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.

A SpaceX rocket stage collided with the moon at high speed, creating a visible plume of dust captured by a Chilean telescope showing sodium and lithium gas signatures.

Scientists used CT scans of rare dodo skulls to reconstruct the extinct bird’s brain cavity, revealing it likely had enhanced smell and touch sensitivity and may have been active during dawn and dusk hours.

Researchers find dinosaurs never evolved to extremely small sizes despite reaching enormous proportions, suggesting ecological competition with early mammals may have prevented miniaturization.

Chemists have developed a catalyst that releases electrons directly into solution, overcoming a decades-old limitation in controlling chemical reactions and enabling previously inaccessible molecular coupling pathways.

Scientists discovered bacteria can transform dissolved uranium into a stable chemical compound when glycerol is available, potentially enabling bacterial-based environmental cleanup methods.