Should we pause AI development if an 8.8-megaquake makes the Klyuchevskoy volcano eruption worse? (Image credit: Rory McNicol for Live Science/Alexander Pyragis) Jump to: In science news this week: A mega-earthquake measuring 8.8 has struck off the coast of Russia.…
Video: Mom tricks her kids by offering them healthy homemade food disguised as takeaway A Canadian mum has gone viral after she started serving her children nutritious home-cooked meals, passing them off as takeaway food. NEWYou can now listen to…
Researchers are using two brain scanning techniques to find out what happens when the mind goes completely blank. (Image: Grafissimo/Getty Images) You look up from your phone and suddenly realize you weren’t thinking about anything. It’s not a memory loss…
A pest control expert was shocked when he came across a 22-inch sewer rat taking up residence in a rural home in Yorkshire. This rodent may set a new record for size and is comparable to the common American badger,…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the distant Universe to date. This image of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, dubbed the First Webb Deep Field, is remarkably detailed. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA,…
An astronomical image marred by the trails of SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation satellites. (Photo: Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory) There’s no doubt that SpaceX’s Starlink internet service has connected the world like never before, but at what cost? Astronomers have long expressed concerns…
Video: Colorado’s Breckenridge Ski Resort staff collect 780 pounds of trash during mountain cleanup. Workers at Breckenridge Ski Resort removed 780 pounds of trash during an annual cleanup, uncovering interesting items including a message in a bottle and outdated electronics.…
Video: Hidden Roman villa complex unexpectedly appears in picturesque English countryside after lucky find by amateur The discovery of Roman cavalry swords by an amateur metal detectorist has allowed archaeologists to uncover a 2,000-year-old settlement in Gloucestershire, including a villa…
A new study shows that most of the inner rocky planets in the solar system once orbited the sun in perfect alignment. (Image credit: SCIEPRO/Getty Images) The solar system’s four terrestrial planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, likely formed…
NASA has released a collection of nine new images created by the Chandra X-ray Observatory using the Hubble and JWST telescopes. This new series of images from NASA’s Chandra Space Telescope, which was launched in 1999, shows what different objects…