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'Fantastic Four' Takes Its First Steps Home Next Week

Gizmodo - 8 minutes ago

Grumpy-looking Pallas's cat photographed by camera trap in stunning photo from eastern Himalayas - By - Lydia Smith - published - 16 September 25 - The Pallas's cat is just one of several wildcats spotted in Arunachal Pradesh, which also supports snow leopards, common leopards, clouded leopards, leopard cats and marbled cats.

Live Science - 19 minutes ago

Here's What TikTok Under American Ownership Might Look Like

Gizmodo - 26 minutes ago

Sotomayor questions if Americans know the difference between presidents and kings

NBC News - 29 minutes ago

Curious connections: Voyager probes and Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Opinion - There's more than warm power supplies and wonky capacitors - Science - 15 Sep 2025 - | 50

Walmart Has the Roborock Q5 DuoRoller+ Robot Vacuum at Almost 60% Off to Compete With Amazon Prime Big Deal Days

Gizmodo - 39 minutes ago

Birdwatchers rejoice! Exotic Glossy Ibis usually found in the Mediterranean starts breeding in the UK - with a staggering 605 birds recorded across Britain and Ireland

Daily Mail - 42 minutes ago

Live updates: Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson to appear in court as questions on motive linger

NBC News - 44 minutes ago

N.Y. judge dismisses state terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, keeps murder charge

NBC News - 1 hour ago

Scientists say they've found the world's oldest mummies, and they're far from Egypt

NBC News - 1 hour ago

Materials Science -- Weird 'Time Crystals' Are Made Visible at Last

Scientific American - 1 hour ago

Scientists discover world's earliest evidence of human mummification

Independent UK - 1 hour ago

Swimming gear that boosts technique and endurance

Deutsche Welle - 1 hour ago

Powerful earthquake hits near Alaska sparking fears of a tsunami

Daily Mail - 1 hour ago

UN hails global action with ozone layer on track to heal by 2050

Daily Sabah - 1 hour ago

Experts say climate misinformation and conspiracies are fueling abuse, with meterologists among those receiving hate.

Deutsche Welle - 1 hour ago

Movie star and visionary Robert Redford has died at age 89

NPR - 2 hours ago

Hurricane Gabrielle threat looms in Atlantic as forecasters raise formation odds

Daily Mail - 2 hours ago

Mountain lion's death on California highway leads to push for more protection

The Mercury News - 2 hours ago

Friends Of Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Say He Confessed Online

Huffington Post - 2 hours ago

Pam Bondi threatens to 'go after' people for hate speech – but there's one problem

Independent UK - 2 hours ago

'This needs to happen fast': Scientists race to cryopreserve a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct - By - Sascha Pare - published - 16 September 25 - Less than 400 angle-stemmed myrtle specimens remain in the wild in Australia. Scientists are working on ways to preserve the species so that we can bring it back at any point if it dies out.

Live Science - 3 hours ago

Justin Bieber to headline Coachella 4 years after abandoning tour - and everyone's losing it

Independent UK - 3 hours ago

Mars rover uncovers strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life -- NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life. -- Sep 10

CBS News - 4 hours ago

AI could use online images as a backdoor into your computer, alarming new study suggests - By - Deni Ellis Bechard - published - 14 September 25 - Artificial-intelligence agents - touted as AI's next wave - could be vulnerable to malicious code hidden in innocent-looking images on your computer screen

Live Science - 4 hours ago

Russia 's mysterious 'Doomsday Radio' has left the world on edge after it broadcast two new codewords on Monday, after only transmitting a monotonous buzzing sound.

Daily Mail - 4 hours ago

Archaeologists Discover Missing Link in Human Evolution, in Israel

Haaretz - 5 hours ago

Inequality -- The Hidden Link between Racism and Alzheimer's Risk

Scientific American - 5 hours ago

Volcanic eruptions, ash to cool more due to climate change: study

Daily Sabah - 5 hours ago

Asteroid Ryugu once had 'flowing water', shocking analysis hints - By - Harry Baker - published - 16 September 25 - A new analysis of asteroid Ryugu hints that the "potentially hazardous" space rock once had flowing water in its core, possibly leftover from the impact that created it.

