Dangerous strains of ‘hypervirulent’ superbug detected in US and 15 other countries
A drug-resistant bacterium that causes severe infections has been spreading globally, and it’s now in at least 16 countries, the WHO warns.
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Pot overflowing with gold coins discovered in ancient Greek city in Turkey
The coins were found beneath a home and were likely hidden by mercenaries.
Meet ‘small diver’: One of the tiniest penguins ever discovered
A tiny extinct penguin from New Zealand is key to understanding penguin wing evolution, researchers say.
James Webb telescope confirms the earliest galaxy in the universe is bursting with way more stars than we thought possible
The light from the most distant galaxy in the known universe suggests that there’s something off about our current cosmological models, a new James Webb Space Telescope study finds. The explanations remain elusive.
Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth is sinking into the ground
Tanzania’s outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking at a rate of 1.4 inches per year for the past decade.
Giant wildfires can create their own weather. Here’s how.
Wildfires can generate tornado-like fire whirls and other “unpredictable and erratic” weather. An atmospheric scientist explains how.
Alzheimer’s blood tests are getting better, but still have a ways to go
Blood biomarker tests could help doctors know if a person’s cognitive symptoms are due to Alzheimer’s or something else.
Once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion from T Coronae Borealis will create a ‘new star’ in the sky
The T Coronae Borealis nova will soon burst into life above our heads for the first time in 78 years.
Tycho Brahe dabbled in alchemy. Broken glassware is revealing his recipes
The shards contain nine metals that the famous astronomer may have used, including one not formally identified until 180 years after his death.
Minerals evolve under pressure in the same way life does, researchers find
Researchers say they’ve discovered evidence for the recently proposed ‘law of increasing functional information’ by proving that minerals evolve as life does.
