Yugi the Puppy Was Hit by a Self-Driving Car — And Survived
A young puppy named Yugi became the center of a heated safety debate after an autonomous vehicle failed to detect him and struck him in a residential neighborhood.
Physics & Space
China's 'Artificial Sun' Breaks Fusion Density Barrier Scientists Thought Was Unbreakable
Chinese researchers pushed plasma in the EAST fusion reactor past the long-theorized density limit, removing a decades-old barrier to practical fusion energy.
Hubble Spots 'Cloud-9,' a Ghostly Dark Galaxy That Never Fully Formed
Hubble has spotted an unusual failed galaxy — an enormous cloud of gas and dark matter that began forming stars and then stopped, leaving behind a ghostly relic.
James Webb Confirms Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Fleeing at 2 Million MPH
A supermassive black hole confirmed fleeing its host galaxy at extraordinary speed may be the product of a gravitational wave recoil following a massive black hole merger.
'Platypus Galaxies' Defy Classification and Could Rewrite Cosmic Evolution Theory
The James Webb Space Telescope has found galaxies combining features that existing theory says should never coexist, earning them the nickname 'platypus galaxies.'
Archaeology & Earth Science
60,000-Year-Old Poison Arrows Are the Oldest Ever Found — and They're Chemically Sophisticated
Chemical traces of deadly gifbol plant toxin on ancient quartz arrowheads confirm that early humans were engineering multi-component weapons 60,000 years ago.
Tiny Moss Fragments Can Reveal Exactly Where a Person Has Been
Different moss species thrive in precise micro-environments, making the tiny fragments that cling to shoes and clothing a forensic fingerprint linking suspects to crime scenes.
Vera Rubin Observatory Discovers Record Asteroid in Its First 7 Nights of Operation
The newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory found a large near-Earth asteroid in its first week of observations, demonstrating its extraordinary sky-survey power.
A Massive Ice Dome Vanished from Greenland 7,000 Years Ago — at Temperatures We're Racing Toward
A major ice dome in southern Greenland disappeared 7,000 years ago during natural warming barely warmer than today, raising urgent questions about modern climate trajectories.
Medicine & Health
Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Neanderthals May Have Been Found in a Casablanca Cave
Fossil skull fragments discovered in Morocco may represent the ancient population from which both modern humans and Neanderthals descended.
Cancer Patients Who Got an mRNA Vaccine During Immunotherapy Survived Significantly Longer
A major study of 45,000 cancer patients found that those who received an mRNA COVID vaccine around the time of their immunotherapy treatment lived significantly longer.
Iceberg Earthquakes Are Rattling Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier at Record Rates
Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is generating hundreds of iceberg earthquakes per year as its calving front breaks apart, signaling accelerating collapse.
Transplanting Healthy Mitochondria Into Nerves Could Eliminate Chronic Pain
Injecting healthy mitochondria directly into damaged pain-sensing nerve cells dramatically reduced chronic pain in animal models, hinting at a revolutionary drug-free treatment.
Latest — February 2026
New Calcium-Ion Battery Could Make Lithium Obsolete for Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Scientists at HKUST unveiled a breakthrough calcium-ion battery design delivering high performance without lithium, potentially transforming clean energy storage.
Low-Fat Vegan Diet Cut Insulin Use by 30 Percent in Type 1 Diabetes Without Restricting Calories
A new analysis found that a low-fat vegan diet — no calorie or carb counting — may help type 1 diabetics cut daily insulin use by nearly a third.
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Spraying Water Across Our Solar System for the First Time in History
NASA's Swift Observatory confirmed that the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is actively releasing water as it travels through our solar system — a first in the history of astronomy.
A Newly Discovered Protein Can Reverse Brain Cell Aging and Restore Memory in Mice
Researchers identified a protein called DMTF1 that can restore neurogenesis in aging brains and improve memory performance, opening new paths to treating dementia.
Tumors Hijack Immune Cells and Turn Them Into Allies — Scientists Finally Know How
Scientists at the University of Geneva discovered the molecular pathway by which tumors reprogram neutrophils from cancer killers into tumor promoters.