👤 Becky Ferreira

2026-10-07 · 404 Media · Science

‘Jonathan’ Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth. He Could Hold the Secrets to Defying Death

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2026-10-10 · 404 Media · Science

Scientists Detect Record-Breaking Radio Signal from the Ancient Universe

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2026-09-12 · 404 Media · Science

Mercury Is Shrinking Way Faster Than We Thought, Scientists Discover

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2026-09-03 · 404 Media · Environment

How the Hell Did an Island Suddenly Appear, Then Vanish?

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2026-10-03 · 404 Media · Science

Our Solar System Is Terminally Unstable and Will Be Completely Destroyed, Study Finds

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2026-09-26 · 404 Media · Science

Alien Life Can Survive on This Tiny Moon—We Just Need to Go Find It

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2026-08-24 · 404 Media

🔮 The Sun goes ka-blowie It’s time, once again, to pay tribute to the almighty Sun. assertive

2026-08-27 · 404 Media

🔮 Scientists have discovered a thermal “anomaly” deep underground on Mars that could help explain the red planet’s divided geography and shed light on whether it once hosted alien life, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature. mixed

2026-08-31 · 404 Media

🔮 It’s likely that dozens more of these interlopers will be discovered in the coming years. mixed

2026-09-03 · 404 Media

🔮 An island that appeared to suddenly materialize, then vanish, on Williston Lake in British Columbia over the summer was rediscovered on the massive reservoir on Monday. assertive

2026-09-05 · 404 Media

🔮 The results revealed that “the equivalence principle may be applied to the quantum domain,” which constitutes “a fundamental test of the interface between quantum theory and gravity,” according to the study. “The two pillars of 20th century physics—quantum mechanics (QM) and general relativity (GR)—have long stood side by side, resisting all attempts to bring them convincingly together,” said researchers led by Or Dobkowski of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. assertive

2026-09-10 · 404 Media

🔮 The discovery of these ancient Gondwanan remains was “serendipitous,” said William Collins, a professor of geosciences at Curtin University and an author on the study, in a call with 404 Media. assertive

2026-09-12 · 404 Media

🔮 The team speculate that the birds’ plumage might have been less efficient at insulating the birds compared to Neornithean feathers, dooming the former lineage to death. assertive

2026-09-19 · 404 Media

🔮 As always, for more of my work, check out my book First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens, or subscribe to my personal newsletter the BeX Files. I’m so hungry I could eat my own moon Venus is a bizarro world with a year that is shorter than its day, a surface shaped by diabolical heat and pressure, and skies soaked in sulfuric acid. mixed

2026-09-23 · 404 Media

🔮 The removal of the magnetic field’s effect extended the lifespan of the Pink1 group by 20 percent but reduced their mobility, whereas the healthy flies experienced just the opposite—reduced lifespan, but improved mobility. “We had an idea that there would be a difference just based on the fact that we know that every organism has developed under a magnetic field,” said Jacob Reed, a PhD student in bioscience at the University of Nottingham who co-led the study, in a call with 404 Media. assertive

2026-09-26 · 404 Media

🔮 First, scientists make the case that Saturn’s moon Enceladus could resolve one of humanity’s greatest questions—are we alone in the universe?—if only we would just send a spacecraft there already. assertive

2026-10-03 · 404 Media

🔮 Now, scientists suggest that animals may have appeared on Earth a whopping 800 million years ago, during the ancient Tonian era, according to a new estimate of the dawn of animals. assertive

2026-10-07 · 404 Media

🔮 The results showed that Jonathan had many gene variants the team expected to see, based on studies of other long-lived individuals and populations. assertive

2026-10-10 · 404 Media

🔮 First, scientists have spotted a mysterious radio signal from the primordial universe that could illuminate cosmic evolution (it’s not aliens… sorry). assertive