James Webb Telescope detects earliest known black hole — it’s really big for its age

Was the Big Bang a white hole?

Massive tectonic collision causing Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet apart

Radio signal detected in an ancient star cluster

“Dirt-powered fuel cell” draws near-limitless energy from soil

Murder, drought and peyote: the deadly struggle for Mexico’s water

Actor paid to pose as crypto CEO “deeply sorry” about $1.3 billion scam

A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant

The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same

The Life and Times of William J. Flynn, the “Bulldog Detective”

4,000-year-old wall found around oasis in Saudi Arabia likely defended ‘against raids from nomads’

Do Astronauts Need Sunscreen in Space?

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After a trust fall left him paralyzed, climber scales 3,000-foot El Capitan using only his arms

‘World’s oldest dog’ has title suspended as claim is investigated

The Economists Who Found the Richest People of All Time

Ancient reptile’s fossilised skin is the oldest ever discovered

The ‘quiet’ jet from NASA that could usher in a new era of supersonic air travel

Yellowstone Coyote Named ‘Limpy’ Tries To Sucker Tourists For Snacks

‘Like a horror movie’: the deadly earthquake that changed California

A Black Hole Breakthrough Might Actually Solve the Information Paradox

How a forgotten physicist’s discovery broke the symmetry of the Universe

Archaeologists Just Found An Ancient Roman Bullet With Julius Caesar’s Name On It

Visualising the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

We’ve been ‘close’ to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?

The Gallium Anomaly: Uncovering a New Particle in Physics

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New Kind of Magnetism Spotted in an Engineered Material

Dubbed a “miracle” of engineering, the so-called Sky Train climbs to an elevation of 5,702m at the “roof of the world”

Invisible Ink: At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group

Huge ancient lost city found in the Amazon

Humans can ‘smell’ each other’s emotions — but we don’t know how

NASA’s Fermi Detects Surprise Gamma-Ray Feature Beyond Our Galaxy

A Self-Eating Engine Could Make Rockets More Efficient

Our fingerprints may not be unique, claims AI

This Distant Planet Has a 350,000-Mile-Long Comet-Like Tail

Astronomers believe they have witnessed the birth of a black hole

How giant impacts shaped the formation of the solar system’s planets

“Cannot Be Explained” – Scientists Unveil Revolutionary SS-H2 Steel

NASA Finally Prises Lid Off The Largest Haul of Asteroid Dust Ever Obtained

Why Are American Drivers So Deadly?

The real culprit in a 19th century dinosaur whodunit is finally revealed

Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings

Novel nasal COVID-19 vaccine offers longer, better immunity than jabs

Winners of the 2023 Close-Up Photographer of the Year

Did Webb Detect an Atmosphere on Hot Super-Earth 55 Cancri e?

Gigantopithecus blacki: How the gigantopithecus, the largest ape that ever walked on Earth, became extinct

The anatomy of a brain dissection

Before Taylor and Travis, There Was Helen and John

Startling Signs of Gravity’s Laws Breaking Down Detected in Twin Stars

Hubble Shows That a Fast Radio Burst Came From a Giant Group of Galaxies

Maui Fires: Trying to Escape a Natural Disaster

The Last Days of the Barcode

How John Waters Exploded Velma Von Tussle’s ‘Hairspray’ Wig

What Is Human Energy?

Disruptive “everything-by-wire” vehicle gets world-first certification

Daily Telescope: A monster protostar in a distant nebula

The Magic of the Blackboard: Why scientists can’t quit chalk, even in the digital age

Mystery solved! 1st close-up images of giant star explain its bizarre dimming

Getting Pickled With Joseph Stalin