The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

Adults who walked more than 100 minutes per day were less likely to have chronic low back pain than those who walked fewer than 78 minutes per day.

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For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.

A key advisory group vows to base decisions on evidence, boost confidence in vaccines and protect health. Experts fear the opposite is happening.

AI models such as ChatGPT consume serious power. Experts break down where that energy goes, and what you can do to help.

A GLP-1 drug led to fewer days with headaches, a small pilot study of migraine sufferers shows. It may work by lowering pressure inside the head.

In a small cell therapy trial, 10 out of 12 people with type 1 diabetes no longer needed supplemental insulin, even a year after treatment.

Even without reaching heat wave levels, sustained high temperatures may contribute to a litany of health issues.

Celina Zhao is a Summer 2025 science writing intern at Science News. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in science writing from MIT. Previously, she interned at Science and NOVA.

Court ruling allows interim nuclear waste storage in Texas, but the U.S. still has no long-term plan for its 90,000 metric tons of spent fuel.

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.