Live Science - 5 hours ago

Edith Kimani asks young people in Kampala: donate your organs or stick with tradition?

Deutsche Welle - 5 hours ago

On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty

NPR - 5 hours ago

Pompeii — the world's most famous archaeological site

Deutsche Welle - 5 hours ago

'In your face, Neil Armstrong!' Pretend to live on Mars for NASA

Daily Sabah - 6 hours ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene Thinks It's Time For A 'National Divorce' After Charlie Kirk's Killing

Huffington Post - 6 hours ago

Trump Blocked From Removing Fed Board Member

Huffington Post - 6 hours ago

Parkinson's is on the rise. Here's one future treatment giving researchers hope

NPR - 8 hours ago

Heartbreak as endangered orca seen carrying dead calf once again

Independent UK - 8 hours ago

Ex-Prosecutor Spots The 1 Way Kash Patel Could Totally 'Jeopardize' Kirk Case

Huffington Post - 9 hours ago

Trump Fired Off A 'Derogatory' Term In A Football Rant — And It's Pretty Telling, Expert Says

Huffington Post - 10 hours ago

The Dangerous Word Republicans Keep Using After Charlie Kirk's Murder

Huffington Post - 12 hours ago

House Republicans Threaten To Vote Against Trump-Backed Government Funding Bill

Huffington Post - 14 hours ago

Eaton fire contaminated Altadena with lead. It's lingering even after cleanup, final county report finds

Los Angeles Times - 14 hours ago

South Korea Investigating U.S. Treatment Of Arrested Workers As International Incident Continues

Huffington Post - 15 hours ago

New York's ban on addictive social media feeds for kids takes shape with proposed rules

CTV News - 16 hours ago

Northrop Grumman's new spacecraft is a real chonker

Ars Technica - 16 hours ago

Republicans Have Found A Dubious Place To Blame For Charlie Kirk's Shooting

Huffington Post - 17 hours ago

Ousted CDC director Susan Monarez to testify at Senate committee hearing

NBC News - 17 hours ago

Revealed: The secret phrases women use to avoid rows - and what they REALLY mean when they say 'I'm fine'

Daily Mail - 17 hours ago

China accuses Nvidia of violating anti-monopoly laws

Aljazeera - 18 hours ago

World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 15 September 25 - The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.

Live Science - 18 hours ago

1,900-year-old oil lamp that provided 'light in the journey to the afterlife' found in Roman cemetery in the Netherlands - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 15 September 25 - Archaeologists excavating in a Roman cemetery in the Netherlands have uncovered a unique oil lamp dating to the second century A.D.

Live Science - 18 hours ago

Archaeologists unearth earliest evidence of mummification dating back 12,000 years - when bodies were SMOKE-DRIED prior to burial

Daily Mail - 19 hours ago

TikTok ban in flux as White House announces China-US framework deal

Aljazeera - 19 hours ago

Scientists identify a mystery colour in one of Jackson Pollock's paintings

CTV News - 19 hours ago

WIRED Health Recap: Cancer Vaccines, Crispr Breakthroughs, and More

Wired News - 21 hours ago

Toxic ammunition is rotting away in the Baltic Sea. Germany wants to recover it before it's too late

Los Angeles Times - 21 hours ago

Classmate sums up Charlie Kirk's 'assassin' in just two chilling words: 'Reddit kid'

Daily Mail - 21 hours ago

As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds

Los Angeles Times - 22 hours ago

Scientists measure the 'natal kick' that sent a baby black hole careening through space for the first time - By - Sophie Berdugo - published - 15 September 25 - Two black holes merged together 2.4 billion light years away from Earth, and scientists have just figured out how fast the newborn ricocheted, and in which direction.

