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350-year-old mummified head from Bolivia isn't what it seems - By - Tom Metcalfe - published - 12 September 25 - A mummified skull from Bolivia was long thought to be of an Inca man, but a new study finds it had a different history.

Live Science - 3 days ago

NASA reveals 'clearest sign of life' on Mars yet -- Speed Read -- The evidence came in the form of a rock sample collected on the planet -- Rafi Schwartz, The Week US -- Published

The Week - 3 days ago

Ottawa is talking about building a sovereign cloud but what does that even mean?

CTV News - 3 days ago

Prototype farming machine first of its kind in Saskatchewan

CTV News - 3 days ago

Have you gotten this year's COVID vaccine? By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 12 September 25 - Federal guidance about the 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine has raised questions and confusion around the shots. Have you tried to get one this year?

Live Science - 3 days ago

The three-minute test that spots Alzheimer's YEARS before symptoms appear

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Boffins invent DNA tape that could pack 375 petabytes into an LTO cart -- But it reads at about the speed of punch cards -- Storage

Register UK - 3 days ago

Albania's prime minister appoints an AI-generated 'minister' to tackle corruption

CTV News - 3 days ago

Silent magnetosphere spacecraft starts talking to controllers again - Half of TRACERS satellite duo tripped up by power problems - Science - 12 Sep 2025 - |

Register UK - 3 days ago

Astronomers use rare 'double zoom' to view black hole corona in unprecedented detail - By - Sharmila Kuthunur - published - 12 September 25 - For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-size corona around a distant supermassive black hole, thanks to a rare cosmic alignment.

Live Science - 3 days ago

Could a common nasal spray help block Covid-19?

The Mercury News - 3 days ago

How much sleep do YOU need? Take the test to find out if you're getting enough slumber

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

NASA satellite images reveal a new island formed in Alaska - and experts say climate change is to blame

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

United Airlines Flight makes terrifying emergency landing over mid-air fire fears

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

US House Appropriations Committee saves NASA budget, Prez holds the veto pen -- Mars Sample Return mission still for the chop -- Science

Register UK - 3 days ago

New telescope to probe cosmic origins — Tomorrow Today

Deutsche Welle - 3 days ago

How AI is helping some small-scale farmers weather a changing climate

CTV News - 3 days ago

Rocket Report: Russia's rocket engine predicament; 300th launch to the ISS

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

How fire scientist in charge of California power shutoffs uses a 'time machine'

The Mercury News - 4 days ago

Revealed: The best comeback to an insult, according to science

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

Mother to join Kiltwalk to raise funds for charity she set up in son's memory

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Microsoft averts EU antitrust fine with unbundled Office and Teams pricing

CTV News - 4 days ago

Vital ocean upwelling FAILS to emerge for the first time on record - and it could have catastrophic consequences for life

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

Florida doctors still support vaccines -- Nicole Karlis

Salon - 4 days ago

Some public service jobs will be cut as Ottawa adopts AI: chief data officer

CTV News - 4 days ago

How to multitask with eight arms: Octopuses tend to explore with their front limbs

Los Angeles Times - 4 days ago

GTA 6 LIVE: Release date update confirmed by Take-Two

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Insect populations drop even without direct human interference, a new study finds

NPR - 4 days ago

Health care costs are soaring. Blame insurers, drug companies — and your employer

NPR - 4 days ago

Water firm bans tankers from transporting water for billionaire's lake

BBC News - 4 days ago

NASA just dropped the most convincing evidence for ancient life on Mars

NPR - 4 days ago

Progress 93 supply and trash removal mission headed to space station

UPI - 4 days ago

A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word 'robot'

NPR - 4 days ago

L.A. child dies from complication of measles infection contracted in infancy

Los Angeles Times - 4 days ago

US energy chief tells BBC nuclear fusion will soon power the world

BBC News - 4 days ago

'Fireball' gives munro-baggers chance to collect meteorite fragments

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Another French invasion! Orange and white spotted ladybirds seen for first time in the UK

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

REVEALED: The truth about the 'vanishing plane' five miles from Charlie Kirk's assassination... as private jet owner is unmasked

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

The heartbreaking reason why 1,100 victims of 9/11 have yet to be identified decades after terror attack

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

New black hole merger bolsters Hawking area theorem

Ars Technica - 4 days ago

Well-preserved Amazon rainforest on Indigenous lands can protect people from diseases, study finds

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 4 days ago

Study suggests destruction of Amazon directly impacts human health

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Here's what octopuses use each of their eight tentacles for

Independent UK - 4 days ago

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BBC News - 4 days ago

Scripps researchers discover what lies within mysterious haloed barrels on the seafloor

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 4 days ago

Liberal Bluesky issues warning to all its 38m users about celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

When is your home safe after wildfire smoke? California researchers have some answers

The Mercury News - 4 days ago

Parthenogenesis: the miracle of 'virgin births' in the animal kingdom -- The Explainer -- Asexual reproduction, in which females reproduce without males by cloning themselves, has been documented in multiple species -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK -- Published

The Week - 4 days ago

How to use 8 arms? Octopuses tend to explore with their front limbs

CTV News - 4 days ago

US tosses $134M pocket change at fusion pipe dream -- That won't even warm the plasma -- Science

Register UK - 4 days ago

Torrential rains have caused severe flooding on the Indonesian islands of Bali and Flores.

