Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

An intact bronze cannonball unearthed near the Alamo was likely used in the 1836 battle between Mexico and the Republic of ...

Using a new method, physicists found a way to 'catapult' electrons across solar materials in quadrillionths of a second.

Two archaeologists explore the enduring myth that extraterrestrials contributed to the various ancient cultures around the ...

Think you know your technology? Put your computing knowledge to the test by matching classic and modern devices to their ...

A "super El Niño" could emerge by the end of the 2026 hurricane season, with forecasters predicting that the ongoing La Niña ...

Pupil shapes vary widely across the animal kingdom, from the W-shaped pupils of cuttlefish to the bar-like pupils of goats.

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ...

Divers investigating a shipwrecked brig once owned by Lord Elgin have discovered an overlooked piece of marble from the ...

A landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe had temperate forests that could have sustained Stone Age people ...

The first Americans came over during the last ice age, but how much do you know about them?

Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born inside the extreme stellar explosion.