Live Science - 22 hours ago

California says it can no longer trust Washington on COVID vaccines. A major battle is looming

Los Angeles Times - 22 hours ago

Smart-blooded super soldiers: Coming soon from DARPA -- We remind the world yet again that science fiction is usually a warning, not an aspiration -- Science

Winnipeg researcher may have helped find signs of life on Mars

CTV News - 22 hours ago

Get into the cockpit as new crop of "Top Gun" pilots get their wings

Ars Technica - 23 hours ago

Africa could become the next frontier for space programs -- The Explainer -- China and the US are both working on space applications for Africa -- Justin Klawans, The Week US -- Published

The Week - 23 hours ago

NASA finds clearest sign of life on Mars: America's space chief stuns the world with astonishing discovery 30 years in the making

Daily Mail - 23 hours ago

'Russian nesting doll' virus hides inside a deadly fungus, making it even more dangerous to people - By - Christoph Schwaiger - published - 15 September 25 - A virus found lurking inside a deadly fungus may make the microbe even stronger and harder to kill when it infects people.

Live Science - 1 day ago

Diet change could make brain cancer easier to treat, early study hints - By - RJ Mackenzie - published - 15 September 25 - A new lab study exploited a unique aspect of metabolism in glioblastoma to boost the effectiveness of chemoradiation, turning the cancer's properties against itself.

Live Science - 1 day ago

Scientists reveal why your blue eyes aren't REALLY blue - and what makes green eyes so rare

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

AirPods Pro 3 Review: Skating to Where the Puck Is Going, Not Where It Has Been

Gizmodo - 1 day ago

What time is it in universe? World's most precise clock keeps watch

Daily Sabah - 1 day ago

Africa sees space as 'a means to an end'

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

Earth has another moon! Hidden 'quasi-moon' has been following our planet for decades, astronomers reveal

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

Bay Area cities take on Albuquerque for new $1 billion nuclear fusion site

The Mercury News - 1 day ago

The HHS Officials Being Paid Six Figures to Do Nothing

The Atlantic - 1 day ago

Whole-Genome Sequencing Will Change Pregnancy

Wired News - 1 day ago

Starlink outage knocks tens of thousands offline worldwide -- Downdetector logged 40,000 reports before service flickered back -- Networks

Science news this week: NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars and scientists invent visible time crystals - By - Ben Turner - published - 13 September 25 - Science news this week - 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.

Live Science - 1 day ago

The Next Era of Gene Editing Will Be Disease Agnostic

Wired News - 1 day ago

Edison electric bills set to rise 10% under state plan. More hikes coming soon

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

Knee pain in young people: what causes it?

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

Could we have evidence of life on Mars? Audio, 30 minutes -- Could we have evidence of life on Mars?

BBC News - 1 day ago

MAHA Wants Action on Pesticides. It's Not Going to Get It From Trump's Corporate-Friendly EPA

Wired News - 1 day ago

Is it the magnesium or the massage? The facts about magnesium lotion for sleep

NPR - 1 day ago

Why is Saturn the only planet with rings?

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

Neglected tropical diseases

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

Rising seas will threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050 - report

BBC News - 1 day ago

UK and US unveil nuclear energy deal ahead of Trump visit

BBC News - 1 day ago

The ancient science of nose jobs

NPR - 1 day ago

Warning to women with type 2 diabetes who take HRT tablets - as study discovers link to blood clots and heart disease

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

SpaceX launches cargo freighter to the International Space Station

UPI - 1 day ago

Australia approves vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia

NPR - 1 day ago

Frozen nitrogen space 'cookie' our solar system's first visitor

Daily Sabah - 1 day ago

The three-word phrase to get people to listen 'instantly,' according to a public speaking expert

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

Galaxy Buds 3 FE Review: Samsung's 'Fan Edition' Wireless Earbuds Are Just Enough

Gizmodo - 1 day ago

Is this the end of reading glasses? Study finds eye drops a few times a day can effectively boost vision

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

Mystery of The Great Sphinx DEEPENS as top geologist tears apart mainstream thinking on the historic site with new theory

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

If evolution is real, why are there still monkeys? Scientists reveal the surprising answer

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

Chelsea Bennice, Ph.D. / Florida Atlantic University Marine Science Laboratory

NBC News - 2 days ago

The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

Wired News - 2 days ago