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A new comet discovered in 2024 could be brighter that Venus

C/2023A3 hasn’t been on Earth for over 80,000 years. It may be more visible than stars and Venus when it returns.

SCIENCE News by Suzan Goodman on March 12, 2023

An ancient fossil that looks like a platypus could help rewrite the history and evolution of egg-laying mammals

A fossil of a relative of platypus Patagorhynchus pascuali, a 70-million-year-old platypus, was found in South America. It shows that egg-laying mammals evolved across more than one continent.

SCIENCE News by Tee Hui Shan on March 12, 2023

New study on monkeys using stone tools raises questions about evolution

Modern-day monkeys in Thailand create stone artifacts that are uncannily like those made by early humans. This challenges the established narrative about human cultural evolution. Science Advances published a new study on Friday that suggests this po

SCIENCE News by Chia Kai Wen on March 12, 2023

Scientists revive Zombie Virus that was frozen in Arctic permafrost for 48,500 Years

NASA climate scientists warned that zombie viruses that had been frozen in the ground for up to 48,500 year could be reactivated as permafrost melts because of climate change.

SCIENCE News by Bill Phinigan on March 12, 2023

Glaucoma Therapeutic Target Discovered

Restoring mitochondrial homeostasis can help prevent damage to the optic nerve and reverse the effects of glaucoma.

SCIENCE News by Selin Meyer on March 12, 2023

Scientists Name Fungus-Killing Bacteria After Keanu Reeves

Scientists said the new molecule "kills so effectively that we named it in Keanu Reeves' honor because he is also extremely deadly in his roles."

SCIENCE News by Bill Phinigan on March 11, 2023

Bowdoin College appoints its inaugural woman president

Bowdoin announced Thursday that Safa Zaki (a psychologist) will assume her new role as dean at Williams College in Williamstown.

SCIENCE News by Gregory Nicola on March 11, 2023

These NASA photos show strange circular dunes on Mars.

The sand dunes were photographed as part of a program to observe how frost melts on Red Planet in late winter.

SCIENCE News by Carmen Schmidt on March 11, 2023

NASA tracks a newly discovered Asteroid that has a "small chance" of hitting Earth in 2046

According to NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, there is a small chance that an asteroid about the size of an Olympic swimming-pool will collide with Earth within 23 years. This could have a potential impact on Valentine's Day 2046.

SCIENCE News by Bill Phinigan on March 11, 2023

NASA image may be the first to show a 'rogue supermassive blackhole'

After two other black holes entered the galaxy, a supermassive blackhole may have been expelled from its galaxy. Its shock wave appears to be causing the birth of new stars.

SCIENCE News by Suzan Goodman on March 11, 2023