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Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.
Two lawsuits seek to reverse the Trump administration’s moves to open the habitats of imperiled wildlife to commercial activities.
Researchers have developed an AI-based system that automatically and objectively detects the moment when fish experience loss of equilibrium (LOE) due to temperature stress. The system combines DeepLabCut, a deep-learning AI that captures animal posture from video, with ResNet34, a deep-learning AI-based image classification technology. Their system is expected to help predict the effects of climate change on fish.
New research shows that warming-induced emissions—greenhouse gas emissions from natural sources driven by rising temperatures—could amplify global warming by approximately 20%–30% and add an estimated 0.2°C–0.4°C of warming this century on top of anthropogenic warming under different scenarios. These major additional drivers of warming are largely unaccounted for in current climate projections and policies.
The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in Congress.
Off Florida's coast, a team of scientists and trained volunteers in scuba gear descends to the ocean floor, planting young coral onto a reef and examining how others are faring in increasingly warm waters.
The first-of-its-kind drug offers a reprieve for people who live with the debilitating sleep disorder.
Nawee Changpirom has spent years working to rescue trafficked wildlife in Thailand, but even he can sometimes hardly believe the creatures he has found: leopards, hornbills and, once, an anteater.
A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.
Protein-based MRI agent detects lung cancer and hidden metastases earlier than current scans Medical Xpress New MRI agent detects lung cancer, hidden metastases earlier than current scans EurekAlert!
Once coyotes get a taste for city living, the call of the wild fades to a whisper. Food is abundant and predators are few. Research indicates that coyotes enjoy the benefits of urban areas enough to put up with all the people, and Seattle is no exception.
'Oddly shaped rock' found in San Mateo County turns out to be huge ice age tooth SFGATE Scientist makes jaw-dropping fossil discovery in Bay Area KRON4 ‘Immaculate condition:’ Rare mastodon fossil found in San Mateo County creek The Mercury News She was looking for frogs in the San Mateo hills. Then she stumbled upon an Ice Age mystery San Francisco Chronicle Mastodon tooth found in San Mateo County creek bed San Mateo Daily Journal
Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Niño, according to the European climate service Copernicus.
An experimental compound called AP503 significantly strengthened bones in mice by activating GPR133, a receptor that boosts bone formation while slowing bone loss. Because the same treatment has also been linked to stronger muscles, researchers see intriguing potential for combating age-related decline and osteoporosis.
‘Immaculate condition:’ Rare mastodon fossil found in San Mateo County creek The Mercury News Scientist makes jaw-dropping fossil discovery in Bay Area KRON4 'Oddly shaped rock' found in San Mateo County turns out to be huge ice age tooth SFGATE She was looking for frogs in the San Mateo hills. Then she stumbled upon an Ice Age mystery San Francisco Chronicle Massive Ice Age-era mastodon tooth found in California creek KTLA
A first-of-its-kind drug for the sleep disorder offers a new treatment for people who live with the debilitating fog of sleepiness.
An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude human control.
Semaglutide, the drug found in Ozempic and Wegovy, was linked to nearly 40% fewer asthma attacks in a large real-world study. It was also associated with about 20% fewer COPD flare-ups. Researchers say GLP-1 drugs may offer respiratory benefits in addition to their effects on diabetes and obesity, but clinical trials are needed to confirm the findings.
The prediction that this season's El Niño phenomenon will be stronger than normal has alarmed the Ecuadorian scientific community, which has warned of its impact on the flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands, home to the highest concentration of species not found elsewhere on Earth.
This 'impossible' black hole merger may be explained by a warp in spacetime space.com Gravitational lensing may explain unusual black hole merger — Space.com UA.NEWS The biggest black hole merger ever observed could be less massive than it appears Phys.org GW231123: Record Black Holes May Be a Lensing Illusion srpske.rs A Trick Of Gravity? The Biggest Black Hole Merger Ever Detected May Have Deceived Us All IFLScience
The two researchers have won a prestigious Lasker Award. Their findings laid the groundwork for a new drug that addresses the sleep disorder’s root cause.
