2023-02-26 Scientists Study Brown Bear Frozen for 3,500 Years
A team of Russian scientists recently examined something extremely unusual: the frozen body of a brown bear that lived thousands…
2023-02-26 Study: Better Instruments Needed to Discover Life on Mars
A new study suggests that current tools used by scientists to look for signs of life on Mars may not…
2023-02-25 Webb Telescope Discovers Huge Galaxies Dating Back 600 Million Years
Astronomers have discovered what appear to be huge galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang.…
2023-02-24 Study: Humpback Whale Singing Linked to Loneliness
A new study suggests the singing noises made by humpback whales might be a sign of loneliness. Scientists who recorded…
2023-02-23 Scientists Learn about Sea Star Die-off
A sea creature known as the sunflower sea star was once plentiful in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of…
2023-02-22 Space Scientists Face Big Job Explaining Extreme Star Explosion
Space scientists say they have identified what might be the “perfect explosion,” but much work remains to fully explain the…
2023-02-22 Microsoft’s AI Search Tech Produces Hostile, Insulting Results
Some users of Microsoft’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search tool have said it produced hostile and insulting results. Microsoft recently…
2023-02-21 Section 230: Rule that Shapes the Internet
Twenty-six words were included in what is known as Section 230 of the 1996 law setting telecommunication policies in the…
2023-02-20 Study: Warm Water Is Melting Weak Spots in Huge Antarctica Glacier
In two recent studies, researchers say warm water is melting weak areas on Antarctica’s huge Thwaites Glacier. Two research papers…
2023-02-19 Are Very Small Nuclear Reactors the Future of Electricity Production?
New, very small nuclear reactors are changing the way people think about the complex form of renewable energy. Such reactors…
2023-02-19 NASA Telescope Discovers New Details about Huge Galaxy Group
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered new details about a huge grouping of galaxies known as Pandora’s Cluster. The…
2023-02-17 The Great Backyard Bird Count Makes Everyone a Scientist
The Great Backyard Bird Count begins today. About 385,000 people from 192 countries take part in the yearly project to…
2023-02-16 Stone Age Tool Discovery Raises Questions about Who Used Them
Scientists have discovered some of the oldest stone tools ever found at a research site in Kenya. But the find…
2023-02-15 UN Chief: Rising Seas a ‘Death Sentence’ for Some Nations
The United Nations chief is warning that, since 1900, sea levels around the world have risen at a faster rate…
2023-02-15 Are Balloons Effective Tools for Spying?
Last week, the United States said a balloon shot down by the U.S. military was part of a major international…