These Women Had Their Breasts Removed To Thwart Cancer. Then Came the Pain.
Three weeks after Sophia Bassan’s mastectomy, she felt a stabbing pain beneath her right armpit. In the following months, painful shocks radiated through her chest...
Month : April 2026
‘This generation’s moment’: How the Artemis missions will reframe humanity’s relationship with the moon
For most of human history, the moon has been more than a distant object in our night sky. It has served as a clock, a...
Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.
A warming climate could expose a Pennsylvania-sized chunk of ice-free land in Antarctica by 2300, which could drastically reshape Antarctic geopolitics as well as the...
Shroud of Turin, claimed to be Jesus’ burial cloth, contaminated with carrot and red coral DNA
The Shroud of Turin, which some people claim is Jesus’ burial cloth, contains the DNA of multiple people, along with a huge array of other...
What happened to the Minoan civilization?
Between roughly 2000 and 1500 B.C., the Minoan civilization flourished on Crete and nearby islands, building palaces decorated with frescoes, engaging in athletic activities such...
Cheap, decades-old transplant drug delays full onset of type 1 diabetes
An inexpensive drug that’s been used for decades in transplant surgeries can delay the progression of type 1 diabetes in those newly diagnosed, new research...
Fossil site in China reveals bevy of complex creatures lived prior to the Cambrian explosion, including a ‘Dune’-like sandworm
A newly discovered trove of fossils in southwestern China is shifting the timeline of when complex animals evolved. The diversity and complexity of animal life...
Octopus quiz: Are you a sucker for cephalopod science?
Octopuses are a useful reminder that complex life can be organized in very different ways. With no backbone, their anatomy departs sharply from the body...
Science news this week: Artemis II lifts off, diabetes cured in mice, and smog in China shapes Arctic storms
The long-awaited launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission dominated science news this week, with the excitement peaking Wednesday (April 1) as the space agency’s first...
I’ve witnessed nearly 100 rocket launches. Artemis II was like nothing I’ve ever experienced.
Freelance space writer Roger Guillemette has witnessed close to 100 rocket launches since 1975. On Wednesday (April 1), he was on the ground at NASA’s...