Ayurvedic infertility medicine sends woman to hospital with lead poisoning
The woman had more than 25 times the normal amount of lead in her blood after taking Ayurvedic pills for a year.
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Room-temperature superconductors: The facts behind the 'holy grail' of physics
Claims of a room-temperature superconductor went viral last week. Here's everything we know.
Missing 'body' of ice age animal carving finally found — but nobody knows what the animal is
The long-lost 'body' of mysterious ice age animal carving was discovered in German cave, but archaeologists aren't sure if it's a cave lion or cave bear.
Mysterious waves of magnetism may explain why the sun's atmosphere is hotter than physicists thought possible
The sun's corona is 200 times hotter than its surface, defying models of stellar bodies. Now, this 80-year-old puzzle may finally have a solution.
Why do we always have room for dessert?
Adding variety to your diet may cause you to eat more than you need to, studies show.
What is the deepest-diving mammal?
One marine mammal has been documented diving as deep as 9,816 feet — equivalent to the depth of over 30 Statues of Liberty stacked on top of one another.
Could a black hole devour the universe?
Black holes can swallow stars, planets and even merge with other black holes, but could a massive one swallow the entire universe?
'The most magical equation in physics': How Paul Dirac accidentally revealed the strange world of antimatter
In this extract from the book 'The One Thing You Need to Know', author Marcus Chown explains how the Dirac Equation came to be.
15 unexpected effects of climate change
From shrinking goats to a dimmer Earth, here are some of the lesser-known impacts of rising global temperatures.
Do we really use only 10% of our brains?
How much of the brain does each person use throughout their day?
Barreleye fish: The deep-sea weirdo with rotating eyes and a see-through head
Thanks to a yellow pigment that filters out sunlight, barreleyes can't be fooled by a common deep-sea camouflage tactic.
Did scientists really create a room temperature superconductor? Not so fast, experts say.
The research, which has not been peer-reviewed, has sparked viral attempts at imitation around the world.
Highest-energy sunlight ever recorded is far beyond what scientists thought possible
Light from the sun can reach energies of nearly 10 trillion electron volts.
'Powerful' new RSV prevention drug should be available to all infants this fall, CDC says
Come fall, a new antibody drug should be available to protect U.S. newborns and infants younger than 8 months from severe RSV infections.
Ancient Roman boat from empire's frontier unearthed in Serbian coal mine
Coal miners found the remains of a Roman boat that likely supplied an ancient frontier city and military headquarters.
Typhus from fleas is on the rise in LA County, CDC warns
Flea-spread typhus grew more common in L.A. County between 2010 and 2022, a new report suggests.
Massive solar explosion felt on Earth, the moon and Mars simultaneously for the 1st time ever
Instruments in different parts of the solar system all captured radiation from the same coronal mass ejection for the first time ever.
What is the biggest spider in the world?
From spiders the size of dinner plates, to others with inch-long fangs, these mythically-large arachnids roam the earth.
How long could a person survive in space without a spacesuit?
How long could you survive if thrust into the harsh vacuum of space without protection? The short answer is, not very long.
