Today's Science News

April 3, 2025

Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit - A trio of secretive Russian satellites launched earlier this year has released a mysterious object into orbit, sparking interest among space trackers and analysts.
Electrochemical method supports nitrogen circular economy - Imagine a world where industrial waste isn't just reduced, it's turned into something useful.
Heatwave: tackling the hottest topic in a sunburnt land - Australia is into autumn but don’t be surprised if the residents of Perth on the west coast haven’t noticed.

April 2, 2025

Triassic amphibians the size of alligators perished in mass die-off in Wyoming, puzzling 'bone bed' reveals - The discovery of nearly 20 alligator-size amphibians that died together during the Triassic in what is now Wyoming is providing scientists important clues about these creatures' lives.
Uncovering a Mysterious Amphibian Mass Die-Off from 230 Million Years Ago - The collection of Metoposaurid temnospondyl fossils unearthed in Wyoming tell an incomplete story.
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 3 teaser trailer promises more gimmicky hijinks in the final frontier (video) - Paramount+ will serve up a balanced blast of silly and serious sci-fi stories with Season 3 of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."
Starquakes Serenade Us With Songs of the Galaxy’s Formation - Learn more about the songs of the stars, which tell of the transformation of our galaxy over time.
NASA Makes Progress on Advanced Drone Safety Management System - From agriculture and law enforcement to entertainment and disaster response, industries are increasingly turning to drones for help, but the growing volume of
Metal Contaminants From Mines Lurk in Rocky Mountain Snow - Learn about the worsening state of snowpack in the northern Rocky Mountains., which has been contaminated by mercury and other metals from nearby mines.
A Tiny, Rice-Sized Pacemaker Can Biodegrade in Time, Helping Newborns - Learn more about the world's smallest pacemaker that’s implanted in a non-invasive way, which can help newborn children who need it.
Why the Brain Keeps Track of Those Painful Food Poisoning Memories - Learn what part of the brain keeps track of food poisoning and why.
Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's 1st big batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9 - Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites will lift off a week from now, if all goes according to plan.
Studying Uranian Moons using Passive Radar Sounding - How can Uranus be used to indirectly study its moons and identify if they possess subsurface oceans?
Artemis Astronauts & Orion Leadership Visit NASA Ames - As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft, research, testing, and development at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s
'Red Planet,' 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever' star Val Kilmer dies at 65 - Kilmer leaves a legacy of engaging film roles including Batman and even a Mars astronaut.
Neanderthals Continued to Grow into Adulthood — Even Their Faces - Understanding the differences between Neanderthal and modern human faces sheds light on our own evolution.
Gaia telescope retires: Scientists bid farewell to 'the discovery machine of the decade' that mapped 2 billion Milky Way stars - After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired.
25 years on, Vin Diesel's 'Pitch Black' still outshines every other Riddick film — and we think we know why - As the cult classic sci-fi monster movie turns 25, we look at why it eclipses everything Vin Diesel's antihero has done since.
How do smart scales measure body composition, and how accurate are they? - Smart scales track changes in your muscle mass, body fat percentage and other health metrics — but how do they work?
What Are the Dangers of Going to Space? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 55 - What are the dangers of going to space?
Male fruit flies drink more alcohol to get females to like them - Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier by stimulating the production of sex pheromones.
Mysterious origin of iconic Sutton Hoo helmet possibly revealed in new research - A metalworking die found in Denmark features a depiction of a horse and warrior that is remarkably similar to motifs on the Sutton Hoo helmet in England.
NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch to Join Station Expedition 72/73 - NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft to the International Space Station, accompanied by cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov
Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it - "All together, we have a better sense of what this building-sized asteroid is like."
Your brain starts eating itself during a marathon, study finds - Under extreme metabolic conditions, like a marathon, the brain may turn to cellular fat stores to maintain function, according to a new study.
Mass mortality of giant amphibians uncovered in dinosaur-age fossils - Palaeontologists have found evidence that dozens of alligator-sized amphibians died together about 230 million years ago.
Alcohol makes male fruit flies more attractive - Alcohol increases the release of chemical sex signals and makes males more attractive to females.
Europe's life-hunting ExoMars rover gets new landing platform to replace canceled Russian craft - The European Space Agency has picked Airbus to build the landing platform for the life-hunting ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028.
