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Scientists Discover CRISPR's Ancient Ancestor Hidden Inside Viruses for Billions of Years
Scientists have discovered an ancient ancestor of the CRISPR gene-editing system, shedding new light on how the technology evolved in nature. CRISPR h…
By Jordan Hayes · Sep 20, 2026
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A Routine Data Check Led to the Solar System's Largest Newly Formed Crater
A massive asteroid impact has created one of the largest new craters ever observed on the moon's surface, NASA scientists have confirmed. The rare dis…
By Jordan Hayes · Sep 20, 2026
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope Opens Its Eyes to the Universe for the First Time
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has detected starlight for the first time, marking a major milestone for the $4 billion observatory. Roman jo…
By Casey Morgan · Sep 19, 2026
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AI Scientists Outnumber Humans in Stanford's Virtual Drug Company
A team of researchers built a "virtual biotech" powered by artificial intelligence to discover a promising new lung-cancer drug. The system used up to…
By Drew Mitchell · Sep 19, 2026
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Canada's Last Arctic Epishelf Lake Is Gone Forever and It's Not Coming Back
Canada's last intact ice shelf has broken apart, causing a unique freshwater lake that sat on top of it to completely drain away within just a few mon…
By Cameron Brooks · Sep 18, 2026
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Ancient Teeth Reveal T. Rex Ran as Warm as a Human Being
Scientists have confirmed that Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded, settling a debate that has lasted nearly 60 years. The conclusion came through anal…
By Jamie Sullivan · Sep 18, 2026
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Dinosaur Poop Holds a 66-Million-Year-Old Secret About Bird Survival
Scientists have discovered a bird feather inside fossilized dinosaur dung, making it the best-preserved feather ever found from the dinosaur era. The …
By Casey Morgan · Sep 17, 2026
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A 240-Million-Year-Old Tusked Beast Sat in a Museum for 60 Years and Just Rewrote Dinosaur History
Researchers led by the University of Bristol have identified a new prehistoric species called Dinodontosaurus isiyavam, discovered in Tanzania and dat…
By Jamie Sullivan · Sep 17, 2026
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Scientists Discover Unknown Minerals That Could Lock Water Deep Inside Earth
Scientists believe Earth may be hiding a massive reservoir of water deep beneath its surface, as far down as 1,800 miles underground. This hidden wate…
By Devin Marsh · Sep 16, 2026
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Europe Launches Two Satellites That Will Track Plant Health and Ocean Conditions
Two European Earth-observing satellites successfully reached orbit after launching aboard a Vega C rocket on September 14. The FLEX and Copernicus-3C …
By Cameron Brooks · Sep 16, 2026
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South Dakota's Famous Mammoth Graveyard Is Way Older Than Scientists Thought
The famous Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota is far older than previously thought, according to new research. Scientists used luminescence dat…
By Morgan Ellis · Sep 15, 2026
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A High School Teacher's Knee Surgery Walk Led to History's First T. Rex Trackway
Archaeologists in the United States have discovered what are believed to be the first known footprints of a running Tyrannosaurus rex, a find describe…
By Riley Carter · Sep 15, 2026
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Scientists Used Earth's Own Magnetic Field to Hunt Dark Matter and Found Dozens of Strange Signals
Physicists used the entire Earth as a massive dark matter detector in a groundbreaking global search for the mysterious substance that makes up most o…
By Avery Bennett · Sep 14, 2026
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Australia's Iron-Rich Outback May Be Sitting on a Clean Energy Jackpot
Scientists have discovered a significant natural hydrogen deposit beneath the Australian outback, raising hopes for a cleaner energy future. Natural o…
By Quinn Foster · Sep 14, 2026
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Lab-Made Planetary Ice Reveals Secrets Hidden Inside Uranus and Neptune
Scientists have discovered a new form of ice that may exist deep inside planets like Neptune and Uranus. Since retrieving samples from these distant p…
By Jamie Sullivan · Sep 13, 2026
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Rocket Lab Challenges NASA's $700 Million Mars Orbiter Award to Blue Origin
Rocket Lab is challenging NASA's decision to award Blue Origin a $700 million contract to build a Mars orbiter, arguing the selection process violated…
By Rowan Fletcher · Sep 13, 2026
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A High School Teacher Found the First Adult T. Rex Footprints Ever Recorded
Paleontologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the badlands of western North Dakota, uncovering the first known set of tracks left by a fully…
By Taylor Reed · Sep 12, 2026
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Teen's Origami Experiments Could Transform How We Build Disaster Shelters
A 14-year-old from New York won the top middle-school science prize after systematically testing 54 origami fold variations to find the strongest desi…
By Drew Mitchell · Sep 12, 2026
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Ancient Hidden Landmass Confirms Gondwana Was a True Supercontinent That Sparked Life
New research confirms that Gondwana was indeed a true supercontinent, settling a long-standing scientific debate. Researchers made the determination a…
By Jordan Hayes · Sep 11, 2026
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New MRI Agent Spots Lung Cancer Tumors as Small as One Millimeter
Researchers at Georgia State University have developed a new protein-based MRI contrast agent that can detect lung cancer and hidden metastases earlie…
By Emerson Gray · Sep 11, 2026
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Webb Telescope Unveils Stunning New Detail Inside the Lion Nebula
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning and highly detailed image of the Lion Nebula, offering a closer look at the dying star withi…
By Cameron Brooks · Sep 10, 2026
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Giant Dinosaur Eggs Found at the Bottom of the World Rewrite Nesting History
Scientists have discovered a collection of fossilized eggs belonging to the largest dinosaurs ever known, found in a location far outside what researc…
By Casey Morgan · Sep 10, 2026
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Ancient Cave Markings in Ireland Could Rewrite the Island's Entire Human History
Cave art discovered across eight caves in Ireland suggests humans may have inhabited the region thousands of years earlier than previously believed. T…
By Rowan Fletcher · Sep 9, 2026
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Washing-Machine-Sized Asteroid Burns Up Over Australia in a Historic Planetary Defense First
A small asteroid struck Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean near Australia on Sunday, September 6, 2026. Remarkably, experts detected the object …
By Quinn Foster · Sep 9, 2026