‘He was so excited’: painter discovers 122-year-old message in a bottle inside lighthouse walls

Could We Launch a Mission to Chase Down Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS?

This week: Road tripping sewage, hail hunters, octopodes membrum, and more!

AC or DC: Which Is Better?

New telescope captures interstellar comet speeding through space in video

Scientists Use Wearable Ultrasound to Unlock Real-Life Brain Secrets

At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery

JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what’s in store for our sun

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death

On this day in 1973 Uri Geller appeared on the Tonight Show, and utterly failed to impress Johnny Carson

Video: The Mushroom That Caused a Terrifying ALS Outbreak [6:58]

2,500-year-old Siberian ‘ice mummy’ had intricate tattoos, imaging reveals

What Were the Chances of Abiogenesis?

Scientists are Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life

Air leak persists on Russian ISS segment

A New Statue Suddenly Appeared on Easter Island. That Doesn’t Make Sense.

What Can a Cell Remember?

‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find

Mars Glaciers Have More Water Content than Previously Thought

Saturn’s largest moon Titan casts a colossal shadow

Peacock feathers can emit laser beams

Video: How an EpiPen works [12:40]

Canada Created a Cold War Isolation Laboratory. It Ended in Scandal

JWST spies the aftermath of a famous supernova

Video: New DNA Study Comparing Ötzi the Iceman To His Neighbors Reveals New Twist! [8:04]

What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves

What screen time does to children’s brains is more complicated than it seems

When space rocks get too close for comfort

Hear the Pieces Mozart Composed When He Was Only 5 Years Old

You Have Never Felt Climate Change Like This

Nearby super-Earth K2-18 b may be a water-rich ocean planet: ‘This has certainly increased the chances of habitability’

‘We want Starlink’: from isolation to integration – what happened to the Korubo people after contact?

On this day in 1761 a French ship crashed on a lost and hostile island. The survivors were remarkably resourceful.

‘Communities’ of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean

WMO certifies megaflash lightning record in USA

Wasps have a trick to extend their life by a third – and we could harness it

Early universe’s ‘little red dots’ may be black hole stars

The Unnerving Future of A.I.-Fueled Video Games