Kīlauea Volcano Eruption Update for Wednesday, September 9 Big Island Video News September 8, 2026—Kīlauea summit eruption reference map usgs.gov Can You Actually Time A Hawaii Vacation To See Kilauea Erupt? Beat of Hawaii Storm Clouds Left Scientists Reading Tremor Instead of Video as Kilauea Built Toward Episode 55 Nature World News Kilauea volcano LIVE: Eruption in Hawaii The Lufkin Daily News
Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b probably represented extraterrestrial life, while 15.1% said the same about intriguing mineral patterns in a Martian rock.
While aerial 1080 drops sharply reduce numbers of rats and stoats, the predators—especially ship rats—can rebound to higher numbers within a few years. Studying 24 years of small-mammal tracking records across New Zealand's public conservation land, researchers found that the timing of these rebounds varies between regions.
Anodic Pd membrane H2 extraction enhances thermochemical dehydrogenation Nature
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains exceptionally high levels of methanol, suggesting it formed under conditions very different from those that shaped most comets in our solar system. ALMA also revealed that tiny icy grains around the comet are releasing methanol like miniature comets, giving astronomers an unusually detailed look at an object from another star system.
Japan has been experiencing increasingly severe damage from torrential rainfall triggered by typhoons and stationary linear rain bands. In response, an ambitious and unconventional idea is taking shape: artificially inducing heavy rainfall over the ocean to reduce extreme downpours on land.
This Photon Survived an 'Impossible' Journey to Earth. To Explain it, Physicists Had to Break Einstein GizmodoSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
Britain’s towering Devil’s Arrows were built from 25-tonne stones hauled at least 18 kilometers from Brimham Rocks around 4,000 years ago. The discovery reveals an astonishing feat of prehistoric engineering and suggests the stones’ distant source may have been chosen for cultural or spiritual reasons.
Artificial intelligence and big-data capacity might help logistics companies withstand supply-chain disruptions by making them more agile and resilient, according to research in the International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling. The results are based on an analysis of responses from almost 300 logistics professionals in Indonesia.
Gondwana really was a supercontinent. And it helped kick-start life on Earth The ConversationSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
Fieldwork is a vital part of geoscience research, allowing scientists and students to directly observe, interact with and collect data about Earth processes that cannot be replicated in the lab.
Insects quietly hold much of the natural world together, yet conservation efforts are overlooking the tropical regions where more than 80 percent of insect species live. Monash University researchers have developed a global framework to close this gap by combining scientific studies with museum collections, local expertise, citizen science, social media records, and new technologies.
Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture Nature Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies Nature Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived CNN Researchers Discover Rare Denisovan Bones in a Cave in China nationalgeographic.com First Denisovan forearm bone discovered in southwest China Phys.org
Just a few atomic layers at the surface can strongly influence how effectively a material binds pollutants from water or how efficiently a photocatalyst responds to light. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP use X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to investigate the chemical states and interactions at the surfaces and interfaces of bio-based carbon materials and organic-inorganic hybrid materials. Their insights can support the targeted development of func
Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago SpaceSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
Scientists found that a tiny atomic structure that forms on nickel oxide during methane conversion is more effective than the metallic nickel long believed to drive the reaction. The discovery allowed a low-nickel catalyst to rival one containing 10 times more metal, potentially opening the door to cheaper and more efficient industrial catalysts.
Do you think it's fair that some people are better off financially than others? Does it perhaps matter whether those earnings stem from a lottery win or hard work? These are the kinds of questions economist Ingvild Almås of the University of Zurich is exploring.
Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China Nature Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies Nature Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived CNN Researchers Discover Rare Denisovan Bones in a Cave in China National Geographic Scientists unlock new clues to what Denisovans, a mysterious ancient human ancestor, looked like Scientific American
Volcanic rocks in Colombia are rewriting the timeline of the collision between Central and South America. Their magnetic signatures show that major tectonic deformation had already weakened by the late Miocene, suggesting the most intense collision occurred earlier than previously believed.
WA's trapdoor spiders are endangered. Jackson Rendall is here to help—because he thinks they're "just really cool."
The Remnants of a Lost ‘Supercontinent’ Just Rewrote the History of Life on Earth 404 MediaSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
A new analysis of more than 1,700 supernovae is questioning whether the universe is really accelerating at all. After accounting for the ages of the stars that produce these explosions, researchers found signs that cosmic expansion may actually be slowing. They also argue that the apparent acceleration changes with direction, which would be difficult to explain with dark energy. Other cosmologists dispute the conclusion, setting up a major test for upcoming observatories.
Decisions such as whether to cut prices, launch a product, open a new facility or make an acquisition are among those companies that consider in pursuit of a competitive edge. New research from Texas A&M University suggests a CEO's political affiliation may be associated with whether the company's overall strategy follows industry peers or charts a different course.
NASA's newly launched Roman Space Telescope will 'directly' image exoplanets. But what does that mean? space.com An insider's look at the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope The Planetary Society How NASA's New Telescope Will Photograph Other Worlds Yahoo Picture of the Day: Capturing the Falcon 9 Launch at Dawn General Aviation News Roman Telescope Booster Returns to Port, X Report 9 Sep 2026 KeepTrack
Astronomers have detected an exceptionally faint hydrogen radio signal from billions of light-years away using South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope. Instead of finding galaxies one at a time, the technique measures their combined hydrogen glow across enormous stretches of space. The successful detection shows that astronomers may soon be able to create much larger 3D maps of the Universe.
How do we form a picture of conflicts? A new study published in the journal Nature explores how different types of data can be combined to give a fuller understanding of armed conflicts. Lead author Valerie Sticher uses the examples of Ukraine and Myanmar to explain the advantages and limitations of automatically analyzed satellite data.
Secretive, high-security LA landmark will open to the public for just two days – and it’s free New York Post
Trust in scientists in the UK is strong overall, with 63% indicating they have high trust in scientists in general—but a major new study finds this trust is closely shaped by people's values, identity and politics, showing some of the same patterns of division over science that have emerged in the U.S.
Highly efficient base editing at PCSK9 and normal human embryo development Nature A study in Nature sheds new light on DNA repair in early human embryos, with implications for future gene correction EurekAlert! New base editing techniques accurately modify genes in human embryos news-medical.net One more step towards genetically modified humans Diari ARA
Researchers from RMIT University and EPA Victoria detected eight PFAS compounds in rainwater samples collected in Melbourne between 2024 and 2025.
Watch: Scientists have revealed the most detailed video of a black hole jet ever taken after 27 years of observations Live Science
An electrical fingerprint found on tiny particles in the blood may help detect signs of pancreatic cancer that are often overlooked, according to new research from Rice University. The researchers developed a device that separates these particles based on their electrical charge, making cancer-associated signals more visible.
Team finds new layer of the human genome Futurity
Rising sea levels and storm surges could cost $855 billion in economic losses across Australia by the end of the century, according to new research, the first of its kind in Australia.
Venus May Have Had a Moon for Nearly 2 Billion Years—Before It Ate It Gizmodo Did Venus eat its own moon? Space Did Venus once have a moon? Scientists think the planet may have destroyed it starlust.org Why doesn't Venus have a moon? A new study may have the answer Phys.org Why Venus has no moon: Scientists reveal the strange reason techexplorist.com
Why do travelers choose one hotel over another, and what makes them return?
