Researchers identified ancient gut bacteria and cold-adapted yeasts on Ötzi the Iceman’s 5,300-year-old mummified remains, with some microorganisms potentially useful for industrial applications.

Swiss researchers calculated how asteroid mining could supply metals to Mars, finding that specific asteroids could be reached with existing spacecraft technology and propellant produced from asteroid resources.

Scientists discovered that molten iron beneath the Pacific Ocean reversed direction in 2010, shifting from westward to eastward flow. The cause remains unexplained, though satellite data now provides detailed observations of this dramatic change.

Fossil hunting along Dorset’s Jurassic Coast has evolved into a lucrative business, with collectors selling valuable specimens to wealthy institutions worldwide, including a recent eight-figure sale to Abu Dhabi.

Ireland will experience a deep partial solar eclipse next week, with over 90% of the sun obscured—the largest eclipse visible from the island until September 2090.

Researchers have demonstrated a method to create extremely thin insulating layers in atomically thin transistors by engineering the atomic interface between materials, potentially advancing semiconductor technology beyond silicon.

Unprecedented solar telescope images reveal swirling vortices on the sun’s surface, potentially explaining why its outer atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than its surface.

Scientists discovered a rich fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories containing 567-million-year-old specimens that push back the timeline of early animal movement and sexual reproduction by 5-10 million years.

A mathematician at Anthropic used Claude Fable 5 AI to discover a counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture, an 87-year-old problem in algebraic geometry that had resisted proof attempts for decades.