Watch an albatross give its brand-new chick a very careful cleanup
As thousands of birds nest in the warm sun of Midway Atoll, some tend to their new chicks. In a video posted by Friends of Midway Atoll (FOMA), one of…
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Full Moon over Artemis II
NASA/Sam Lott A full moon is seen shining over NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
Metal detectorist finds medieval pendant with a Roman ‘secret’
A discovery on a farm in Essex, England, is a bit of an archaeological version of the 2010 film Inception. In September 2024, a metal detectorist scouring a farm about…
Poop DNA tests and AI dog surveillance: The tech changing pet care.
It is every pet owner’s worst nightmare: their beloved furry friend going missing. In 2025, a dog named Ziggy made a break for it and bolted during a road trip…
Why do your joints hurt when it’s cold? We asked a doctor.
Each winter, over a million “snowbirds” descend on places like Florida and Arizona to avoid the season’s freezing temperatures and instead, ride it out in warmth. For many, it’s simply…
NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Pennsylvania
NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Zena Cardman, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, work on spacesuit maintenance inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock on Dec. 16, 2025. Credit: NASA NASA…
Weird bird mouths go all the way back to the first avian dinosaur
The Archaeopteryx is one of evolution’s most infamous species—but it’s also a very confusing creature. All present-day birds are technically dinosaurs, but the 150-million-year-old, raven-sized hunter is the earliest known…
Hair samples reveal the benefits of lead regulation
The evidence is clear—and in your hair. Americans were exposed to as much as 100 times more lead in their daily lives than they are today before the Environmental Protection…
Teen discovers Australia’s oldest dinosaur fossil—almost 70 years ago
In 1958, an Australian teenager named Bruce Runnegar uncovered a mysterious dinosaur footprint during a visit to a quarry with school friends. He kept the fossil for years, eventually becoming…
NASA’s Orion Spacecraft at Launch Pad
NASA/Brandon Hancock NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will carry the Artemis II crew around the Moon, sits at the launch pad on Jan. 17, 2026, after rollout. It rests atop the…