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High IQ People Are Strikingly Better at Forecasting the Future

New study shows intelligence shapes our ability to forecast life events accurately.

Your Personal Air Defense System Is Here and It’s Built to Vaporize Up to 30 Mosquitoes per Second with Lasers

LiDAR-guided Photon Matrix claims to fell 30 mosquitoes a second, but questions remain.

Scientists Ranked the Most Hydrating Drinks and Water Didn't Win

Milk is more hydrating than water. Here's why.

AI Helped Decode a 3,000-Year-Old Babylonian Hymn That Describes a City More Welcoming Than You’d Expect

Rediscovered text reveals daily life and ideals of ancient Babylon.

Peeling Tape Creates Microlightning Strong Enough To Power Chemistry

Microlightning from everyday tape may unlock cleaner ways to drive chemical reactions.

Menstrual Cups Passed a Brutal Space Test. They Could Finally Fix a Major Problem for Many Astronauts

Reusable menstrual cups pass first test in space-like flight conditions.

Coolness Isn’t About Looks or Money. It’s About These Six Things, According to Science

New global study reveals the six traits that define coolness around the world.

Wild Orcas Are Offering Fish to Humans and Scientists Say They May Be Trying to Bond with Us

Scientists recorded 34 times orcas offered prey to humans over 20 years.

Doctors Discover 48th Known Blood Group and Only One Person on Earth Has It

A genetic mystery leads to the discovery of a new blood group: “Gwada negative.”

A London Dentist Just Cracked a Geometric Code in Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man

A hidden triangle in the vitruvian man could finally explain one of da Vinci's greatest works.

China Resurrected an Abandoned Soviet 'Sea Monster' That's Part Airplane, Part Hovercraft

The Soviet Union's wildest aircraft just got a second life in China.

Why a 20-Minute Nap Could Be Key to Unlocking 'Eureka!' Moments Like Salvador Dalí

A 20-minute nap can boost your chances of a creative breakthrough, according to new research.

This Bear Lived Two Years With a Barrel Lid Stuck on Its Neck Before Finally Being Freed

A Michigan bear wore a plastic ring for two years. Somehow, it’s doing just fine.

These Squirrels Are Hunting and Eating Meat and Scientists Only Just Noticed

California ground squirrels surprise scientists with their newly discovered taste for mammalian flesh.

Couple Finds Giant Teeth in Backyard Belonging to 13,000-year-old Mastodon

A New York couple stumble upon an ancient mastodon fossil beneath their lawn.

An Asteroid Might Hit the Moon in 2032 and Turn It Into a Massive Fireworks Show from Earth

The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

Archaeologists Find Mysterious Stone Slab With 255 Runes in Canada

A 200-year-old runic Lord’s Prayer found in Ontario defies easy explanation.

These Moths in Australia Use the Milky Way as a GPS to Fly 1,000 Kilometers

A threatened Australian insect joins the exclusive club of celestial navigators.

Archaeologists May Have Found Odysseus’ Sanctuary on Ithaca

A new discovery ties myth to place, revealing centuries of cult worship and civic ritual.

The World’s Largest Camera Is About to Change Astronomy Forever

A new telescope camera promises a 10-year, 3.2-billion-pixel journey through the southern sky.

This EV Battery Charges in 18 Seconds and It’s Already Street Legal

RML’s VarEVolt battery is blazing a trail for ultra-fast EV charging and hypercar performance.

Why Do Some Birds Sing More at Dawn? It's More About Social Behavior Than The Environment

Study suggests birdsong patterns are driven more by social needs than acoustics.

AI-Based Method Restores Priceless Renaissance Art in Under 4 Hours Rather Than Months

A digital mask restores a 15th-century painting in just hours — not centuries.

Meet the Dragon Prince: The Closest Known Ancestor to T-Rex

This nimble dinosaur may have sparked the evolution of one of the deadliest predators on Earth.

Your Breathing Is Unique and Can Be Used to ID You Like a Fingerprint

Your breath can tell a lot more about you that you thought.

It Looks Like a Ruby But This Is Actually the Rarest Kind of Diamond on Earth

One of Earth’s rarest gems finally reveals its secrets at the Smithsonian.

