Snow Moon 2026: Watch February’s full moon rise beside a twinkling star cluster
February’s Snow Moon, the second full moon of 2026, will rise with one of the most beautiful open star clusters in the night sky on Sunday (February 1). The moon will officially be full on February 1st at 5:09pm EST, and will be best visible in your location during moonrise at dusk. It is located […]
‘Doomsday Clock’ approaches midnight as unregulated AI and ‘mirror life’ threaten humanity
The Doomsday Clock, which annually reevaluates the state of the world, is currently set at 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to heralding a man-made global catastrophe. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an organization that updates the Doomsday Clock, says humanity continues to face species-threatening disasters through nuclear brinkmanship, failure […]
Dark energy research results: Standard model of cosmology supported by six years of space research, with one big caveat
A six-year study of 669 million galaxies has revealed insights into dark energy, the mysterious phenomenon driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. This groundbreaking study paints a complex picture of our understanding of the universe, showing that the two major theories of cosmology are both equally compatible with new observations of the expansion of […]
Creepy humanoid robot face learned to move lips more precisely by looking at itself in the mirror and watching YouTube
Robot learns to lip-sync – YouTube watch on Are you 100% sure that the person talking to you is definitely not a robot?Soon, you may not be so sure either. For the first time, scientists have developed a robot that can move its mouth exactly like a human. This means avoiding the so-called “uncanny valley” […]
Exquisite 160,000-year-old stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiens
Archaeologists have discovered that early humans in what is now China dated back 160,000 years and used sophisticated stone tools. “This discovery challenges the perception that stone tool technology in Asia was lagging behind that of Europe and Africa during this period,” the research team said in a statement about the discovery. At the Xigou […]
Italian rock climber accidentally discovers evidence of sea turtle colony 80 million years ago
Rock climbers in Italy have stumbled upon evidence of what appears to be a sea turtle colony that occurred some 80 million years ago. Now, new research suggests that these ancient marine reptiles were fleeing earthquakes. Climbers recognized the significance of their discovery because the grooves in Monte Conero’s rock face overlooking the Adriatic reminded […]
An ancient lake full of crop circles lurks in the shadow of Saudi Arabia’s ‘Camel’s Hump’ mountain — Earth seen from space
simple facts Where is it? Juba in the Nahd desert of Saudi Arabia [28.01186939, 40.95907106] What is in the photo? An oasis town full of crop circles along the desert mountains Who took the photo? Unidentified astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) When was the photo taken? November 26, 2020 This interesting astronaut photo […]
Shark attacks in Hawaii spiked in October, and scientists think they know why.
“Sharktober,” the autumn spike in shark bites off the west coast of North America, is a reality, and in Hawaii, new research suggests the phenomenon appears to occur when tiger sharks give birth in the waters around the islands. Carl Meyer, a marine biologist at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of […]
In vitro fertilization hormones could one day be administered via painless ‘microneedle’ patches, early research suggests
Patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) must take daily hormone injections for several weeks until their eggs are collected for surgery. Now, the research team has developed a so-called painless, automated method to deliver these hormones using a light-activated microneedle patch. Preliminary studies conducted in rats have shown that administration of leuprolide hormone through a […]
AI may accelerate scientific progress, but here’s why it can’t replace human scientists
Consistent with the general trend of incorporating artificial intelligence into almost every field, researchers and politicians are increasingly using AI models trained on scientific data to infer answers to scientific questions. But can AI ultimately replace scientists? The Trump administration signed an executive order on November 24, 2025, announcing the Genesis Mission, an effort to […]