Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths - NPR

A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.

Chimps love crystals and won't give them back - Boing Boing

Researchers gave chimps crystals. The chimps sorted them from rocks, held them to the light, and refused to return them.

Scientists learn which sexes of Neanderthals and early humans mated, reshaping modern human DNA - Earth.com

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on the X chromosome.

The Cube-Square Law: Why We'll Never Get A Creature The Size Of Godzilla - IFLScience

The laws of math, physics, and biology are the only things holding back the King of Monsters.

Most compact quadruple star system yet fits within an area the size of Jupiter's orbit - Phys.org

Astronomers have reported observations of a rare star system consisting of one star orbiting a system of three more tightly bound stars. This quadruple star system is described in a new study, published in Nature Communications, as the most compact quadruple …

NASA now officially has no plans to use new mobile launcher for Artemis - Orlando Sentinel

NASA has made it official that it does not plan to use the new mobile launcher 2 tower in its revamp of the Artemis program.

“Weirder Than Sci-Fi”: If You’re Looking For Something To Blow Your Mind Today, These 61 Scientific Facts Might Just Do It - AOL.com

We all have a concept of reality. We know what is “fact” and what isn’t. However, the truth of the matter is that the definition of “real” is a mere construc...

Robots Just Discovered the Perfect Place to Build Human Bases on Mars…In a Lava Tunnel - The Daily Galaxy

This European robot mission could be the key to Mars colonization. Discover how it's exploring the unknown to make it possible.

Can the Most Abstract Math Make the World a Better Place? - Quanta Magazine

Columnist Natalie Wolchover explores whether applied category theory can be “green” math.

Which Chimp Should Wield The Crystal? - defector.com

More than a century ago, the Chinese paleontologist and archaeologist Pei Wenzhong found an unusual trove in the same cave near Beijing where he found the skulls of the early hominin Peking Man. Along with the remains of a 700,000-year-old Homo erectus, Wenzh…

NASA's Hubble telescope detects possible 'dark galaxy' - KSL.com

Astronomers have spotted a galaxy so faint, it's almost invisible — a discovery that could help illuminate one of the most elusive substances in the universe.

‘Dark oxygen’ discovered 4,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean where sunlight has never reached - The Times of India

Science News: For decades, school textbooks have explained that oxygen on Earth is mainly produced through photosynthesis, a process that depends on sunlight. Plant.

PHOTOS: 'Jellyfish' effect spotted around Florida after rocket launch - Bay News 9

Most of the Tampa Bay area had clear skies right before 6 a.m.

Over 120 images of interstellar comet captured by Jupiter spacecraft. 3/ATLAS revealed like never before - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Image of 3I/ATLAS captured on 6 November 2025, by ESA's Juice spacecraft's JANUS science camera, which gathered over 120 images of the comet.

This Oddball Salamander Ancestor Stood Out in Prehistoric Waters with Its Bizarre, Evolution-Defying Jaw - The Daily Galaxy

Meet Tanyka amnicola, an ancient salamander ancestor with a jaw so strange it’s shaking up the history of evolution.

Incredible Fossil Find in Colorado Could Change Primate Timeline - Indian Defence Review

Tiny fossils discovered in Colorado challenge everything we knew about early primates.