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Black eyes, orbital fractures and retinal detachment: Pickleball-related eye injuries are on the rise in the US - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 16 October 25 - A new analysis suggests the rate of pickleball-related eye injuries has increased dramatically in the U.S. as the sport gains popularity.
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Record-breaking 'dark object' found hiding within a warped 'Einstein ring' 10 billion light-years away - By - Harry Baker - published - 16 October 25 - Researchers have found a suspected clump of dark matter lurking within the luminous halo of a well-known "Einstein ring." The mysterious object, the smallest of its kind ever seen, could help shed light on the universe's missing matter.1 day ago
'Most pristine' star ever seen discovered at the Milky Way's edge - and could be a direct descendant of the universe's first stars - By - Harry Baker - published - 16 October 25 - Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in a star. It is likely a direct descendant of one of the universe's first stars.1 day ago
Toyota to launch world's first EV with a solid-state battery by 2027 - they're expected to last longer and charge faster - By - Skyler Ware - published - 16 October 25 - New solid-state batteries will be made from a new "highly durable" cathode material and will power a car for much longer than conventional EV batteries.1 day ago
Surgery -- Science news this week: NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars and scientists invent visible time crystals1 month ago
Space -- Astronomers close in on comet 3I/ATLAS's origins, a strange gravity anomaly discovered off Africa and AI designs brand-new viruses4 days ago
Surgery -- Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world's biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience1 month ago
Archaeology -- Science news this week: The world's oldest mummy, and an ant that mates with clones of a distant species25 days ago
Planet Earth -- Science news this week: A 400-year trip to Alpha Centauri and the malevolent AI that may make us consider it2 months ago
Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Black holes galore and blue whales that still sing2 months ago
Health -- A breakthrough cure for Huntington's disease and a fast-growing black hole that breaks physics17 days ago
Animals -- Famed primatologist Jane Goodall dies, Iran sinks at an alarming rate, and scientists create human egg cells from skin10 days ago
Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus1 month ago
Animals -- Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen1 month ago
Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #2: Pigment in plants where photosynthesis occurs - 13 across1 month ago
Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #7: NASA mission that redirected an asteroid - 8 across1 month ago
Surgery -- Science news this week: A world first pig-to-human lung transplant, and SpaceX's Starship nails a test flight1 month ago
Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #6: Planet with a 'Great Red Spot' - 6 down28 days ago
Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #11: Giant cloud at the edge of the solar system - 7 across21 days ago
'This moves the timeline forward significantly': Quantum computing breakthrough could slash pesky errors by up to 100 times - By - Owen Hughes - published - 17 October 25 - Researchers used a new technique called algorithmic fault tolerance (AFT) to cut the time and computational cost of quantum error correction by up to 100 times in simulations of neutral-atom architecture.5 hours ago
Orionids 2025: Meteor shower caused by Halley's Comet peaks as two new comets cross the sky - By - Jamie Carter - published - 17 October 25 - Comets Lemmon and SWAN will be at their brightest just as the annual Orionid meteor shower produced by Halley's Comet reaches its peak.5 hours ago
CO2 levels reach record new high, locking in more global warming - By - Patrick Pester - published - 16 October 25 - Greenhouse gas concentrations increased by a record amount in 2024 as more carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide became locked in Earth's atmosphere, a World Meteorological Organization report finds.23 hours ago
Astronomers close in on signal from Epoch of Reionization - By - Sharmila Kuthunur - published - 16 October 25 - A faint radio "whisper" from ancient hydrogen reveals the universe was heating up long before it filled with starlight.23 hours ago
An Iranian volcano appears to have woken up - 700,000 years after its last eruption - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 16 October 25 - Taftan volcano near the border of Pakistan has shown signs of unrest in recent years.23 hours ago
5,000-year-old skeleton masks and skull cups made from human bones discovered in China - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 16 October 25 - Archaeologists in China found a collection of human bones that showed signs of being "worked" like any other natural material.1 hour ago
Stalagmites adhere to a single mathematical rule, scientists discover - By - Skyler Ware - published - 16 October 25 - Scientists discover all stalagmites growing from cave floors follow a mathematical rule that explains how these mineral formations develop into different shapes.1 day ago
We were wrong about how the moon's largest and oldest crater formed - and that's great news for NASA's next lunar landing - By - Harry Baker - published - 15 October 25 - A new study has revealed that our understanding of the South Pole-Aitken basin was quite literally back-to-front, meaning astronauts on NASA's future Artemis III mission may be able to collect valuable samples of ancient radioactive material, known as KREEP.2 days ago
Astronomers spot the most powerful and distant 'odd radio circle' ever seen - By - Joanna Thompson - published - 14 October 25 - With help from citizen scientists, astronomers have found the most powerful and distant "odd radio circle" ever detected.2 days ago