International scientists are warning that the irreversible thawing of permafrost due to climate change could lead to a new public health threat. In an article posted to the preprint repository bioRxiv – which has yet to be peer-reviewed – the French, Russian and German researchers said…

A horde of coins found in Transylvania in 1713 contained several unlike other Roman coins in style and make, with enigmatic features including bungled legends and historically mixed motifs. The four gold coins depicting the “Roman emperor” Sponsian were long regarded as forgeries and Sponsian…

Scientists at NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) released an image on Friday showcasing a pair of merging galaxies. The galaxy merger, known as Arp-Madore 417-391, is located 671 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, it is the result…

A research team led by Oregon State University is planning to develop a new rechargeable battery that could reduce the need for environmentally destructive mining of rare minerals like nickel and lithium and accelerate the clean energy transition.The U.S. Department of Energy awarded OSU $3…

Scientists exploring an underwater region off the coast of Alaska discovered an ancient stone fish trap that may be the oldest ever found. University academics working with the Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) made the find earlier this year in Shakan Bay on the west side of…

The James Webb Space Telescope has released a spooky new photo of the iconic Pillars of Creation. In a Thursday release, NASA wrote that the eerie image was taken by the $10 billion-dollar observatory’s Mid-Infrared Instrument, also known as MIRI. The pillars of gas and Interstellar dust enshroud…