Familiar faces return in 'Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld', which hits Disney+ on May the 4th (video) - Disney has revealed its third animated Star Wars anthology series, which takes us deeper into the galaxy's darkest corners through the eyes of two infamous bounty hunters.
Agroforestry: Unlocking the Potential of Trees in India - How regenerative agriculture, especially agroforestry, could help mitigate climate change, restore land and improve farmer wellbeing in India.
SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see 'pure white' Antarctica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day - Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above.
Galaxies Were Already Dying Just 700 Million Years After the Big Bang - When galaxies run out of primordial hydrogen and helium, they cease star formation, shifting to primarily long-lived red stars.
X-ray Clues Reveal Destroyed Planet - This image of the Helix Nebula, released on March 4, 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula’s center: this star may have destroyed a planet.
Review: “Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America” – A Harrowing, Heartfelt Masterpiece - National Geographic has once again delivered a deeply moving and essential piece of documentary storytelling with the premiere episode of Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America, the latest installment in its acclaimed One Day in America series.
NASA Continues Support for Private Astronaut Missions to Space Station - NASA is seeking proposals for two new private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, targeted for 2026 and 2027, as the agency continues its commitment to expanding access to space.
ESA's new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth's orbital junk problem - The European Space Agency's new documentary short tackles the question of whether space debris has reached crisis level.
We Are a Part of Infinity - A neuroscientist uncovers Albert Einstein’s little known spiritual journey The post We Are a Part of Infinity appeared first on Nautilus .
NASA's SPHEREx telescope 'opens its eyes on the universe', taking stunning debut image of 100,000 galaxies and stars - SPHEREx's first images — containing roughly 100,000 points of light stars, galaxies and nebulae — have confirmed that the telescope is working according to its design.
A 32-bit processor made with an atomically thin semiconductor - It's slow and inefficient, but the semiconductor is only one molecule thick.
'A notch above a gimmick': Experts question scientific merit of billionaire's Fram2 'space adventure' around Earth's poles - The recently launched Fram2 mission, which is funded and led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will attempt to grow mushrooms, test out hormone diapers and X-ray civilian astronauts.
RIP Val Kilmer: Celebrating cult classic Real Genius is now a moral imperative - The ’80s comedy has stood the test of time, even inspiring a 2009 Mythbusters episode.
The Problem With Peer Review - In a world where misinformation, voluntary or accidental, reigns supreme; in a world where lies become truth if they are broadcast for long enough; in a world where we have unlimited access to superintelligent machines, but we prefer to remain ignorant; in this world we are unfortunately living today, that is, the approach taken by scientists to ac
'Be ready to move quickly to higher ground': Forecaster delivers ominous warning of 1-in-1,000-year flood coming for central US - Forecasters have warned of historic flooding in the central US this week, anticipating multiple bouts of heavy rainfall and extreme thunderstorms.
Supersonic vehicles could become stronger, faster and more durable thanks to new findings - Surprising results from hypersonic air flow simulations could help design stronger, faster and more durable supersonic vehicles.
Morento MR5866 smart air purifier review - It is one of Amazon's bestsellers, but is it worth investing in?
US Space Force picks Rocket Lab and Stoke Space to compete for national security launches - Private launch companies Rocket Lab and Stoke Space have been selected to compete for future U.S. national security space launches.
North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discover - Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.
Early life antibiotics weaken babies’ immune responses to vaccines - Giving infants antibiotics in the first few weeks of life weakens their immune response to vaccines, due to changes to the gut microbiome.
New discovery about Earth’s first crust changes understanding about how continents formed - Earth’s first crust formed continents and plate tectonics earlier than previously thought, with potential ramifications for when life first evolved.
Space miso is nuttier than Earth miso — but it's still miso - Scientists have successfully fermented miso aboard the International Space Station, marking the first deliberate food fermentation in space that may open up new culinary possibilities for astronauts on long-term missions.
Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex - A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.
Lagniappe for April 2025 - Explore Lagniappe for April 2025 featuring: Gator Speaks New beginnings feel a lot like the month of April.
NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Recognizes Stennis Employees - NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando,
Rocket Test Group Visits NASA Stennis - NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19.
You can still get 73% Starz for three months and watch some Marvel content following the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement - This streaming deal is a great alternative to Disney Plus as you can get three months of Starz for just $2.99 and watch Marvel content for less.
