China's Chang'e 6 Brings Back First-Ever Samples From The Moon's Far Side
China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe made history on June 25, 2024, when it brought back soil samples from the Moon's far side. The feat marks the first return of materials from...
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June Solstice Marks The Start Of The Northern Hemisphere Summer
On June 20, 2024, Northern Hemisphere residents will celebrate the first official day of summer. Also known as the June solstice, it is the day when the North Pole is mos...
Hermit Crabs Are Increasingly Using Plastic Trash As Homes
Most crabs have strong exoskeletons to protect them from predators. However, hermit crabs are born with soft bodies. They have usually lived inside sea shells or old snai...
Dr. Catherine Wu Wants To Make Personalized Cancer Vaccines A Reality
Scientists have found cures for many types of diseases. However, a guaranteed way to fight cancer has proved elusive. That is because every person's cancer is based on th...
This Armored Ancestor Of Modern Crocodiles Roamed Earth Over 200 Million Years Ago
Researchers from the University of Texas (UT) Austin recently announced the discovery of a new aetosaur species. These prehistoric relatives of modern crocodiles, which r...
Powerful Solar Storms Create Dazzling Auroras
This past weekend, the Sun let its presence be felt by unleashing a series of massive solar flares. The resulting auroras were visible across the Northern Hemisphere and...
Smart Orangutan Uses Medicinal Plant To Heal Wound
A Sumatran orangutan named Rakus has stunned researchers by treating a cheek wound with a medicinal plant. The male primate, believed to be about 35 years old, lives in G...
Two Cicada Broods Set To Emerge Together In Rare Occurrence
Sixteen US states, stretching from Maryland to Oklahoma and Illinois to Alabama, are bracing for the arrival of trillions of noisy cicadas. What makes the event especiall...
"Devil Comet" Will Be At Its Brightest On April 21
On April 21, 2024, the 10.5-mile-wide (17 km) Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also called "Devil Comet," will make its closest approach to the Sun. As it comes near the star, the...
Chimpanzees Use Human-Like Warfare Tactics To Expand Their Territory
Humans and chimpanzees share 98.8 percent of their DNA, so it's not surprising that they display similar behaviors and traits. They include communicating through gestures...
Stargazers To Get A Rare Chance To Witness A Nova Explosion
Here is some exciting news for those who missed the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Between now and September, NASA predicts an even rarer celestial event — a nova outbur...
Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Transplanted Into Living Person For The First Time
In a world first, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General) in Boston have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living pe...
The Countdown To The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse Has Begun
On April 8, 2024, millions of people across Central and North America will be treated to a spectacular total solar eclipse. The celestial event comes seven years after th...
Tiny Frog With Mushroom Growing From its Side Found In India
In the summer of 2023, Lohit Y.T. and his team at the World Wildlife Fund-India traveled to the foothills of the Western Ghats in Karnataka, India. They hoped to research...
Shape-Shifting Plastic May Be In Your Future
What if you could transform the plastic spoon you used at lunch into a cup for your water and then change it back to a spoon? That is precisely what researchers at the Un...
New Gene Therapy Enables Five Deaf Children To Hear For The First Time
A novel gene therapy is bringing hope to children born with a specific type of hereditary deafness. On January 25, 2024, researchers at China's Fudan University and Harva...
Meet Methuselah, The World's Oldest Living Aquarium Fish
Methuselah, a female Australian lungfish at San Francisco's Steinhart Aquarium, has always been a favorite with locals. But she has achieved global fame since September 2...
New Research Suggests Starfish Bodies Are Really Just Heads
As far as anatomy goes, there have been few animals as puzzling to researchers as the starfish. Most animals have easily identifiable heads, bodies, and legs. However, st...
Nesting Chinstrap Penguins Take About 10,000 Naps A Day!
Adult Chinstrap penguins love their naps. A recent study found that the flightless birds take as many as 10,000 naps a day when nesting! Each snooze lasts about four seco...
Groundbreaking Study Finds Light Can Evaporate Water
Evaporation has long been thought to happen only when a liquid absorbs enough heat to turn into vapor. However, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (...
The Moon May Be 40 Million Years Older Than Previously Believed
About 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized planet smashed into the newly-formed Earth. The collision ejected a large amount of planetary debris into space. Scientists beli...
Peregrine Lunar Lander Burns Up After Failed Mission
On January 8, 2024, the world witnessed a remarkable effort by NASA and Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology to land a spacecraft on the Moon. It was the first US attem...
Female Bottlenose Dolphins Use "Baby Talk" With Their Calves
When it comes to brainpower, bottlenose dolphins are second only to humans. The intelligent animals are known to use tools, help fellow dolphins in distress, and even pre...
Pig-To-Human Kidney Transplant Works A Record Two Months
In a medical breakthrough that could save thousands of lives, surgeons at NYU Langone Health reported that a pig-to-human kidney transplant had worked for two months. Thi...