'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first time - Astronomers have detected helium escaping from the super-Earth LHS 1140 b, providing the strongest evidence yet that a rocky planet in another star's habitable zone has retained an atmosphere for billions of years.

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Decorated wild-boar tusk found in Russia may have been medieval warrior's good-luck charm -- A 12th-century wild-boar tusk found in Russia may be a warrior's amulet. -- Margherita Bassi -- Published

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Cells from your mother likely infiltrated your brain in the womb, and they could survive for decades, study reveals -- Maternal cells that infiltrate children's brains during pregnancy take on different jobs in the brain and may persist into old age. -- Clarissa Brincat -- Published

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'Fireball' meteorite that smashed into New Jersey home contains ingredients of life from ancient proto-planet -- Amino acids and other "pre-biotic" molecules were spotted in a meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024. -- Elizabeth Howell -- Published

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Ancient Egyptian golden tongues, sugar found in space, and an ancient impact crater 'geoguessed' by amateur astronomer - Science news this week - July 18, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend - By - Ben Turner - Published - 18 July 26

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'RNA can do things which we have never seen before': New study challenges assumptions about what RNA was up to at the dawn of life -- RNA can fold into more complex configurations than scientists thought, raising questions about how important these 3D structures were when life on Earth began. -- Kamal Nahas -- Published

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'These are striking forecasts': Super El Ni o keeps getting even more likely, and it could bring a humanitarian crisis -- Forecasts point to the ongoing El Ni o rapidly strengthening to a likely all-time record in the coming months, fueling temperature rises and extreme weather. -- Patrick Pester -- Published

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'Explosive diarrhea' parasite infections in 5 states linked to Taco Bell lettuce; other cases still under investigation -- Lettuce served at Taco Bell has been identified as a source of Cyclospora infections affecting people across five states. -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

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'Shared cosmic experience': 90% of the world's population may see 'once-in-a-millennium' asteroid fly by Earth in 2029 -- Researchers predict that up to 7.6 billion people will be able to see the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis fly past Earth on April 13, 2029. The skyscraper-size space rock will come closer than some satellites, making it clearly visible to the naked eye. -- Harry Baker -- Published

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Did ancient Egyptian princesses use weapons? Controversial study claims they hunted or trained with the military, but not all experts agree. -- Nearly 4,000-year-old skeletal remains show that several royal women repeatedly used their upper-body muscles. Researchers link those changes to archery and weapon training, but outside experts urge caution. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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Ancient chariot emerges among remains of mysterious society that burned down its own buildings and then disappeared -- An ancient bronze chariot recently discovered in Spain was used by a culture that mysteriously disappeared from the archaeological record. -- Margherita Bassi -- Published

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Nobel Prize-winning physicist and team use Claude AI to solve decades-old math puzzle -- A decade after uncovering a mysterious mathematical relationship in the physics of "jamming," Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi and collaborator Francesco Zamponi have finally cracked the case - not with a radical new theory, but with the help of the generative AI Claude. -- Benjamin Skuse -- Published

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Thousands of liberated Africans died on a remote island after the British Navy freed them. We now know where they came from. -- Thousands of enslaved Africans were liberated from slave ships and died on the island of St. Helena around 200 years ago. A new chemical analysis has revealed their tragic stories. -- Owen Jarus -- Published

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Oops! Ancient Bronze Age shaman long assumed to be a man was actually a woman, DNA reveals -- A DNA analysis of a 4,000-year-old skeleton buried with an elaborate metalworking tool kit near Stonehenge has revealed that the individual, long assumed to be a male shaman, was actually a woman. -- Olivia Maule -- Published

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'This was one of the most arduous expeditions I've ever done': Scientists confirm that 15-mile-wide pit found on Google Maps is ancient meteor crater -- Jo l Lapointe was using Google Maps to plan a camping trail through Quebec's C te-Nord region when he stumbled across a large indentation. Now, scientists have confirmed that the pit was indeed a meteor impact crater that dates back roughly 390 million years. -- Pandora Dewan -- Published

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New 3D silicon chip stacks circuits on top of each other to boost computing power -- Researchers have found a way to build a three-layered silicon chip without the chip overheating. -- Rich McEachran -- Published

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Robot dog can climb stairs, navigate a forest and bound over logs thanks to new, rapid AI training technique -- Researchers used reinforcement learning to train a quadrupedal robot to adapt to different environments using two different pre-learned gaits. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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Orange-lipped monkey that roars and snorts deep in Congo rainforest is new species to science -- A striking new monkey species, Colobus congoensis, was discovered deep in the Congo rainforest and has been scientifically described for the first time. -- Chris Simms -- Published

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Physicists made a black hole out of light and used it to test Stephen Hawking's elusive radiation theory -- Scientists made a breakthrough discovery about the physics of Hawking radiation by making a miniature black hole out of light in the laboratory. -- Andrey Feldman -- Published

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How wildfire smoke harms the body, and how to protect yourself -- Experts lay bare the health effects of breathing in wildfire smoke and the steps that can be taken to reduce your risk. -- Emily Cooke -- Last updated

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