Chinese researchers find egg-cellent way to keep space debris from scrambling craft The Register How the lowly egg could help protect future spacecraft Popular Science The secret to protecting next-gen spacecraft might be eggshells Ars Technica 3D image of the water-filled aluminum eggshell array metastructure EurekAlert! Water-filled aluminum egg structure to protect space probes from impacts heise online
For decades, physicists have searched for dark matter, the invisible substance thought to make up roughly 85% of all matter in the universe. Although its gravitational influence shapes galaxies and the large-scale structure of the cosmos, dark matter has never been directly detected. Now, an international team has identified a new class of quantum materials that could dramatically improve the search for some of the lightest and most elusive forms of dark matter.
Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived CNN Denisovan tools from cave in China shows how mysterious humans lived newscientist.com Scientists unlock new clues to what a mysterious ancient human ancestor looked like Scientific American First Arm Bone Of A Denisovan Discovered In Chinese Cave, Adding A Fascinating Piece To The Prehistoric Puzzle IFLScience Newfound fossils are spilling Denisovan secrets Science News
The Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley School of Law has released a human rights assessment of the use of large language models (LLMs) in the fields of law, journalism and education.
Foaming photopolymers as a high-resolution biomimetic printing platform NatureSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
We've been searching for life on Mars for a long time, but so far we've come up empty. The fundamental problem is a Catch-22 involving two of the key ingredients for life. Life as we know it needs liquid water and reasonable temperatures, both of which are available on Mars, but hardly ever at the same time. But a new paper from lead author Anna Bognar and her team at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University and the Konkoly Observatory describes a way for life to access both requirements at the same time—b
In 1984, NASA left a satellite carrying 57 experiments in orbit for a planned 10 months — repeated delays stretched the trip to 69 months before Columbia brought the entire laboratory home inside its cargo bay, its exposed surfaces weathered by years in spac Space Daily
Taylor Swift is now the namesake of a genus of plant-feeding insects from Australia that were previously unknown to science.
12-Foot Tiger Shark Mauls Board and Surfer Fights It Off at China Walls Yahoo
Scholasticide—deliberate attacks on a society's education system in armed conflict—is a war crime that must be publicly condemned and its perpetrators held to account, insists an editorial published by The BMJ.
AI engineers often recognize ethical risks associated with the systems they build, but many lack the authority, incentives and organizational support needed to act on them, according to new research from the University of Manchester.
Archaeologists Just Found the Most Complete Denisovan Record Yet—and It Goes Back 190,000 Years Gizmodo Researchers Discover Rare Denisovan Bones in a Cave in China National Geographic Scientists unlock new clues to what Denisovans, a mysterious ancient human ancestor, looked like Scientific American First Arm Bone Of A Denisovan Discovered In Chinese Cave, Adding A Fascinating Piece To The Prehistoric Puzzle IFLScience Newfound fossils are spilling Denisovan secrets Science News
Researchers at the National Graphene Institute have shown that naturally occurring channels within a common clay mineral can respond to pressure, voltage and pH, offering possibilities for controlling the movement of ions through extremely small, confined spaces. The study, published in Advanced Materials, focuses on vermiculite, a naturally abundant layered clay whose structure contains channels only a few angstroms high, providing naturally confined pathways through which ions can move.
A NASA Photo Processing Technique to Study Mars Has Discovered Ancient Art on Earth PetaPixel NASA technique for manipulating satellite photos now reveals ancient images Phys.org
Porous liquids combine permanent nanoscale cavities with fluidity, making them promising for applications like carbon dioxide capture, gas separation and other chemical processes. Their viscosity must be tailored to the intended application: Lower-viscosity liquids are easier to pump and circulate while facilitating faster heat and mass transfer, whereas higher-viscosity liquids provide greater structural stability in membrane formation.
