Archaeology Skeletal remains of Queen Elisenda, one of the most powerful rulers in medieval Europe, unearthed in Barcelona — along with several others who bore unexplained stab wounds In honor of the ...

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This rare example of an Aztec ritual mask was carved from wood over five centuries ago to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the god ...

The band, called a Kelvin wave, marks a swell of higher-than-average sea levels that stretches hundreds of miles along the equator. The anomaly is caused by warmer waters linked to El Niño — the warm ...

Planet Earth Geology 'Unequivocal evidence' of the age of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact ...

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Humans have been searching the stars for alien radio signals for decades — and so far, E.T. has not phoned home. But that doesn’t mean intelligent life isn’t out there, a new study hints. Rather, ...

Health 'You kill the bacteria and heal the wound at the same time': Emerging nanotech could be the future of wound healing Slow-healing lesions — common in diabetics and burn victims — can lead to ...

Planet Earth Atacama Desert’s center dried out 20 million years earlier than previously thought — before the Andes formed Chile's Atacama Desert, which gets less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) of ...

Animals Wildlife inside Chernobyl exclusion zone acted differently during Russia's invasion, camera traps reveal Camera footage in Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone revealed that mammals became less ...

Space Astronomy James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation buried in the Sword of Orion — Space photo of the week A new James Webb telescope snap shows off the glowing gas, sculpted jets ...

Science news this week: Goblin shark filmed for first time, California close to a major quake, physicists split photon, and inside China's plans to 'tame nature' June 20, 2026: Our weekly roundup of ...