3D-printing formula may transform future of foam - From seat cushions to mattresses to insulation, foam is everywhere—even if we don't always see it.
Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space - A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.
NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Star Formation - Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope,
Best smart telescopes 2025: The latest technology for exploring the universe - The best smart telescopes offer a supremely easy way of viewing the night sky.
DAILY DOSE: Measles Cases Surge in U.S. with Outbreaks; Survey Reveals Rising Healthcare Affordability Struggles in U.S. - Measles cases are surging in the U.S. primarily among the unvaccinated, with Texas having the most significant outbreak.
Drone pilot who flew over Vandenberg Space Force Base sentenced to 4 months in jail - A California man has been sentenced to jail for flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base and photographing the installation.
Linking Inflammation to Depression Could Yield More Targeted Treatment - Animal studies could lead to blood tests that could guide doctors in better matching drugs to patients based on immune system biomarkers.
Students Designed a Mission to Venus on the Cheap - Sometimes, the best way to learn how to do something is just to do it.
Retinal therapy may restore lost vision - Researchers have successfully developed a novel drug to restore vision.
Organogold(III) complex accumulates in mitochondria of lung cancer cells, opening up new treatment avenues - Precious metals are not merely ornaments; they are also important components of pharmaceuticals, like the antitumor drug cisplatin.
Galaxies die earlier than expected - For a long time, scientists thought that only actively star-forming galaxies should be observed in the very early Universe.
Seeing humanity's transition from hunting to farming as a cultural shift - Using a mathematical model, researchers have shed new light on the transition from hunter-gatherer to farming societies.
Being physically active, even just a couple of days a week, may be key to better health - A 'weekend warrior' approach to physical activity -- getting 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity over one to two days instead of throughout the week -- improved health and lowered the risk of death, finds a new stud.
Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the Moon - An international team is currently closely tracking the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4.
Blood test may rule out future dementia risk - Researchers have demonstrated how specific biomarkers in the blood can predict the development of dementia up to ten years before diagnosis, among older adults living independently in the community.
Insight from one of Milky Way's most extreme environments - In new images, scientists have gotten the closest look yet at Sagittarius C -- a 'stellar nursery' where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars.
World's smallest pacemaker is activated by light - Smaller than a grain of rice, new pacemaker is particularly suited to the small, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects.
Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk - A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% -- more than any other known intervention.
First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered - An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.
Mammals On The Ground Before The Dinosaurs Were Gone - For decades, natural history books have taught that when a catastrophic asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs and gave mammals – until then mostly small, tree-dwelling creatures – a chance to flourish on the ground​.
Perseverance is Trying Out Spacesuit Materials on Mars - NASA's Perseverance Rover is an ambitious mission.
Watch this humanoid robot perform a side flip for the first time - Unitree's G1 demonstrates a new level of robotic agility with a complex movement following an AI software update.
X-ray spectroscopy reveals unexpected proton attraction - Proton transfer in aqueous systems is a fundamental process occurring constantly around us.
Mosquitoes taste you before they decide to bite - Mosquitoes seem to prefer some flavors over others.
Scientists drilled into Belize's Great Blue Hole and discovered a worrying trend - Tropical storms have been steadily increasing in frequency over the past 5,700 years, new evidence from sediment in the Great Blue Hole reveals, with a massive spike in the past two decades.
Diagnostic dilemma: A man's deadly infection was triggered by a probiotic supplement - A man with a complex medical history ended up with a rare bacterial infection after taking probiotics in the hospital.
Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit - The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear.
Northern Lights in Mexico? Low-latitudes may be more vulnerable than expected to geomagnetic storms - Mother's Day 2024 heralded Mexico's most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades.
Environment Agency orders review into tyre recycling after BBC probe - Environment Agency review waste tyre exports after BBC probe reveals millions sent to furnaces in India.
Ultralight Dark Matter Could Explain Early Black Hole Formation - Blackholes are a fascinating class of object to study.
Spaceflight Weakens Our Weight-Bearing Bones the Most - As humans continue to make tentative progress out into the cosmos, the impact of space exploration on our fragile bodies is only beginning to be understood.
When the Dinos Died, Mammals Were Already Adopting Terrestrial Lifestyles - Learn more about the mammalian transition from arboreal to terrestrial life, which began millions of years before the arrival of the asteroid that devastated the dinosaurs.

