Scientists now have an explanation for the mysterious remains of an ancient Egyptian woman who has her mouth open in what appears to be a scream. Scientists used a special computer aided X-ray, or CT scan, of the woman's body. What they found suggest...
A Mars explorer operated by the American space agency NASA has captured a rock that scientists say shows possible signs of ancient microbial life. NASA said in a recent statement that the Perseverance explorer, or rover, collected the rock on July 21...
Astronomers say they have observed a new exoplanet that orbits far away from its star although it is a large and massive planet. An international group of researchers said they learned new things about the planet after examining data from the James W...
The U.S. Senate has approved the nation's first major legislation aimed at protecting children from internet harms. Two bills passed the Senate by a vote of 91-3 on Tuesday. But the measures will also need to be passed by the U.S. House of Representa...
Researchers say new telescope observations suggest an Earth-like planet outside our solar system may hold a large liquid ocean. The exoplanet is known as LHS 1140 b. Astronomers believe it sits about 48 light years away from Earth. A light year is th...
Indonesia aims to be the world's top nickel supplier. But its efforts to produce nickel have seriously harmed the country's forests, nonprofit groups say. Natural resources Indonesia is the world's third most rainforest-covered country, home to giant...
The European climate change service Copernicus said Monday broke the world's hottest day record that was just set a day earlier. The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said the daily global average temperature reached 17.15 degrees Ce...
Scientists in Brazil say heavy rains helped them discover a fossil they believe came from one of the world's oldest dinosaurs. Researchers found the fossil in May in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. They said the fossilized bones make up...
An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released images of a reclusive Peruvian Amazon tribe's members searching for food outside of their usual area. The group calls the pictures evidence that industrial tree cutting operations are dangerously...
Many new Ukrainian businesses are reportedly developing unmanned military vehicles for the country's war against Russia. The operations often happen in empty warehouses or secret, underground factories, the Associated Press (AP) reports. The weaponiz...
Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin tissue to robotic faces and make them smile. This breakthrough could be helpful not only in robotics, but also in cosmetics and medicine. Researchers at the University of Tokyo started the pr...
Scientists say they have found evidence that the smelly molecule hydrogen sulfide exists in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet. Hydrogen sulfide is the chemical compound that gives rotten eggs their bad smell. The planet is called HD 189733b. It...
Cold nights, on Chippewa Flowage, a lake in the state of Wisconsin, do not stop 15-year-old Gabe Bisonette. He has been learning spearfishing, a tradition of the Ojibwe Native American tribe, for a long time. Ojibwe and other indigenous people are fi...
For most of us, using - and trying to remember - a collection of passwords is just a normal part of our digital lives. But it seems like the number of passwords we need for online activities just gets bigger and bigger. Some passwords - especially fo...
Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago. They suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts. An Italian-led team reported recently that there is evidence...