10 billion km in 3 minutes! Epic video captures a spacecraft's 8-year odyssey to planet Mercury BBC Sky at Night Magazine Mercury ready for its close-up as mission prepares to orbit planet NewsNation BepiColombo Successfully Begins Its Final Descent To Mercury Universe Today A pair of spacecraft draw closer to Mercury after nearly decade-long voyage AP News Spacecraft bound for Mercury begins 'tricky' arrival Phys.org
How long did it take to make the moon? Maybe just 5 hours, new simulations suggest Live Science Earth's moon could have formed in just 5 hours after giant impact Space Scientists Are Still Trying To Understand How the Moon Formed Universe Today Collision between Earth and Theia (artist's impression) (IMAGE) EurekAlert! The birth of the Moon, meeting dark matter, 9 months with a pig kidney realnoevremya.com
Four moon-planetary alignments in a week over Seattle The Seattle Times
GNR Wednesday 9/9/26 – Decide. Daily Kos Astronomers Create Gallery of 16 ‘Cosmic Gems’ to Show Variety of Shapes a Galaxy Can Be Good News Network NASA reveals rare look at 16 dazzling galactic wonders geekspin
From the Vredefort Dome in South Africa (the world's oldest and largest known meteorite impact structure) to the volcanic lakes of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, Africa's landscapes hold some of Earth's oldest stories. Morocco's M'Goun UNESCO Global Geopark records more than 200 million years of geological history, while Tanzania's Ngorongoro-Lengai landscape brings together a vast caldera, an active volcano and the fossil record of Olduvai Gorge.
A new study published in Science Advances reveals how Bronze Age communities in Central Europe adapted to changing environmental and social conditions by adopting broomcorn millet, a fast-growing, climate-resilient crop.
Morocco spent most of the last decade drying out. Between 2019 and 2024, the country recorded six consecutive years of below-average rainfall, the longest on record. The 2023–24 hydrological year was the driest in more than six decades, with a national total of just 106.4 mm.
From targeted cancer treatments to self-healing materials and microscopic robots, many emerging technologies depend on molecules that can be controlled with light. Researchers at Tohoku University have now developed a way to make these light-responsive molecules much more sensitive to visible light by using a molecular antenna. The breakthrough gives scientists better control over molecular photoswitches remotely and potentially expands their use in medicine and advanced materials. The findings
An international team led by researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has developed an innovative method to identify stars that have consumed the planets around them. The technique detects variations in the abundance of beryllium, a relatively rare chemical element, and could open a new window into studying the evolution of planetary systems.
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have seen before. Astronomers suggest these newly spotted objects in other galaxies may help solve not one, but two long-standing questions in astrophysics.
Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence is likely here to stay. Its ravenous need for computational power has overwhelmed chip manufacturers and power companies alike. While our current AI obsession is likely a bubble ready to burst, we won't simply stop using computers. Since their first invention, computers have continued to grow more powerful, and our civilization has grown ever more dependent on them. Computation defines our civilization. Perhaps computational power is what defines any a
Chemists in a new study led by the University of Iowa report they have isolated and described in detail an atypical state of the rare-earth metal terbium, an advance that could expand its use in quantum technologies, including computing and advanced sensors. The study, "Structural and spectroscopic characterization of a Tb(IV) polyoxometalate," is published in the journal Nature Communications.
Cadmium is a naturally occurring, toxic heavy metal found in many soils across Latin America and the Caribbean, where cacao trees are widely cultivated. It makes its way into cocoa seeds, called beans, that are roasted and made into chocolate, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)—but some cacao varieties take up less of the toxic element than others. An international team of researchers, including Penn State scientists, found genetic differences in how t
Researchers have discovered a system that helps seeds survive when there is too much salt in the soil. The system helps young germinating embryos keep the right balance of sodium and potassium as they begin to grow. Understanding how it works could eventually help scientists develop crops that grow better in salty soils.
The human body fights staph infections by starving it of essential nutrients. Staph, it turns out, is remarkably good at changing what's on the menu. Staphylococcus aureus—the infamous agent behind MRSA and most staph infections—needs sulfur to build proteins and other materials essential for survival. In a new Michigan State University study, published in the Journal of Bacteriology, researchers found the bacterium can adjust its diet depending on what sources remain available.