Science Goodbye to the classic theory about the origin of water on Earth—a discovery in the planet’s core challenges what textbooks have been teaching February 28, 2026
Science University of Maryland discovers a scar from the early Earth beneath the Pacific Ocean, and deep geology ceases to be a quick and orderly system January 27, 2026
Science Ohio State University turns shiitake mushrooms into living memory and opens an unexpected gap between biology and the future of microchips January 27, 2026
Science Without a brain and with hundreds of feet acting simultaneously, starfish display a mechanical intelligence that surprises even the engineers who study them January 27, 2026
Science China successfully explores the Gakkel Ridge under the Arctic ice for the first time with the Fendouzhe submersible January 27, 2026
Science NASA is once again looking to the Moon with nuclear power, while the Department of Energy is pushing a plan that promises to change human permanence outside Earth January 27, 2026
Science Carnivorous plants reinvent plant nutrition and, with traps such as Dionaea and Nepenthes, show highly precise convergent evolution January 26, 2026
Science Stephen Hawking organized a party for time travelers in Cambridge, and no one showed up, reinforcing his scientific skepticism January 26, 2026
Science On San Diego beaches, the rare “green flash” reappears at sunset and confirms what EarthSky explains January 26, 2026
Science Stephen Hawking warned that humanity will not survive a thousand years without expanding into space and left a warning about our future January 26, 2026
Science A giant aquifer beneath the Atlantic Ocean could supply New York for centuries and is believed to have formed during the last ice age January 25, 2026