Is the metaverse finally dead and buried? What’s really going on with the embattled idea of living in virtual worlds.
Is the idea of the metaverse dead? Even without a much hotter technology in the form of artificial intelligence (AI) capturing the public conversation, most ordinary people have stopped talking about it, beyond reminiscing about the COVID-19-era hype and catty quips at the technology’s expense. The hype was once so loud that one of the […]
Endangered hare found in an unexpected location for the first time in 40 years, but it was already dead
Scientists have announced the first confirmed sighting of the endangered hare in part of its range in 40 years, after discovering a completely flattened hare carcass on the side of the road. When researchers were visiting Hainan Island in southern China for field research, one of the members happened to discover a traffic accident. Even […]
Scientists race to save Australia’s ‘zombie trees’ from rapidly spreading fungal disease
Australian scientists are in a desperate race to save a newly identified ‘zombie tree’ from Queensland’s rainforest before it disappears. Researchers discovered that the tree, Rodamnia zombie, can no longer produce flowers, fruit or seeds, and although it remains viable, it is unable to reproduce on its own in the wild. Only discovered in 2020 […]
Live Science Today: NASA announces $20 billion moon base amid unprecedented wildfires
Today’s top news NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at NASA’s Ignition event on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls) NASA yesterday announced ambitious plans for a return to the moon. Jared Isaacman, the space agency’s chief, announced that the space agency would cancel a planned space station in lunar orbit and send a […]
Diagnostic dilemma: A man’s cross tattoo on his neck disappears, causing skin damage when it disappears.
Patient: 20-year-old male living in China Symptoms: Patient had a red cross tattoo on his neck, just below his voice box. But after three months, the ink disappeared. The man developed lumps on both sides of his neck that gradually grew in size. A sunken scar appeared where the ink had once been, and an […]
Mars secretly harbors gem-like crystals, including rubies and perhaps sapphires.
Observations by the Perseverance rover suggest that Mars’ rocks are filled with ruby-like crystals, and astronomers say other valuable minerals like sapphire may also be present throughout the Red Planet. An international team of researchers presented their findings based on observations in spring 2025 at the 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held in Texas […]
As climate change worsens, new research suggests drought could fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Studies of soil microbes have shown that drought favors microbes that survive antibiotics. They also found that some resistance genes from soil-dwelling bacteria were found in samples of antibiotic-resistant pathogens taken from hospitalized patients. Because bacteria can easily exchange large chunks of genetic information (a process called horizontal gene transfer), increased resistance in soil-dwelling microbes […]
Massive Iron Age deposits discovered in Britain may be from the funeral of a powerful Celtic queen
Two huge caches of burnt Iron Age metal weapons, ships, chariots and carts found in northern England were likely part of a royal funeral for the queen, archaeologists say. Metal detectors discovered the hoard near the Yorkshire village of Melsonby in 2021 and alerted archaeologists. Excavators discovered two separate deposits containing more than 950 artifacts […]
A cannonball-sized meteor crashes through the roof of a Texas home as multiple ‘fireballs’ rain down on the US
A Houston family is counting their luck that no one was hurt after a cantaloupe-sized meteor crashed through the roof of their home and ricocheted around an empty bedroom. The space rock is most likely a fragment of the meteorite that witnesses saw smash into pieces with a thud in the deep blue skies of […]
The Iran war has already released staggering amounts of carbon dioxide, with the destruction of schools, homes and buildings being the biggest source.
In the first two weeks of the war between the US, Israel and Iran, current and future greenhouse gas emissions have increased so much that they have exhausted the world’s carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined, a new analysis has found. According to the researchers, between February 28 and March 14, 2026, parties to […]