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Scientists Stunned: Female Gorillas Live Long After Motherhood—Just Like Humans

Scientists Stunned: Female Gorillas Live Long After Motherhood—Just Like Humans

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 20, 2025October 26, 2025

Deep in the mist-covered forests of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, scientists have uncovered an extraordinary secret about one…

The Island That Rose From the Sea—and How Birds Secretly Helped It Bloom

The Island That Rose From the Sea—and How Birds Secretly Helped It Bloom

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 20, 2025October 26, 2025

In the winter of 1963, deep beneath the cold waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, something extraordinary happened. Pressure built…

The Secret Compass in a Bat’s Brain Could Explain How Humans Navigate the World

The Secret Compass in a Bat’s Brain Could Explain How Humans Navigate the World

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 18, 2025October 26, 2025

Forty kilometers off the coast of Tanzania lies a lonely speck of land called Latham Island—a rocky, wind-battered outcrop barely…

Scientists Stunned as Giant Manta Rays Dive Over 1,200 Meters Deep—But Not to Hunt or Hide

Scientists Stunned as Giant Manta Rays Dive Over 1,200 Meters Deep—But Not to Hunt or Hide

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 18, 2025October 26, 2025

Far beneath the glimmering surface of the ocean lies a world of quiet darkness, immense pressure, and mystery. It is…

Scientists Shatter a 50-Year Myth: The Genome Never Truly “Resets” During Cell Division

Scientists Shatter a 50-Year Myth: The Genome Never Truly “Resets” During Cell Division

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 18, 2025October 26, 2025

Cell division—known scientifically as mitosis—is one of life’s most crucial events. Every time a cell divides, it must perfectly copy…

Ancient Human Cousin Had Hands Like Ours, Grip Like a Gorilla — And It Changes Everything We Knew

Ancient Human Cousin Had Hands Like Ours, Grip Like a Gorilla — And It Changes Everything We Knew

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 16, 2025October 26, 2025

For more than half a century, a quiet debate simmered in the world of paleoanthropology. At its center stood Paranthropus…

Scientists Uncover “Footprint of Death” — and How Viruses Use It to Spread in Secret

Scientists Uncover “Footprint of Death” — and How Viruses Use It to Spread in Secret

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 16, 2025October 26, 2025

Every moment, billions of cells in the human body quietly die and are replaced by new ones. This constant renewal…

The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ Wasn’t a Rat at All—Scientists Reveal the Surprising Truth

The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ Wasn’t a Rat at All—Scientists Reveal the Surprising Truth

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 16, 2025October 26, 2025

For more than twenty years, it went unnoticed—a faint, rodent-shaped impression on a stretch of sidewalk in Chicago’s Roscoe Village.…

Did Lead Poisoning Help Create Humanity? Shocking Study Says It May Have Shaped Our Brains—and Language

Did Lead Poisoning Help Create Humanity? Shocking Study Says It May Have Shaped Our Brains—and Language

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 16, 2025October 26, 2025

For decades, the story of lead was one of modern pollution—a tragic byproduct of progress. From leaded gasoline to contaminated…

4.4-Million-Year-Old Fossil ‘Ardi’ Rewrites the Story of Human Evolution—And It’s Not What We Thought

4.4-Million-Year-Old Fossil ‘Ardi’ Rewrites the Story of Human Evolution—And It’s Not What We Thought

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 15, 2025October 26, 2025

For more than a hundred years, scientists have been piecing together one of the greatest puzzles in existence: the story…

151-Million-Year-Old Fly Fossil Found in Australia Stuns Scientists with Unexpected Adaptation

151-Million-Year-Old Fly Fossil Found in Australia Stuns Scientists with Unexpected Adaptation

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 15, 2025October 26, 2025

Around 151 million years ago, long before Australia became the sunburnt land we know today, its landscape was a patchwork…

The Secret Language of Smell Has Been Decoded — and It’s Not What Scientists Expected

The Secret Language of Smell Has Been Decoded — and It’s Not What Scientists Expected

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 14, 2025October 26, 2025

Imagine walking into a bakery and being instantly enveloped by the comforting aroma of fresh bread. Or catching the faint…

Scientists Discover “Switch” That Can Instantly Revive Immotile Sperm — and Restore Fertility

Scientists Discover “Switch” That Can Instantly Revive Immotile Sperm — and Restore Fertility

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 14, 2025October 26, 2025

Infertility touches the lives of millions of couples worldwide — a deeply emotional and often silent struggle that affects about…

The Ice Age’s Warm Secret — Hippos Lived in Germany 30,000 Years Ago

The Ice Age’s Warm Secret — Hippos Lived in Germany 30,000 Years Ago

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 13, 2025October 26, 2025

Imagine standing on the banks of the Upper Rhine in what is now southwestern Germany — not amid vineyards or…

Scientists Discover How Naked Mole-Rats Defy Aging — And It Could Change Human Longevity Forever

Scientists Discover How Naked Mole-Rats Defy Aging — And It Could Change Human Longevity Forever

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 12, 2025October 12, 2025

Deep beneath the dry grasslands of East Africa, in a maze of winding tunnels, lives a creature that seems to…

Scientists Create First-Ever “Mirror Molecule” Gateway That Could Revolutionize Cancer Treatment

Scientists Create First-Ever “Mirror Molecule” Gateway That Could Revolutionize Cancer Treatment

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 12, 2025October 12, 2025

For centuries, nature has shown us a fascinating asymmetry — from the coiling of a snail’s shell to the structure…

Invasive Animals Are Silencing Island Forests — And It’s Worse Than Extinction Itself

Invasive Animals Are Silencing Island Forests — And It’s Worse Than Extinction Itself

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 10, 2025October 10, 2025

Islands have always been nature’s laboratories of life — isolated, intricate worlds where evolution paints its masterpieces. From the singing…

Scientists Discover ‘Sword Dragon of Dorset’ — A 190-Million-Year-Old Sea Predator Frozen in Time

Scientists Discover ‘Sword Dragon of Dorset’ — A 190-Million-Year-Old Sea Predator Frozen in Time

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 10, 2025October 10, 2025

Along the rugged cliffs of England’s Jurassic Coast — a place where time itself seems carved into stone — paleontologists…

This New Eco-Friendly “Seed Powder” Could Make Farming Cleaner, Safer, and More Productive

This New Eco-Friendly “Seed Powder” Could Make Farming Cleaner, Safer, and More Productive

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 8, 2025October 9, 2025

Across the wide, open fields of modern agriculture, machines hum tirelessly. They dig, plant, and sow with precision, feeding billions…

Scientists Discover a Spider That’s Half Male, Half Female — and It’s Absolutely Stunning

Scientists Discover a Spider That’s Half Male, Half Female — and It’s Absolutely Stunning

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 8, 2025October 10, 2025

Deep in the lush forested landscape of Nong Rong, Phanom Thuan, in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province, something remarkable stirred beneath the…

The Ancient Origins of Crocodiles

The Ancient Origins of Crocodiles

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 7, 2025October 7, 2025

Imagine the Earth not as we know it today, but as it was hundreds of millions of years ago —…

Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men? Scientists Say the Answer Lies in Evolution

Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men? Scientists Say the Answer Lies in Evolution

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 3, 2025October 8, 2025

Around the world, women on average live longer than men. This pattern is not bound by borders, cultures, or even…

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