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Stealing Candy From Children, Splash-Proof Urinals and Buried Panties, Oh My! Here Are the Winners of the 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (739+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent You’re probably familiar with the Nobel Prizes, some of the most prestigious awards. While the world eagerly awaits who will earn those prizes this year, some researchers are currently celebrating the winners of playful—yet still…...
A Mysterious Decagon Unexpectedly Appeared Around Saturn's South Pole. The Ten-Sided Shape Seems to Be a Wave in the Atmosphere
1+ week, 2+ day ago (460+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent Many people are used to envisioning the universe in terms of rounded shapes: think spherical bodies and elliptical orbits. But the geometry of the cosmos is more complex than that. In a study published yesterday in…...
See the Cutest Photos of Three Red Panda Cubs Born at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute This Year
3+ week, 4+ day ago (607+ words) Carlyn Kranking | Associate Web Editor, Science At one of her earliest medical check-ups, the female red panda cub stayed pretty quiet. But that changed when animal care staff moved her or did something she didn’t like. Then, she would let…...
Could Life Exist on This Nearby World? In a First, Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on an Earth-Like Exoplanet in the Habitable Zone
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (626+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent An exoplanet just 49 light-years from Earth seems to have a characteristic that might help it host life: an atmosphere, researchers report in the journal Science on July 16. This gaseous envelope might protect it from cosmic radiation,…...
Meet the Earliest Known 'Right-Handed' Animal, a Worm-Like Creature That Lived About 550 Million Years Ago
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (390+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent A tiny critter that lived around 550 million years ago might represent the first known sign of right-handedness in animals—despite not having any hands. “As soon as you get something that has a left and a…...
Could We Mitigate Super El Niños by Artificially Changing the Climate? A New Study Indicates Yes
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (328+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent Manipulating Earth’s weather to fix problems might seem like an idea straight out of science fiction and, indeed, could have unintended consequences. Nevertheless, the authors of a study published yesterday in Science Advances argue that a…...
Strange Spheres Washed Ashore on an Australian Beach. Authorities Say They're Probably 'Space Balls'âEmpty Fuel Vessels From a Rocket
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (405+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent The strange balls began to appear on July 3 on the shore of Forrest Beach in Queensland, and the roughly 1,300 residents of the tiny town were asked to evacuate, report Chloe Chomicki and James Tugwell for the…...
America's First Space Station Proved Humans Could Live and Work in Orbit for Months. Now, the Public Can See What It Looked Like in Person for the First Time in Eight Years
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (934+ words) At the Smithsonian | July 1, 2026 5:30 p.m. A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After renovation of the building, the artifact is once more on view in a new gallery Carlyn Kranking…...
A Fossil From Antarctica Sat in a Drawer for 40 Years. It Turned Out to Be the First Dinosaur Bone Ever Found on the Continent
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (355+ words) The biggest scientific breakthroughs can come from the most mundane places. A forgotten fossil that sat in a collection drawer for around 40 years is now providing a rare glimpse at the dinosaurs that roamed what is now Antarctica—and which…...
Powerful Back-to-Back Earthquakes Killed at Least 188 People in Venezuela. Here's the Science Behind the Rare 'Doublet"
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (306+ words) Michele Debczak | Correspondent Northern Venezuela is currently reeling from a pair of earthquakes that shook a densely populated region of the country on Wednesday evening. Shortly after 6:00 p.m., the initial 7.2-magnitude quake struck roughly 15 miles northeast of San Felipe. Less than…...