Woolly mammoth extinction blamed on climate change, not human hunting – CNET

"This is a stark lesson from history and shows how unpredictable climate change is -- once…

Neon dyes compete with DNA to be world’s next data encryptor – CNET

Computer bits of "0" and "1" are getting converted to hot pink and electric blue molecules.

NASA planet-hunting telescope spots a dying star switching on and off – CNET

A white dwarf couldn't swallow any of its star food floating nearby. That forced its lights…

NASA’s Lucy mission: 20 minutes of terror will define the next 12 years – CNET

One of Lucy's engineers takes us behind the scenes of the momentous mission to the Trojan…

Scientists decode mysteries of the brain with dark matter and the multiverse – CNET

Studying physicists' brains reveals how they wrap their head around complex ideas that can't be experienced.

NASA airborne laboratory flies through clouds to uncover surprising ocean link – CNET

Cloud seeds are getting lost in the sky, reducing opportunities for little clouds to form and…

Do we live in a computer simulation? If we don’t, we might be doomed – CNET

Not living in a simulation might be humanity's worst option.

First moon rocks returned to Earth since 1976 years may alter lunar history – CNET

"Our current views need readjustment" about how long our beloved white globe remained warm and volcanically…

Ancient Mars lake could be hiding fossilized signs of alien life – CNET

An ancient river delta at the site where NASA's Perseverance rover landed might hold proof of…

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for ‘greener’ way to make molecules – CNET

Twenty years ago, Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan invented a new way to make molecules.…