April 1, 2025

An AI companion chatbot is inciting self-harm, sexual violence and terror attacks - In 2023, the World Health Organization declared loneliness and social isolation as a pressing health threat.
Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid - More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.
NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it' - NASA's new infrared telescope named "SPHEREx" has officially opened its eyes to the cosmos.
Space Volcanoes Tell the Explosive History of Mars, Venus, and Multiple Moons - Take a tour of the space volcanoes on other planets and moons across the Solar System, and find out how they differ from Earth's volcanoes.
Chicago-Sized Iceberg Breaks Away From Ice Sheet, Revealing Thriving Ecosystem - Learn more about the ecosystem that’s remained under the ice for centuries.
Ancient Egypt: History, dynasties, religion and writing - The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.
3-year-old picks up 'beautiful stone,' discovers 3,800-year-old scarab amulet in Israel - A 3-year-old girl in Israel found an ancient Canaanite amulet shaped like a scarab while she was out walking with her family.
Government scientists discover new state of matter that's 'half ice, half fire' - U.S. government scientists have developed a new phase of matter dubbed 'half ice, half fire,' which unites opposing electron spins in a unique magnet.
First tokamak component installed in a commercial fusion plant - A tokamak moves forward as two companies advance plans for stellarators.
Stone Scrapers Found in China Shift Ideas on Paleolithic Tool Development - Tools were once thought to have arisen out of Africa and Europe, then spread eastward.
Sanctuary on the Brink – A Stunning Start to “Katavi: Africa’s Fallen Paradise” - Katavi: Africa’s Fallen Paradise unveils Tanzania's ecosystem struggles, portraying beauty and brutality while emphasizing urgent climate issues affecting wildlife survival.
Discovering the First Intersex Southern Right Whale - What you think you know depends on how you look The post Discovering the First Intersex Southern Right Whale appeared first on Nautilus .
Intermittent Fasting Might Be an Easy Way to Boost Libido - Learn how this common dietary practice could improve sex drive.
New alien abduction film 'Watch the Skies' is giving us Swedish Spielberg vibes (video) - Check out this peek at new alien abduction thriller "Watch the Skies" coming to theaters May 9.
Easy way found to extend the life of Li-ion batteries - Rechargeable batteries are an essential part of modern life and play a major role in decarbonisation.
'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video) - NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they'd ride on Boeing's Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule had on its first crewed flight.
Rare 'double sunrise' captured in Canada by intrepid solar eclipse chasers (photos) - Cloud-dodging eclipse chasers in New Brunswick and Québec, Canada, captured the solar horns, reflections and all kinds of weird views as the sun rose partially eclipsed.
Illuminating single atoms for sustainable propylene production - More than 150 million metric tons of propylene are produced annually, making it one of the most widespread chemicals used in the chemical industry.
Watch eerie 'UFOs' and a solar 'cyclone' take shape in stunning new ESA video of the sun - An eerie new video from ESA's Solar Orbiter shows a towering 'cyclone' of plasma exhibiting behaviors never seen before on our sun.
Black holes can destroy planets — but they can also lead us to thriving alien worlds. Here's how. - Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch - Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 private astronaut crew got a two-for-one deal when they watched a rocket launch ahead of their own launch on March 31.
DARPA accidentally detects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry by listening to Earth's atmosphere - Researchers with the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully used Earth's atmosphere as a sensor to detect a distant disturbance.
Bears: Facts about the furry omnivores that live in many parts of the world - Discover interesting facts about the different types of bears and learn why not all bears hibernate.
Conductive polymers: First successful synthesis of polyaniline with golden luster - Researchers at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, have developed a method for synthesizing polyaniline—a conductive polymer exhibiting golden luster—marking the first successful attempt globally.
‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes - Sheldon Ekirch frequently experiences long wait times while trying to reach her health insurance company for assistance.
The US is squandering the one resource it needs to win the AI race with China — human intelligence - The release of DeepSeek was a reminder that the U.S. is not the assured frontrunner of AI development.
Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles - "I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit."
Floating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day - Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station.
Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun's greatest mysteries (video) - Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.
Lava bursts through Grindavík's defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula - Lava bursts through Grindavík's defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula
Massive particle accelerator to replace Large Hadron Collider is “feasible” says CERN - CERN has responded to suggestions in new reports that its proposed Future Circular Collider is not technologically feasible.
