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A Fossil Sat in a Museum for 125 Years—Now Scientists Say It’s a Giant Dinosaur

A Fossil Sat in a Museum for 125 Years—Now Scientists Say It’s a Giant Dinosaur

The Science DeskSeptember 15, 2025September 15, 2025

In the quiet fossil beds of South Wales, near Penarth, a story has been waiting to be told for over…

Ancient DNA Reveals Ice Age Mastodons Were World Travelers With Hidden Family Secrets

Ancient DNA Reveals Ice Age Mastodons Were World Travelers With Hidden Family Secrets

The Science DeskSeptember 15, 2025September 15, 2025

In the frozen soils of North America, fragments of a long-lost world have been waiting. Fossilized tusks, teeth, and bones…

The Science of Dating Ancient Artifacts: Carbon-14 and Beyond

The Science of Dating Ancient Artifacts: Carbon-14 and Beyond

The Science DeskSeptember 14, 2025September 14, 2025

Humanity has always been haunted by questions of time. When we stumble upon an ancient spearhead buried in the soil,…

Conception After Contraception: How Long Does It Take to Get Pregnant?

Conception After Contraception: How Long Does It Take to Get Pregnant?

The Science DeskSeptember 14, 2025September 14, 2025

For many people, contraception is a faithful companion through years of planning, love, intimacy, and responsibility. It provides the freedom…

Miscarriage: Causes, What to Expect, and Emotional Support

Miscarriage: Causes, What to Expect, and Emotional Support

The Science DeskSeptember 13, 2025September 13, 2025

There are few experiences in life as deeply personal, as heart-shattering, and as misunderstood as miscarriage. For many, the discovery…

These Fossilized Dinosaur Eggs Are Telling a Story We’ve Never Heard Before

These Fossilized Dinosaur Eggs Are Telling a Story We’ve Never Heard Before

The Science DeskSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

Eighty-five million years ago, the Earth was restless. The Cretaceous period, a time famous for its dinosaurs, was also an…

Tiny Fossil From Devon Reveals the Fierce-Toothed Ancestor of Lizards and Snakes

Tiny Fossil From Devon Reveals the Fierce-Toothed Ancestor of Lizards and Snakes

The Science DeskSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

Imagine walking along the rugged coast of Devon, the salty air whipping across your face, when your eyes fall upon…

Scientists Open 130-Year-Old Bottles in Copenhagen—and Discover the Secret Recipe Behind Denmark’s Butter Boom

Scientists Open 130-Year-Old Bottles in Copenhagen—and Discover the Secret Recipe Behind Denmark’s Butter Boom

The Science DeskSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

In the quiet suburb of Frederiksberg, beneath the old greenhouses on Rolighedsvej, a pair of dusty bottles sat hidden for…

Fossils Misidentified for 150 Years Turn Out to Be Ancient ‘Living Fossils

Fossils Misidentified for 150 Years Turn Out to Be Ancient ‘Living Fossils

The Science DeskSeptember 10, 2025September 13, 2025

Few creatures capture the imagination quite like the coelacanth. For decades, it was thought to have vanished forever, its last…

Otitis Media: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Otitis Media: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

The Science DeskSeptember 10, 2025September 13, 2025

Earaches have been a universal human experience across cultures and generations. Few conditions are as common—and as misunderstood—as otitis media,…

Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Beetle Jewelry in Child’s Grave in Poland

Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Beetle Jewelry in Child’s Grave in Poland

The Science DeskSeptember 9, 2025September 14, 2025

Archaeology often reveals fragments of forgotten lives—pottery, bones, weapons—that help us reconstruct the distant past. But every so often, something…

Insects Are Vanishing Even in ‘Untouched’ Wilderness—And the Reason Should Worry Us All

Insects Are Vanishing Even in ‘Untouched’ Wilderness—And the Reason Should Worry Us All

The Science DeskSeptember 8, 2025September 14, 2025

In a quiet subalpine meadow of Colorado, far from the noise of highways, farms, and factories, a troubling story has…

Scientists Turn Mucus Into Tiny Healing Capsules—And the Future of Medicine May Never Be the Same

Scientists Turn Mucus Into Tiny Healing Capsules—And the Future of Medicine May Never Be the Same

The Science DeskSeptember 8, 2025September 14, 2025

In the hidden landscapes of our bodies—joints that creak with every step, mouths that heal after every bite, tissues constantly…

Why Your Baby’s Babbling Might Hold the Secret to Human Language

Why Your Baby’s Babbling Might Hold the Secret to Human Language

The Science DeskSeptember 6, 2025September 11, 2025

When a baby coos, gurgles, or babbles, it might seem like nothing more than adorable nonsense. Parents lean in, respond…

Parrots Just Did Something Scientists Thought Only Humans Could Do

Parrots Just Did Something Scientists Thought Only Humans Could Do

The Science DeskSeptember 6, 2025September 11, 2025

One of the most fascinating aspects of being human is our ability to learn by observing not just what happens…

Scientists Uncover 310-Million-Year-Old Fish With a “Second Mouth” Hidden Inside Its Throat

Scientists Uncover 310-Million-Year-Old Fish With a “Second Mouth” Hidden Inside Its Throat

The Science DeskSeptember 5, 2025September 9, 2025

Deep beneath the surface of Carboniferous rocks in Staffordshire, England, scientists uncovered a fossil that at first glance looked like…

99-Million-Year-Old Bug in Amber Reveals a Forgotten Pollinator of the Dinosaur Age

99-Million-Year-Old Bug in Amber Reveals a Forgotten Pollinator of the Dinosaur Age

The Science DeskSeptember 5, 2025September 16, 2025

When most of us think about pollination, images of bees buzzing between flowers, butterflies drifting from bloom to bloom, or…

Scientists Discover a New Kangaroo Relative—But It’s Already Gone Forever

Scientists Discover a New Kangaroo Relative—But It’s Already Gone Forever

The Science DeskSeptember 5, 2025September 7, 2025

In the heart of Australia’s dry landscapes, hidden within the limestone caves of the Nullarbor and the scrublands of the…

Scientists Discover Ants That Clone Another Species to Survive

Scientists Discover Ants That Clone Another Species to Survive

The Science DeskSeptember 5, 2025September 5, 2025

Ants are everywhere—under our feet, in our gardens, hidden inside cracks in the pavement. Though we rarely notice them beyond…

The Tiny Body Part That Helped Rodents Take Over the World

The Tiny Body Part That Helped Rodents Take Over the World

The Science DeskSeptember 5, 2025September 5, 2025

Picture a squirrel perched on the edge of a tree branch, its fluffy tail balancing it against the wind. In…

Scientists Find Million-Year-Old Microbes Inside Mammoth Fossils — Could They Have Caused Extinction?

Scientists Find Million-Year-Old Microbes Inside Mammoth Fossils — Could They Have Caused Extinction?

The Science DeskSeptember 3, 2025September 3, 2025

Imagine holding a mammoth tooth in your hand—a relic of a creature that walked the Earth over a million years…

Humans Made Wild Animals Shrink While Farm Animals Grew—8,000 Years of Bones Reveal the Truth

Humans Made Wild Animals Shrink While Farm Animals Grew—8,000 Years of Bones Reveal the Truth

The Science DeskSeptember 3, 2025September 3, 2025

When archaeologists dig into the earth, they are not only uncovering the remains of human civilizations but also the silent…

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