2,000-year-old gold ring, clue to extravagant cremation excavated in France
French archaeologists have discovered a Roman-era cremation tomb richly decorated with silver coins, gold jewelry and perhaps a ring inscribed with the deceased’s last name. The tomb was discovered unexpectedly during excavations in the medieval settlement of Ramonzy-Saint-Martin, a small town in southwestern France. Archaeologists were excavating beneath a medieval silo when they noticed an […]
Popular AI chatbot has alarming encryption flaws, meaning hackers could easily intercept messages
Cybersecurity researchers at Microsoft have identified a critical flaw in modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems. This means that your conversation with the chatbot could have been intercepted by a hacker attack. This bypasses the encryption used to keep your chats private. This attack technique, known as Whisper Leak, is a type of “man-in-the-middle” attack that […]
“Gateway to physics beyond the Standard Model”: The world’s largest neutrino detector turns on – yields surprising results
The first results from the world’s largest neutrino detector have just been published, revealing the most accurate measurements of neutrino parameters to date. After operating the detector at the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in southern China for just under two months, researchers were able to measure the parameters of different types, or “flavors,” of […]
Most modern dogs have wolf DNA from relatively recent breeding. Here’s which breeds are the least “wolf-like” and the least “wolf-like.”
A new study has found that most modern dog breeds have small amounts of wolf ancestry, long after dogs were domesticated. Wolf DNA does not remain from when dogs and wolves diverged. Rather, they are most likely the result of interbreeding over the past several thousand years. That wolf-like influence may be related to specific […]
Diagnostic dilemma: The man’s muscles appeared strangely deformed. Doctors discovered that calcium was leaking into the blood.
Patient: 60-year-old man from Warsaw, Poland Symptoms: The man visited the hospital after vomiting for two days. Additionally, over the previous year, he suffered from weakness and effortlessly lost 40 pounds (18 kilograms). What happened next: Blood tests revealed the man’s creatine and urea levels were elevated and his kidneys were failing. His blood calcium […]
Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe test Einstein’s gravity
Astronomers have observed a pair of stars trapped in a death spiral, and their dance of destruction reveals more about how gravity works. The system, called ZTF J2130, is located about 4,000 light years away. Astronomers have known about this system for some time, but this is the first time they’ve seen it so clearly. […]
‘Like a sudden bomb’: See photos from space of Ethiopia’s volcano erupting for the first time in 12,000 years
An Ethiopian volcano erupted on Sunday for the first time in at least 12,000 years, sending a cloud of ash and smoke pouring northeast across the Red Sea. Heyli Gubbi, a volcano in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, erupted on November 23 at around 8:30 a.m. UTC (3:30 a.m. ET). By 8pm UTC (3pm […]
Never be left behind again! Stranded Chinese astronaut finally returns home after launching unmanned “lifeboat”
Three Chinese astronauts stranded in space for more than a week now have a safe way back to Earth after an unmanned “lifeboat” spacecraft is dispatched to pick them up in orbit at the Tiangong space station. However, the trio will not return home until the spring of 2026, when their original mission is scheduled […]
Wolves stealing underwater crab traps caught on camera for the first time – hinting at a ‘new dimension’ to their behavior
Footage of a hungry wolf performing a complex sequence of actions on a British Columbia beach may mark the first time tools have been used on a wild canid. The wolf swam into deep water to retrieve a floating buoy attached to a submerged crab trap. Although the wolves could not see the crab traps, […]
‘Hot knives and violence’: After historic discovery, King Tut’s mummy was decapitated and dismembered. Then researchers covered it up.
November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined the mummified remains of Tutankhamun. What followed was not a scientific triumph, but a destruction. Howard Carter’s team used hot knives and violence to decapitate the pharaoh, mutilate his limbs, and sever his torso. Then they covered it up. Tutankhamun’s tomb was first discovered in the […]