Watch chilling 1st views of Earth's poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video) - The first images of Earth's poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking.
NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet aces key 'cruise control' test ahead of 1st flight - NASA's "quiet" new supersonic jet, the X-59, just passed a key engine test, bringing it closer to its first flight later this year.
Giant, near-perfect cloud ring appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — Earth from space - A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
DAILY DOSE: HHS Restructuring Plans 10,000 Layoffs and Budget Cuts; Drugmakers Lobby Trump for Gradual Tariff Phase-In Plan - The U.S. HHS plans to cut 10,000 jobs due to restructuring and budget reductions, affecting key health agencies significantly.
'We didn't expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem': Hidden world of life discovered beneath Antarctic iceberg - The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries.
Mpox could become a serious global threat, scientists warn - Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too lightly, according to scientists.
Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets - The JWST was used in a creative way to capture direct images of distant worlds.
Who Was Cecilia Payne and How Did She Change Astronomy? - Learn more about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the woman who overcame adversity to discover the meaning of stars.
Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming? - After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again!
Ancient people in East Asia were more dynamic than previously thought - The discovery of a stone tool production technique never before seen in East Asia has revealed that ancient people in the region experienced more cultural change than previously believed.
Scientists discover major differences in how humans and AI 'think' — and the implications could be significant - Study finds that AI fundamentally lacks the human capability to make creative mental connections, raising warning signs for how we deploy AI tools.
Social Robots Can Improve Astronauts' Mental Health - Many health problems are faced by astronauts who spend significant amounts of time in space.
Experiment: Make the fastest rubber band paddleboat - With a rubber band and some cardboard, you can build your own paddleboat to speed across the surface of a pool.
Earth farts may explain some spooky floating lights - The gases released by earthquakes might occasionally ignite, triggering ghostly lights sometimes witnessed in South Carolina.
Black Hole Found Consuming its Own History - One of the common misconceptions about black holes is that they devour not only matter, but also the history of that matter.
Sustainable biomanufacturing: Key to India's green transition - In the battle against climate change, the role of chemistry and the chemical industry is often overlooked.
LOOKING GLASS: Exploring Titan's Icy Hydrocarbon Cycle - Though wildly different in so many ways, Earth and Saturn's moon Titan have something important in common.
Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope - An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus, including the effects of the sun's radiation on its seasonal shifts.
James Webb discovers earliest sign of the Universe becoming transparent - Astronomers discovered early galaxies emitting Lyman alpha light, suggesting reionization occurred earlier than previously thought, transforming the Universe.
“She loves me, she loves me not”: physical forces encouraged evolution of multicellular life, scientists propose - A study on Stentor highlights cooperative feeding dynamics, suggesting physical forces may have influenced the evolution of multicellular life.
Highly accurate blood test diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease, measures extent of dementia - A new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease accurately measures tau levels, aiding diagnosis and treatment based on disease progression and cognitive symptoms.
Gaia: the best space telescope you never heard of just shut down - On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft.
SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles - SpaceX launched the Fram2 astronaut mission today (March 31), the first-ever crewed spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.

March 31, 2025

Earth Bacteria Could Survive on the Moon for Decades - Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon?
Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video) - A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.
New plesiosaur discovery sheds light on early Jurassic evolution and plausible endemism - A newly discovered Plesiopterys wildi fossil in Germany enhances understanding of plesiosaur diversity and regional adaptation during the Early Jurassic.
Sampling the Plumes of Jupiter’s Volcano Moon, Io - What can a sample return mission from Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution?
A Costly Cure? Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs Threaten U.S. Drug Supply Chains - Trump's impending tariffs may threaten U.S. drug supply, particularly generics from Canada, risking shortages and higher consumer costs.
Quantum Computing Approach Generates First Ever Truly Random Number - The task, which even conventional supercomputers can’t perform, could improve online security and make some processes, such as choosing a jury, truly fair.
FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion - The FAA has closed its investigation into the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 mishap, accepting the company's findings and verifying its corrective actions.
Plesiosaur Sheds Light on Marine Reptile Evolution During the Jurassic Period - Meet Plesiopterys wildi, the marine reptile that may have been endemic to its region and may hold the key to understanding plesiosaur evolution.
James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032 - The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032.