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Scientists Catch Sound Making a Quantum Jump With a Microscopic Tuning Fork

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Learn how physicists overcame obstacles to watch phonons quantum jump in real-time.

These Lemurs Have a Haunting Call and May Use Vocal Tricks Similar to Opera Singers

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:57:00 GMT

Learn more about the wild indri, a lemur whose haunting call is produced by the same vocal movements as an opera singer.

Rusty Treasure Hidden in the Danube River May Be Europe's Largest Hoard of Prehistoric Iron Bars

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:39:00 GMT

Learn how a project to extract gravel from the Danube River led to the discovery of a collection of iron bars weighing over one metric ton.

First mRNA Flu Vaccine Approved in the U.S. Now Available for Adults 50 Years and Older

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:53:00 GMT

Learn who is eligible for the new flu vaccine and what makes the mRNA vaccine more efficient and adaptable than traditional flu shot.

A Toilet Flush Can Launch Microscopic Particles Toward Your Face — and It Could Impact Your Health

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Learn more about the particles a toilet flush can launch into the bathroom and how those particles could impact the health of adults and children.

300 Years of Aqueduct Deposits May Link the Plague of Cyprian to the Decline of Roman Nîmes

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:45:00 GMT

Discover what an ancient aqueduct can tell us about the rise and fall of “the French Rome” under Roman rule.

Pittcon 2027: What America’s Biggest Lab Science Show Means For You

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

For over 75 years, Pittcon has been at the cutting edge of industry-defining changes, and next year it returns home for the first time in six decades.

Too Much or Too Little Sun Exposure Can Impact Your Health — Here's How to Strike a Balance

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Learn more about the impacts that too much or too little sun exposure can have on your skin health and vitamin D levels, and how much sun protection you may really need.

The Brain May Be Two Organs, a Discovery That Could Advance ALS Research

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Learn how tracing the brain’s separate origins helped researchers grow nerve cells that could aid studies of ALS and spinal muscular atrophy.

Mice With Mostly Human Cortical Tissue Could Help Reveal How Brain Disorders Develop

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Learn how a Stanford team transplanted human brain tissue into mice to study disease while weighing the ethical questions raised by the work.

Cub Found in Bolivia Helped Uncover the First New Cat Species Named in Over a Century

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:47:00 GMT

Learn how Tigrino’s DNA and museum specimens helped researchers untangle the identities of five tiger cat species.

9-Million-Year-Old Capybara Tooth From Chile Hints at Unexpectedly Wet Conditions in the Ancient Atacama Desert

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:35:00 GMT

Learn how a fossilized capybara tooth could point to a drastically different climate in the Atacama Desert almost nine million years ago.

King Tut’s Tomb May Hide Secret Chambers, Reviving a Search for Queen Nefertiti

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:43:00 GMT

Discover how the latest geophysical analysis in and around King Tut’s tomb further supports the theory of hidden chambers, potentially untouched for centuries.

The First 3D Map of an Ovary Suggests a Hidden System Controls Egg Activation

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:19:00 GMT

Learn more about the first-ever 3D map of an ovary and how it could reshape our understanding of fertility, menopause, and women's reproductive health.

Immaculate Mastodon Tooth Fossil, New Blood Test to Detect Pancreatic Cancer, and Gail the Newborn Masai Giraffe

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:55:00 GMT

Discover the top stories from Sept. 12 to Sept. 18, 2026, including a 10,000-year-old mastodon tooth found in California and a new blood test that could provide early detection of pancreatic cancer.

Newly Discovered "Once-in-a-Century' Moon Crater Larger Than Two Football Fields

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Learn more about the latest moon crater spotted by the LRO and how it changed the moon's surface.

Diving Like Sea Otters May Have Helped Our Ancestors Build the Stamina to Run

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:16:00 GMT

Learn how diving for food may have helped our ancestors develop the heart and lung capacity later used to chase prey across land.

Venus May Have Pulled Its Own Moon Back Toward It, Torn It Apart, and Eaten the Remains

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:45:00 GMT

Learn how an astrophysicist’s simulations traced a possible lunar downfall that could have changed Venus’s climate and ability to hold onto water.

Forgotten and Overlooked Structure Attached to the Ovary May Be Far More Active Than Once Thought

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT

Learn more about this forgotten part of the ovary and how modern analysis reveal its functional part in the female reproductive system.

Drilling Into 66-Million-Year-Old T. Rex Teeth Reveals a Human-Like Body Temperature

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:15:00 GMT

Learn how more than a decade of lab work persuaded a museum to part with precious fossils, allowing researchers to take T. rex’s temperature for the first time.