Ant queen gives birth to two different species - CNN

An Iberian harvester ant queen was observed reproducing two different species of male ant.

Science news this week: NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars and and scientists invent visible time crystals - Live Science

Sept. 13, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

How to use 8 arms? Octopuses tend to explore with their 'front limbs' - KSL.com

Octopuses don't have a dominant arm, like humans do with their hands and feet, but they do tend to perform some tasks more often with their "front arms," new research shows.

Dog With World's Best Job Explodes With Excitement When He Arrives At Work - The Dodo

Ziggy can't wait to start the day.

Vandenberg’s Next Mission: SpaceX Rocket Launch on Saturday - Noozhawk

What: Falcon 9 rocket launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. When: Between 8:41 a.m. and 12:41 p.m. Saturday, according to SpaceX.

SpaceX planning Saturday launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base - KSBY News

A SpaceX launch supporting the Department of Defense is scheduled to liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base Saturday, according to the base.

‘Atomic clock’ method reveals dinosaur eggs to be around 86 million years old - CNN

A clutch of dinosaur eggs found in central China is about 86 million years old, according to scientists who used an “atomic clock” method to date the sample.

How Prehistoric Humans Survived a Supervolcano So Big We Probably Should Have Gone Extinct - Gizmodo

A massive eruption 74,000 years ago shook the planet, and archaeologists are using volcanic glass to figure out how humans made it through.

Now That NASA Found Signs of Life on Mars, It's Clear Trump Made a Massive Error - Futurism

Donald Trump is our planet's number one obstacle to following up on NASA's blockbuster findings about life on Mars.

By working together, cells can extend their senses beyond their direct environment - Phys.org

The story of the princess and the pea evokes an image of a highly sensitive young royal woman so refined, she can sense a pea under a stack of mattresses. When it comes to human biology, it also takes an abnormal individual to sense far beyond its surrounding…

NASA workers plan 3rd protest at D.C. headquarters on Sept. 15 to decry Trump's science funding cuts - Space

'Congress says they want to save NASA. Let's see them do it now.'

Physicists Made a Time Crystal We Can Actually See - Gizmodo

Researchers created a strange quantum crystal from a material found in smartphones—the first of its kind visible to the naked eye.

Restaurant Employee Looks In Abandoned Van And Finds Someone Trapped Inside - The Dodo

This past February, an employee at Cayjo Peruvian Cuisine in Orlando, Florida, was walking near the restaurant around 10 a.m. when they noticed a large white van abandoned in the parking lot.

Take a Trip to the Final Frontier With This Year’s Best Astronomy Photography - Gizmodo

Travel the universe from your seat with our picks from the annual ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

David Baltimore - Legacy.com

There’s Volcanic Unrest At The Campi Flegrei Caldera – Here’s What We Know - IFLScience

Around 1.5 million people could be impacted by pyroclastic flows in the even of an eruption.