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If you want to attend Stephen Hawking's time travel party, you better figure out how time travel works for a journey back to 2009.

Stephen Hawking's Time Travel Party – Did it Happen? How Would We Know?

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What would life be like on Earth with two moons instead of one? An astrophysicist speculates that things would be vastly different with a second glowing orb in the night sky.

5 Ways Life on Earth Would Be Different If We Had Two Moons

polar bears 

Would you have what it takes to thrive in the cold? Learn how these snow animals adapt and survive in snowy conditions and frigid environments.

Top 10 Snow Animals and How They Survive the Cold

As the orb of the Moon transited in front of the Sun on Nov. 13, 2023, the Solar Ultraviolet Imager, or SUVI, aboard the GOES East satellite captured this image of the resulting partial solar eclipse. For a video of the event, see below. (Credit: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies)

GOES East View of Partial Solar Eclipse

No humans were able to witness the Moon transiting across the face of the Sun, but satellite imagery shows what it looked like.

A Solar Eclipse, as Seen by a Spacecraft Orbiting 22,000 Miles Away

Pigments made form minerals 

Where does pigment come from? Some colors like mummy brown actually came from ground-up mummies. Learn more about these ancient pigments and their origins.

5 Famous Paint Colors First Made From Mummies, Insects, and Ancient Rocks

These days, hippos live almost exclusively in Africa, but their range once extended to Europe. (Radek Borovka/Shutterstock)

Hippo surfacing the water

A new study that analyzed a fossilized hippo skull determined that the animal lived in Europe some 500,000 years ago, when Earth's climate was changing drastically.

Hippos Once Lived in Europe, Where They Survived a Brutal Ice Age

(Credit: Roman Yevseyev, Pablo Nuñez Demarco, and  Graciela Piñeiro)

Reconstruction of mesosaur habitat 

Reconstruction ofthe mesosaur environment and ´parental care

The mesosaur helps researchers better understand reptile evolution and continental drift theory. 

Mesosaur: The Oldest Known Semi-Aquatic Reptile

(Credit: In The Light Photography/Shutterstock)

Ball python 

From the Arabian Sand Boa to the Garter Snake, these snakes' googly eyes, color, or size could win you over.

7 of the Cutest Snakes That May Slither Their Way Into Your Heart 

Penguins might be one of the few creatures to witness volcanic eruptions in the South Sandwich Islands. Credit: Liam Quinn, Flickr.

Penguins on South Georgia

Some of the loneliest volcanoes on Earth lie where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Southern Ocean. Rarely is there anyone around to see an eruption except satellites peering down from orbit.

Lonely Volcanoes of the South Sandwich Islands

human hand giving gray cat a red pill

What is Munchausen Syndrome? If this disorder occurs in pets, why do they exhibit these behaviors, and are owners to blame? 

Does Munchausen Syndrome Exists in Pets?

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Most pet parents want to ensure their dogs, or other pets, live their best lives. Learn how to keep your dog healthy and happy according to the latest research.

Can Dogs Get Sick? How to Keep Your Dog Healthy

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"Fulminating gold" explodes to produce strange purple smoke. Now scientists have shown for the first time that the smoke contains gold nanoparticles. 

The Mysterious Explosions of Fulminating Gold  

Woman blowing snot out of daughter's nose with a tissue

What is snot and where does it come from? While snot may be slimy and unpleasant for some, it can provoke feelings of relaxation for others.

6 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Snot

(Credit: Giant Magellan Telescope–GMTO Corporation)

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The four-year fabrication of the Giant Magellan Telescope’s seventh and final mirror has begun. This is what you should know about the next generation of Earth’s biggest and most powerful telescopes.

Meet the Giant Telescope That May Find Life Elsewhere 

Named after a creature associated with the apocalypse, Jormungandr walhallaensis mosasaurs were feisty, fighting with other members of their species, as well as other mosasaurs. (Credit: Henry Sharpe)

A reconstruction of two Jormungandr walhallaensis mosasaurs fighting.

What was Jormungandr walhallaensis? Taking its name from an ancient apocalypse myth and representing a missing link in reptile evolution, this 80-million-year-old mosasaur was no stranger to a fight. 

Fossils May Reveal a Clash of the Titans Between Two Undersea Reptiles

Artistic rending of a deep ocean trench

How deep is the Mariana Trench? Shrouded in complete darkness, this extreme environment is surprisingly full of marine life and has even been explored by humans.

How Deep Is the Mariana Trench and What Have We Found in its Depths?

