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Typhoon Dujuan Approaches Japan, Bringing 198 km/h Winds and Disrupting Travel

Typhoon Dujuan Hits Japan With 198 km/h Winds

Flights scrapped, evacuations urged as Typhoon Dujuan nears Japan

New Tiger Cat Species Discovered in Bolivia by University of Antwerp Biologists

New Tiger Cat Species Discovered in Bolivia

Bolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years

NASA Discovers Massive 222-Meter Crater on Moon, Described as Once-in-a-Century Event

NASA finds huge Moon crater, calls it century event

NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon

Mediterranean Sea Warming and Salting Faster, Especially in Adriatic, Study Finds

Mediterranean Sea Warming, Salting Faster

The Mediterranean is getting warmer and saltier at an ever-faster pace—even thousands of meters below the surface

Humpback whale mother exhibits grief-like behavior with stillborn calf

Whale mother grieves stillborn calf in rare footage

Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented

Greenland and Antarctica Lost 11.3 Trillion Tons of Ice Since 1970s, Study Finds

Polar ice sheets lost 11.3 trillion tons of ice

Speeding glaciers drive half a century of polar ice loss

NASA's Roman Space Telescope Mission Extended by 12 Years Due to Fuel Efficiency

Roman Space Telescope Mission Extended by 12 Years

From 10 to 22 years: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's mission has just been extended

Diplodocus Fossils Unearthed in Spain, Suggesting Dinosaur Migration to Europe

Diplodocus Fossils Found in Spain

First confirmed Diplodocus outside North America reshapes Late Jurassic migration picture

US Space Force Confirms Deployment of Armed Systems in Orbit

US Space Force confirms armed systems in orbit

US acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space

Mars Gullies Likely Formed by CO2 Frost, Not Water, Study Suggests

Mars gullies likely formed by CO2 frost, not water

What's carving active gullies on Mars? It's not water

New Study Suggests Mercury is Shrinking Faster Than Previously Believed

Mercury Shrinking Faster Than Thought, Study Finds

Mercury is shrinking more than we thought

New Quantum Materials Could Revolutionize Dark Matter Detection Efforts

Quantum materials may boost dark matter search

Unconventional quantum materials could dramatically boost the search for dark matter

August Tied as Hottest Month on Record Amid Climate Change and El Niño

August Tied as Hottest Month on Record

Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.

New Insect Genus and Species Named After Taylor Swift and Her Fans

New insect genus named for Taylor Swift

New insect genus and four species named for Taylor Swift and her albums

Europe's Space Industry Leaders Meet in Paris to Boost Global Competition

Europe's Space Leaders Meet in Paris

What to know about Europe's push to compete in space

Next-Gen Gravitational Wave Detectors Could Detect Early Black Hole Collisions

New detectors may spot first black holes

Next-gen gravitational wave detectors could spot the first black holes

Large sinkhole opens in Malibu, prompting evacuations and affecting Nicolas Cage's property

Malibu sinkhole prompts evacuations, affects Nicolas Cage home

Pounding waves open up sinkhole in swanky Malibu

OpenAI AI Solves 90-Year-Old Math Problem in 88 Hours

OpenAI AI Solves 90-Year-Old Math Problem

OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents cracked one of math's hardest problems in 88 hours

Hurricane Lowell batters Hawaii's western islands with heavy rain and fierce winds

Hurricane Lowell hits Hawaii's western islands

Hurricane Lowell lashes Hawaii's western islands

Study Suggests Black Holes Expand With the Universe, Challenging Previous Assumptions

Black Holes May Expand With Universe, Study Claims

Do black holes grow along with the universe? A new study says yes

Panama Canal Authority Reduces Daily Ship Limit Due to El Niño Drought

Panama Canal Cuts Daily Ship Limit Amid El Niño Drought

How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal

Rescue satellite nears doomed NASA telescope, but cannot save it

Rescue satellite nears doomed NASA telescope

Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it

Fossilized T. rex Rib Reveals Healing Injury, Offering Clues to Prehistoric Life

T. rex Rib Fossil Shows Healing Injury

Neutron bone imaging brings T. rex to life

Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Cockroach Milk, Nose-Blowing, and Kissing Research

Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Quirky Science

Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science