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Dinosaur Blood Chemistry Found in 115-Million-Year-Old Fossil, Researchers Report

Curtin University researchers report chemical traces of hemoglobin inside fossilized red blood cells from a Brazilian dinosaur. Here is what they found and what remains unproven.

Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” Could Raise Sea Levels Twice as Much as Predicted, New Model Finds

A new model of Thwaites Glacier projects up to 30 mm of sea-level rise by 2100, about double earlier estimates. Here is what changed and what the study can’t yet prove.

Spiders Sleep in Two Stages, and One Looks Like REM, a Study Finds

University of Bonn researchers filmed jumping spiders overnight and found two distinct sleep stages, one with REM-like twitching. Whether spiders dream is still unknown.

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Earth’s Core May Be Leaking Hydrogen Into the Mantle, a New Study Suggests

Computer simulations from a Chinese team suggest hydrogen has been seeping from Earth’s core into the mantle for billions of years. It is a modeling result, with open questions.

Alaska’s Record-Size Tsunami Left Warning Signs. Scientists Say a Monitoring System Could Have Helped

A landslide in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord sent a wave 1,580 feet up the walls in 2025. Researchers say thousands of small tremors and a retreating glacier were clues a monitoring system could use.

Soil Bacteria Make a “Pac-Man” Enzyme That Eats Bioplastics, and It Can Also Break Down Penicillin

German researchers found a soil-bacteria enzyme with a wide-open active site that breaks down biodegradable plastics and, in lab tests, penicillin. Ordinary polyethylene went almost untouched.

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50 Years Ago: Noel Edmonds’ Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Changed Saturday Morning TV

On October 2, 1976, the BBC launched a live, phone-in Saturday show where kids swapped their toys. It set the template for children’s TV for decades.

A Large Australian Stick Insect Hid in Plain Sight for Decades

Scientists thought there were two species. DNA showed there were five – including one that lays eggs with tiny lids.

Meet the Tilcayo: The First New Wild Cat Species Named in Over a Century

DNA analysis has revealed a tiny, previously unrecognized wild cat in Bolivia’s cloud forests. Scientists named it Leopardus tilcayo.

Galápagos Corals Suggest El Niño Is Stronger Now Than at Any Time in 1,000 Years

Coral skeletons from the Galápagos Islands point to El Niño events becoming markedly stronger in recent decades. Not every scientist agrees on what the signal means.

Astronomers Find the Fastest Star Yet Circling Our Galaxy’s Black Hole

A faint star called S301 whips around Sagittarius A* every 8.7 years at about 8% of the speed of light. Astronomers hope it will finally reveal how fast the black hole spins.