On this day in ’73, workers removed the remains of an extraordinary tree: The Lonely Tree of Ténéré

Video: 400MPH Pool Break with a Cannon at 80,000FPS [16:22]

This is Probably the Last Picture we’ll see From InSight on Mars

James Webb Space Telescope’s supercold camera bounces back from glitch

In India’s Kongthong Village, Every Person’s Name Is a Song

Men Survive 9 Days in a Collapsed Mine on Instant Coffee

German girl, 8, freed after allegedly being locked away for most of life

Views of the Total Lunar Eclipse

Remnants of oldest known solar system discovered 90 light-years from Earth

An Army Ranger Training Tragedy and a Badge of Courage

On this day in 1939 a German handyman (and possible time traveller) almost succeeded

One of Nature’s Most Impressive Jumpers: The Springtail

Solar storm smashes hole in Earth’s magnetosphere, triggering extremely rare pink auroras

How Psychedelics Can Transform End-of-Life Care

Rare fossil clam discovered alive

“Telescoping can” wave energy device beats test predictions by 20%

Scientists Say Stuff Might Have Been Happening Before the Big Bang

Archaeologists find a trove of ancient human sacrifices fed psychedelic plants before death

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The Enduring Mystery of the Dragonfly 44 Galaxy

‘The Story of My Imposters’

Woman diagnosed with 12 tumors in her lifetime has a never-before-seen genetic mutation

Chinese scientists turn a simple wire into laser-like light

A technologically advanced society is choosing to destroy itself. It’s both fascinating and horrifying to watch

The true story behind the US’ first federal monuments

Bass instinct: low notes really do get people dancing, research finds

The Moon Had Volcanoes Much More Recently Than We Thought, Says New Study

Remnants of planets found around 10 billion year old stars

The Threat of Nuclear War Never Went Away

The Wood Wide Web: Scientists Debate Whether Trees Really Talk

The Fibonacci Numbers Hiding in Strange Spaces

Scientists are working on an official ‘alien contact protocol’ for when ET phones Earth

Bizarre star may have a solid surface, according to X-ray observations

Ghost Particles Crashing Into Antarctica Could Change Astronomy Forever

This Weirdly Smart, Creeping Slime Is Redefining How We Understand Intelligence

A Host of Bizarre Creatures Has Been Found At The Bottom of The Ocean

10-Million-Years in the Making – Researchers Discover First-Ever Documented Hybrid of Its Kind

Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial

The Blue That Enchanted the World

NASA Finds More Than 50 Super-Emitters of Methane

On Elon Musk’s Vision of Twitter as a Hive Mind

Star Trek for potatoes: can a hi-tech farm save french fries from the climate crisis?

Memories Lucid and Fleeting: What Our Brains Do and Don’t Tell Us

Uncanny visions in the 2022 Urban Photo Awards

Earth-Like Exoplanets May Be More Common Than Previously Thought

Video: Grant Sanderson (from 3Blue1Brown) discusses the briefly brilliant discovery of Paterson Primes [10:34]

100 years after Tutankhamun discovery new finds reveal more of ancient Egypt’s secrets

How winning $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot could still lead to bankruptcy

How Howard Carter Discovered King Tut’s Golden Tomb

Video: How a 5-Month Trip on Starship Would Physically Change You Forever [13:39]

Astrophysicists Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth

Twitter may have lost more than a million users since Elon Musk took over

Descend Into the Sewers With London’s Fatberg-Busters

‘How I turned $15,000 into $1.2m during the pandemic – then lost it all’

“Remarkable” results for new maternal RSV vaccine in Phase 3 trial

This week: 🐖Martian pig vomit, 🧄Rasputin’s antidote, 🐝bumblebee playtime, and more!

Scientists unveil further proof of salty water on Mars

Chinese Rocket Plummets to Earth, and One Country Halts Its Air Traffic

How a sand battery could transform clean energy

How Brains Send a Signal That It’s Time to Vomit