Foot of a statue with sandals

While the oldest footwear dates back only 8 millennia, current research suggests that we’ve been lacing up shoes or sandals for nearly 150,000 years.

Who Invented the Shoe? Scientists Say Footwear May Be More Than 40,000 Years Old

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Spy on animals around the world while contributing to ecological research

doctor looking distressed at clipboard after a surgical mistake

What are surgical mistakes? Though rare, medical mishaps happen. The true stories of these astonishing surgical errors will shock you.

6 Cases of Missing Limbs and Other Surgery Nightmares

An artist's rendering of a "vampire" star as it strips stellar material from a companion. (Credit: ESO/L. Calçada)

Vampire star

A new and more complex picture has emerged of how ringed stars form and change the galaxy around them.

Mysterious, Saturn-Like Stars Steal Their Rings From Nearby Stars

Lavender is one of the most well-studied essential oils for treating dementia. (Credit: pilipphoto/Shutterstock) 

Lavender aromatherapy for treating dementia

Can aromatherapy help with dementia? Preliminary research suggests essential oils show promise for lessening the symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. 

Aromatherapy Oils May Help Older Adults Fight Dementia 

Silkworm 

Silk production methods go back thousands of years, but why are they deemed an ethical concern? Also, how is silk made and where does it come from?

How Is Silk Made? The Ethical Dilemma of Its Origins

Energy saving thermostat to conserve energy

From sealing your windows to adjusting your thermostat, learn valuable tips and tricks on how to save energy during the winter months. 

How to Save Energy: 5 Tips to Save Money and Stay Warm

wicker tray with variety of mushrooms

After millennia of eating mushrooms, humans are unlocking new ways to take advantage of fungi from the power of fungi in medicine to environmental solutions.

After Thousands of Years, Humans Are Still Finding New Uses For Mushrooms

(Credit:gorodenkoff/iStock / Getty Images Plus)

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In small-group, subsistence living, it makes sense for everyone to do lots of jobs.

Forget ‘Man the Hunter’ – Physiological And Archaeological Evidence Rewrites Assumptions About A Gendered Division Of Labor In Prehistoric Times

(Credit:CREDIT: NASA / BEN SMEGELSKY)

Workers at a facility near Florida’s Kennedy Space Center attend to NASA’s Psyche spacecraft in late 2022. The asteroid-bound craft, which launched October 13, 2023, carries a laser communications package (silver cylinder topped with gold) that will test the power of optical wavelengths to send data back to Earth from beyond the Moon.

Workers at a facility near Florida’s Kennedy Space Center attend to NASA’s Psyche spacecraft in late 2022.

The first tests of optical communications far from Earth will take place aboard the asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft

Speedy Downloads: Why NASA Is Turning To Lasers For Next-Gen Space Comms

(Credit: Yuganov Konstantin/Shutterstock) 

Holiday deco

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa for the holidays, early decorations might make you happier and less stressed this season. 

Decorate For the Holidays Early and it Might Improve Your Mood

mars

It's not just dried up lakes and river valleys that suggest the action of liquid water on the Martian surface, say planetary geologists. 

The Search For “Brain Coral” On Mars

shopping

Neuroscientists and economists continue to understand why consumers don’t always make the best decisions when shopping. 

Why Do We Make Bad Shopping Decisions?

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No longer working from a lab, Bik hunts for research fraud from her home office in California. (Courtesy of Elisabeth Bik)

Elisabeth Bik

Elisabeth Bik is on a mission to find scientific duplicates and fakes — and thousands of people are watching.

Science Sleuth Looks To Expose Research Fraud 

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Wildland fire investigators sift through the charred remains of devastation as they search for evidence with profound consequences.

Specialists Seek Answers to Fires in the Ashes 

Spanning roughly 3,200 square miles, Lake Titicaca Is more than twice the size of Rhode Island. The average depth is 460 to 600 feet, though the maximum depth drops to 920 feet toward the Bolivian shore. (Credit: YANA_N /ISTOCK VIA GETTY IMAGES)


Lake Titicaca

One of the oldest Andean Indigenous communities survives on objects drifting atop South America’s largest, highest lake.

Visit the Artificial Islands Floating on Lake Titicaca

Izatha psychra is one of around 2,000 species of moths and butterflies in New Zealand, more than 90 percent of which are found nowhere else in the world. (Credit: Roen Kelly/Discover) 

Moth, Izatha psychra

Years after a massive wildfire destroyed its home, the fate of a critically endangered moth may still be in jeopardy.

Ecologists Strive to Revive Struggling Moth Species

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