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12-09-2025

Million-year-old starburst shines with extreme stellar activity

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features a bright, bustling scene...

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12-09-2025

Human brains reorganize themselves four times throughout life at very distinct ages

12-09-2025

Fossils reveal a powerful sense of smell in ancient mammals

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12-09-2025

Viking woman discovered buried with her dog inside a small boat

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12-09-2025

Science

Man finds a pair of 2,000-year-old Roman swords in a field

A pair of Roman cavalry swords found in a Gloucestershire...

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12-09-2025

Science

1,800-year-old Roman stadium looks like the work of modern engineers

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman sports stadium nearly 1,800 years...

12-09-2025

Animals

Giant duck-billed dinosaur has finally been identified

A 75-million-year-old dinosaur has been living under the wrong name...

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ENVIRONMENT TOP STORIES

12-09-2025

Rising heat is causing millions of people to lose sleep

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12-09-2025

Sentinel-1D delivers stunning images just two days after launch

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12-08-2025

Biologists release new findings on critically endangered Sumatran tigers

12-08-2025

Environment News

Sargassum is exploding on beaches but vanishing where it matters

For years, coastal communities around the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico have watched towering mats...

12-08-2025

Environment News

Bumblebee colonies have a surprisingly organized defense drill

Bumblebees may look like mellow garden visitors, but disturb their home and a carefully choreographed...

TRENDING ENVIRONMENTAL TITLES

Which animal will replace humans as Earth’s dominant species? Scientists think they know

Tropical trees are growing deeper roots to survive droughts

How a climate shock led to the deadliest plague in history

Delayed climate action may leave us with no solution

Severity of future heatwaves will likely overwhelm hospitals

SCIENCE TOP STORIES

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12-09-2025

Animals

Brutal wind and the absence of predators created this strange extinct bird

On the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands, an ancestral duck that...

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12-09-2025

Lifestyle News

A virus carried by most humans can 'wake up' and cause this debilitating disease

A virus that almost all humans carry could be silently...

12-09-2025

Science

How rising temperatures affect learning in young children

Climate change affects children from the very beginning of life....

12-09-2025

AI can now predict your next move - with remarkable accuracy

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12-09-2025

Scientists discover a huge new dinosaur species that once roamed the US

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12-09-2025

Stem cell transplant trial restores movement in stroke victims

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12-09-2025

Archaeologists find the first Roman basilica under a modern office building

12-09-2025

Mixed grasslands grow more food with less fertilizer

ANIMALS TOP STORIES

STORY OF THE DAY

12-09-2025

Brutal wind and the absence of predators created this strange extinct bird

On the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands, an ancestral duck that arrived hundreds of thousands of...

12-09-2025

Scientists discover a huge new dinosaur species that once roamed the US

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12-09-2025

Some frogs eat hornets and endure stings that would kill a mouse

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12-08-2025

New species of metallic beetle has adapted to extreme cold

LIFESTYLE TOP STORIES

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A virus carried by most humans can 'wake up' and cause this debilitating disease

A virus that almost all humans carry could be silently triggering a dangerous autoimmune disease. Called Epstein-Barr virus, it infects more than 90 percent of people across the world. New...

12-09-2025

How rising temperatures affect learning in young children

12-09-2025

Stem cell transplant trial restores movement in stroke victims

12-09-2025

Rising heat is causing millions of people to lose sleep

12-09-2025

Hair doesn’t grow the way scientists have always assumed

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12-08-2025

Study claims that a popular diet may accelerate aging

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12-08-2025

Scientists learn when and why the act of kissing evolved across the animal kingdom

40-year-old drug is back in the spotlight after yielding unexpected test results

Belly fat signals heart risks - even in adults with a healthy weight

Words that sound 'nice' or 'sweet' are easier to remember

Biophobia: How the fear of nature harms public health

PLANTS TOP STORIES

12-09-2025

Plants News

Mixed grasslands grow more food with less fertilizer

Grasslands feed large farming regions across the world. Many farms...

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12-09-2025

Plants News

New fairy lantern species discovered that is already critically endangered

Botanists in Malaysia have just described a new species of...

12-07-2025

Plants News

Tropical trees are growing deeper roots to survive droughts

Some tropical trees are reaching deeper for water as droughts...

12-07-2025

Early humans relied on plant foods much more than expected

12-06-2025

Forest soils release less nitrogen as moisture disappears

12-05-2025

It's all in the gut: Why healthy foods work better for some people

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12-05-2025

About 7,000 years ago, the Sahara desert was green, and now we know who lived there

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12-04-2025

Wood from ancient coffins uncovers a lost era of rains that fueled early China

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