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Blind People Offered Hope of Seeing Again After Stem Cell Breakthrough Remakes Retinal Blood Vessels
The 8-Year-Old Behind Artemis II’s Moon Mascot
Likely Kicked by a Kangaroo, This Dingo Healed a Millennium Ago Thanks to Help From an Aboriginal Community That Continued to Honor It for 500 Years

Rare 1776 Declaration of Independence Discovered by National Archives in UK–One of Only 11 Known to Survive

Voice Changes Measured by Phone Can Predict Asthma Flare-Ups 3 Days in Advance

Are fire-loving fungi mother nature’s first responders after wildfires?

Simply Add Water to Diesel Fuel to Cut Engine Pollution by 67%–with No Loss in Efficiency

Yet More Scrolls Burned by Vesuvius Are Decoded by AI–Revealing Insights by Unknown Stoic Philosopher

New Solar Tech Makes Desalinating Seawater Cheaper Than Producing Bottled Water

Dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms show — with 98% accuracy

New UK Charity Launches Free Mental Health Platform for Neurodivergent People

More movement, more energy burned: new study challenges metabolism myth
A Foster Kid Came for Surgery. He Left With a Family

NASA’s Webb Studies How Planet Survived Death of its Star

NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way

Scientists Have Found Climate-Resistant Coral Reefs Around the World Totaling the Size of Wisconsin

Largest and Most Detailed Picture Taken of Milky Way’s Center–With Millions of Stars and Thousands of Worlds

Going Low and Slow in Testing

NASA’s TESS Mission Reveals the “Puffiest” Planets Ever Found

How blocking one protein regenerates knee cartilage in aging mice and human tissue
Sharks in the Bahamas Test Positive for Drugs, Including Cocaine and Painkillers, in a New Study

NASA Tech and Science Bound for Low Earth Orbit on Commercial Launch

Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways Project Celebrates Student Innovation Through ROADS from Earth to Venus National Challenge

Billion-Dollar Program Connects 50 Million People to the Power Grid Across Africa

Two ‘Super-Puff’ Planets Lighter Than Cotton Candy Discovered by Researchers
An Asian Elephant Was Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for the First Time in Almost 25 Years. Now, You Can Help Pick Her Name

Ontario teen says he’ll live in ‘modular home’ invention for a year to prove it can end homelessness

High Tech Jacket Prototype Pulls Drinking Water From Thin Air – Up to 1.5 Pints Per Day

Intrigue From 17th C. Shipwreck Carrying Moroccan Gold Coins is Solved After 30 Years
After a Heart Attack, the Brain's Response Might Make Recovery Harder. Cutting Some Communication Between the Organs Could Help

Two Garden Ornaments Thought to be ‘Worthless Concrete’ Turn Out to be Italian Marble Busts Worth Thousands
NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet

NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole

New study: Americans care more about future generations than we think

Unique Double Cochlear Implant Surgery Lets Twins Hear Mom’s Voice For the First Time–Together
Podcast Transcript June 26th, 2026— Gig worker rights, cervical cancer wins, and a hopeful take on human cooperation

Italy’s Forest Cover is Larger Than Agriculture Land for the First Time Since the Middle Ages
NASA Releases Powerful LAVA Software to US Aerospace Industry

A new website calculates how many marine animals are saved every time you pick up trash
Scientists Make a Major Breakthrough in Solving a Hair-Raising Mystery About Static Electricity

Mars Perseverance Rover Completes a Marathon on Mars to Cap Off Extraordinary 5 Years

7.4 Mil. Plant and Fungi Samples Have Been Digitized to ‘Democratize Knowledge’ and Save Species

Scientists find 64,000 sq miles of climate-resilient coral reef

Study Finds Many Older Adults Will Improve Over Time–Depending on Their Mindset

HPV vaccine brings cervical cancer deaths to near zero
This is How NASA Flight Tests New Technology

Humans May Have Always Been Able to Regenerate Body Parts–Scar Tissue Just Gets in the Way

A ‘Stonehenge Prototype’ Aligned with the Solstices Is a Once in a Lifetime Find for These Archaeologists
Male Bowerbirds in Australian Cities Are Turning Human Trash Into Treasure to Impress Potential Mates
Scientists May Have Discovered the Origins of the Euphrates River, Which Helped Nurture Some of the Earliest Known Civilizations
Is Your Dog Right-Pawed or Left-Pawed? Here's How to Figure It Out, According to a New Study
People Across Cultures Find Women's Faces to Be More Attractive Than Men's, a New Study Suggests

UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil – Maybe Your Garden Will Power Your Home Some Day

How the act of learning to read rewires the brain and changes the way you hear

Thawing Permafrost Not Only Emits CO2, It Absorbs it Too, Shows Landmark Study

NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Research Continues on Earth

NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Research Continues on Earth

World’s Largest ‘Whale Graveyard’ Teems with Deep-Sea Life Including Species Unknown to Science
Tyrannosaurus Rex and Other Terrifying Predatory Dinosaurs Had Itty-Bitty Arms. Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why
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