': Zombie star near Earth has a rainbow shockwave that 'shouldn't be there'
Stunned astronomers have discovered a zombie star relatively near Earth that is inexplicably emittin ...View More
