There's a new T. rex from the dinosaur age - and it ruled the seas with a skull-crushing bite - The newly described mosasaur Tylosaurus rex spanned up to 43 feet (13 meters) long and may have been one of the fiercest marine predators of the dinosaur age.

1 hour ago

800-year-old 'hugging skeletons' are genetically confirmed as Poland's only medieval same-sex double burial -- Two skeletons found in an embrace next to a 13th-century Polish cathedral were both women, an ancient DNA analysis confirms, but their relationship remains a mystery. -- Sandee Oster -- Published

1 hour ago

China's real-life 'transformer' mech is a giant humanoid robot that can switch from bounding on 4 legs to walking on 2 -- The new 'mecha' robot, which weighs over 1,000 pounds and stands nearly 10 foot tall, is designed for urban mobility. -- Alan Bradley -- Published

7 hours ago

Great Pyramid of Giza is remarkably resilient to earthquakes -‬ and it's due to the ancient Egyptians' 'extraordinary' engineering knowledge -- The Great Pyramid of Giza has survived for more than 4,600 years despite nearby earthquakes, and new research reveals why. -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

4 hours ago

How can we prevent AI models from cannibalizing themselves when human-generated data runs out? Scientists say they've found the answer. -- Researchers have found that introducing human-made data into AI training can help to prevent AI model collapse. -- Roland Moore-Colyer -- Published

7 hours ago

Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years earlier than previously thought, fossil discovery shows -- Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal." -- Skyler Ware -- Published

12 hours ago

Scurvy-plagued whalers' remains discovered at 'Corpse Point' in Svalbard -- Skeletons of early modern whalers reveal widespread scurvy, pipe smoking and heavy physical labor. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

23 hours ago

Common asthma drug helps fight hard-to-treat cancers, including aggressive breast cancers, early study finds -- Scientists found that blocking a protein best known for its role in asthma enhances cancer immunotherapy in preclinical models. -- Marianne Guenot -- Published

1 day ago

Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real in mind-bending quantum experiment -- A new experiment confirms that photons passing through a cloud of atoms can spend a negative amount of time there, and the atoms themselves are the ones saying so. -- Larissa G. Capella -- Published

1 day ago

The Appalachian Mountains hold enough lithium to make 500 billion cellphones, researchers discover -- Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the ancient Appalachians mountain system holds 2.5 million tons of the critical element lithium. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

1 day ago

800-year-old notebook and fancy silk toilet paper discovered in medieval latrine in Germany -- Archaeologists recovered the 10-page wax notebook with Latin writing and its leather carrying case from a medieval latrine in Germany. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

1 day ago

China installs world's largest floating wind turbine in deep water test - it generates enough energy to power 4,200 homes annually -- Three Gorges Pilot, a 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine, marks a major step for deep-water renewable energy and the future of floating wind farms. -- Alan Bradley -- Published

1 day ago

More young people are getting colorectal cancer - here's what scientists think might be happening - Analysis - People 65 and older are seeing their rates of colorectal cancer drop, but younger people are being felled by a rising number of cases. By - Stephanie Pappas - Published - 20 May 26

1 day ago

'The system is likely to reach a breaking point': Major Italian volcano is speeding toward a transition, and a major eruption could be on the way -- Campi Flegrei, a volcanic caldera near Naples, is speeding toward a transition, a new study suggests, but there are still a lot of questions as to whether it will erupt in the near future. -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

1 day ago

Deadly, highly venomous box jellyfish discovered in Singapore is a newfound species -- Researchers identified a new species of box jellyfish and recorded a surprising range expansion for the Thai sea wasp after analyzing the morphology and DNA of a handful of jellies in Singapore. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

1 day ago

Antarctica's sudden sea ice loss is one of the most extreme and confusing events in the modern climate record. Scientists now know why it's happening. -- In 2015, after decades of relative stability, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly began to disappear. Sea ice extent reached a record low in 2023, and scientists have now figured out what happened in that period. -- Sascha Pare -- Last updated

2 days ago

World's first 'native' color lidar will let robots and self-driving cars map the world in full color 3D -- Ouster has launched the Rev8 set of lidar sensors that function as both a camera and a 3D mapping sensor at the same time. Its engineers say these are the first devices of their kind in the world. -- Fiona Jackson -- Published

2 days ago

Global warming is accelerating 5,000 times faster than rice can evolve -- A new study finds that climate change is creating environments where humans have never successfully cultivated rice before. -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

2 days ago

1,200-year-old giant 'death jar' in Laos contains generations of human skeletons -- Excavation of a large stone vessel from the mysterious Laos Plain of Jars has confirmed its use in an ancient funerary tradition. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

2 days ago

Doctor's kit found on Mount Vesuvius victim in Pompeii -- A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was carrying a medical kit with him, new scans reveal. -- Tom Metcalfe -- Published

2 days ago