Deutsche Welle - 4 days ago

These Newly Discovered Cells Breathe in Two Ways

Wired News - 4 days ago

Does gravity work differently at different places on Earth?

Deutsche Welle - 4 days ago

Streaming Can't Replace Your PC, but Nvidia's Updated GeForce Now Comes Close

Gizmodo - 4 days ago

The next Japanese knotweed? Expert sounds alarm over FOUR invasive weeds taking root across the UK - including the highly poisonous Devil's Trumpet

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

After 10 years of black hole science, Stephen Hawking is proven right

NPR - 4 days ago

Two San Diego scientists win Lasker Award for developing way to fight cystic fibrosis

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 4 days ago

Trump's US aid cuts could cause 2 million extra TB deaths in 5 years

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Mars micro-life news comes at pivotal time for California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Mercury News - 4 days ago

Scientists detect pesticide residue across Europe

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Ancient burial upends what we know about Stone Age women and children

Independent UK - 5 days ago

Was there life on Mars? New clues spark hope

Deutsche Welle - 5 days ago

Apple's new headphones can translate foreign languages in real time - with fans comparing it to Star Trek's Communicator

Daily Mail - 5 days ago

Two islands were affected by flash floods, including tourist hotspot Bali. At least 19 people have been killed.

Deutsche Welle - 5 days ago

'Dark DNA' of spiders could change the way we understand evolution

Independent UK - 5 days ago

California moves to close overdose protection loophole that deters students from seeking emergency help

Los Angeles Times - 5 days ago

SpaceX Targets 2026 to Test Orbital Flight for Next-Gen Starship Vehicle

Wired News - 5 days ago

NASA Mars Rover Provide Strongest Hints Yet of Potential Signs of...

Deccan Chronicle - 5 days ago

Moment UFO deflects Hellfire missile ignites debate over 'non-human' technology

Daily Mail - 5 days ago

Crispr Offers New Hope for Treating Diabetes

Wired News - 5 days ago

Inside the lab working to identify the remains of 9/11 victims

NPR - 5 days ago

Male tarantulas are moving and wooing their way across Colorado

NPR - 5 days ago

Blood sugar diet — Smart weight loss or just hype?

Deutsche Welle - 5 days ago

From full bars to no service: The best and worst areas for mobile signal in the UK revealed - so, do you live in a connectivity black spot?

Daily Mail - 5 days ago

NASA bars Chinese citizens from its facilities, networks, even Zoom calls -- You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the reasons why -- Security

Register UK - 5 days ago

Pentagon begins deploying new satellite network to link sensors with shooters

Ars Technica - 5 days ago

Ethiopians dream of an electric car future

CTV News - 5 days ago

Forest Service reverses decades-long ban, allows wildfire firefighters to use N95 masks

Los Angeles Times - 5 days ago

Electric customers to pay $9 billion more to state wildfire fund under proposed bill

Los Angeles Times - 5 days ago

Mystery of dancing spiders' DNA could explain how they develop into new species

BBC News - 5 days ago

Mysterious Christian symbols uncovered in biblical city from Book of Revelation

Daily Mail - 5 days ago

Sean Duffy, interim NASA head, tells agency that it will beat China back to the moon

NBC News - 5 days ago

Life on Mars? NASA says a rock sample shows potential signs of ancient life

NPR - 5 days ago

Oracle's Ellison surpasses Tesla's Musk to be world's richest man

Aljazeera - 5 days ago

NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars so far -- The usual cadre of scientists who disproved previous findings are stumped -- Science

Register UK - 5 days ago

Study links more frequent and severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producers

The Mercury News - 5 days ago

World Champ Swimmer Ends Olympic Career To Compete In Races That Allow Steroids

Huffington Post - 5 days ago

New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life

The Mercury News - 5 days ago

Iguana shocks zookeepers with "virgin birth" of 8 hatchlings -- "When we confirmed the eggs were fertile without any contact with a male, our jaws hit the floor," a U.K. zoo director said after an iguana gave birth to eight healthy babies. -- Sep 9

CBS News - 5 days ago

AI weather forecasting institute could shutter after funding cuts

NBC News - 5 days ago

New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 5 days ago

Life on Mars? 'Leopard-spot' rocks could be biggest clue yet

BBC News - 5 days ago

NASA rover detects possible evidence of ancient life in Mars rocks

Daily Sabah - 5 days ago

New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life

CTV News - 5 days ago

Has Perseverance found a biosignature on Mars?

Ars Technica - 5 days ago

Millions of Americans warned as new hurricane forecast pins exact date for Atlantic storm threats

Daily Mail - 5 days ago

Mexicans criticize pollution caused by SpaceX launches

Deutsche Welle - 5 days ago

Canyons under the Antarctic have deep impacts -- Under the radar -- Submarine canyons could be affecting the climate more than previously thought -- Devika Rao, The Week US -- Published

The Week - 5 days ago

Scientists are finally learning what's inside mysterious 'halo' barrels submerged off US coast

Daily Mail - 5 days ago