ChatGPT Got Destroyed in Chess by a 1970s Atari Console. But Should You Be Surprised?

ChatGPT’s chess skills falter against a 46-year-old video game in a quirky AI test.

A Provocative Theory by NASA Scientists Asks: What If We Weren't the First Advanced Civilization on Earth?

The Silurian Hypothesis asks whether signs of truly ancient past civilizations would even be recognisable today.

This Is How the Wheel May Have Been Invented 6,000 Years Ago

The wheel may have a more surprising origin story than you'd think.

A Chemical Found in Acne Medication Might Help Humans Regrow Limbs Like Salamanders

The amphibian blueprint for regeneration may already be written in our own DNA.

Everyone Thought ChatGPT Used 10 Times More Energy Than Google. Turns Out That’s Not True

Sam Altman revealed GPT-4o uses around 0.3 watthours of energy per query.

World’s Smallest Violin Is No Joke — It’s a Tiny Window Into the Future of Nanotechnology

The tiny etching is smaller than a speck of dust but signals big advances in materials science.

Drinking Sugar May Be Far Worse for You Than Eating It, Scientists Say

Liquid sugars like soda and juice sharply raise diabetes risk — solid sugars don't.

Spanish Galleon Sank With $17-Billion Worth of Treasure In Today's Money. Now Confirmed As the World’s Richest Shipwreck

Researchers link underwater treasure to the legendary Spanish galleon sunk in 1708

Scientists Made a Battery Powered by Probiotics That's Completely Biodegradable

Scientists have built a battery powered by yogurt microbes that dissolves after use.

Physicists Say Light Can Be Made From Nothing and Now They Have the Simulation to Prove It

An Oxford-led team simulation just brought one of physics' weirdest predictions to life.

Identical Dinosaur Prints Found on Opposite Sides of the Atlantic Ocean 3,700 Miles Apart

Millions of years ago, the Atlantic Ocean split these continents but not before dinosaurs walked across them.

Scientists Reconstruct The Face of a 400-year-old Polish 'Vampire'

In northern Poland, DNA and artistry revive a young woman's face, centuries after her death.

Your Brain Uses Only 5% More Energy Whether You’re Actively Thinking or Not. So, What Causes Mental Fatigue?

Mental effort barely increases brain energy use.

Captain Cook's Famous Shipwreck Finally Found After 25-Year Search in Rhode Island

Final report confirms identification of the famed vessel scuttled off Rhode Island in 1778.

Thousands of Centuries-Old Trees, Some Extinct in the Wild, Are Preserved by Ancient Temples in China

Religious temples across China shelter thousands of ancient trees, including species extinct in the wild.

Astronomers Just Found the Most Powerful Cosmic Event Since the Big Bang. It's At Least 25 Times Stronger Than Any Supernova

The rare blasts outshine supernovae and reshape how we study black holes.

Why Perovskite LEDs Might Soon Replace Every Light in Your Home

Cheaper, brighter, and greener, perovskite LEDs could change lighting — if they last long enough.

Terraforming Mars Might Actually Work and Scientists Now Have a Plan to Try It

Can we build an ecosystem on Mars — and should we?

Psychologist Says Hitler, Putin and Trump Share One Startling Childhood Pattern

Unresolved trauma in childhood may feed a dangerous form of political narcissism.

Student Finds the Psychedelic Fungus the Inventor of LSD Spent His Life Searching For

The discovery could reshape how we study psychedelic compounds in nature and medicine.

This AI Can Zoom Into a Photo 256 Times And The Results Look Insane

Chain-of-Zoom could help AI "see" up to 256 times more clearly.

Sinking Giant Concrete Orbs to the Bottom of the Ocean Could Store Massive Amounts of Renewable Energy

These underwater batteries could potentially store hundreds of thousands of gigawatt-hours.

3D-Printed Pen With Magnetic Ink Can Detect Parkinson’s From Handwriting

This pen traces hand tremors to diagnose Parkinson's.

Amateur paleontologist finds nearly complete 70-million-year-old massive Titanosaur while walking his dog

Damien Boschetto found a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton in France -- an extremely rare discovery -- while walking his pooch.

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