Apr 7th, 2026 - Popular Science reports, that is a claim a Dutch museum can make: the Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen recently found one such eight-inch-long ancient carved penis while cataloging the roughly 16,000 unopened boxes of artifacts collected over the last 70 years. So far, they've only opened about 300 of those boxes, and already they seem to have won the grand prize of the ancient Roman bone penis. The penis itself dates back roughly 1800 to 2000 years, to when modern-day Nijmegen in the Netherlands was called Noviomagus. This town was a key Roman military hub near the Empire's northern outskirts. If ... [Read More]

Apr 7th, 2026 - A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Rather than blood in the water, sharks are finding drugs in the water. The aquatic predators have tested positive for both legal and illegal drugs in parts of the Bahamas. These substances have the potential to cause behavioral changes in the sharks and indicate that humans have a stronger hand in ecosystem changes than expected, even in isolated places. Scientists found cocaine, caffeine and painkillers in sharks around Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, according to a study published in ... [Read More]

Apr 6th, 2026 - A team of scientists at the California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, have discovered a way to engineer three-dimensional pieces of metal using nanoscale dimensions. What makes this feat unique is that these  small parts are impressively strong and durable despite having a structure that contains pores, grain boundaries, and impurities. These traits would be considered flaws or defects on other materials, but here it helps provide sheer strength that would be ideal for a wide range of applications including in the medical field, computing, and even space equipment. The ... [Read More]

Apr 6th, 2026 - The ExoLife Finder (ELF) looks like no telescope ever built. A spectacular crown of 15 five-meter mirrors perches atop a sprawling metal lattice, resembling petals on a 10-story-tall mechanical flower — more sculpture than observatory. It is a fundamentally new type of telescope, one that its designers say could discover life on Earth-like planets beyond our solar system.  The radical design is the brainchild of astrophysicist Jeff Kuhn of the University of Hawai'i. For now, it exists only in renderings. To build it, Kuhn and the team he's assembled must first develop and perfect ... [Read More]

Apr 6th, 2026 - SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sea turtle nesting season starts April 15, and Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium is kicking it off with their annual Run for the Turtles on April 11, 2026 at 8 a.m. at Siesta Key Beach. The sanctioned 5K and 1-mile fun run brings together more than 1,000 runners in support of Mote's Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program. The event marks the official kickoff of sea turtle nesting season, which runs from April 15 to October 31 in Southwest Florida. Mote also offers a virtual run for those who cannot make it to the beach. The virtual run can be completed on one's ... [Read More]

Apr 6th, 2026 - HOUSTON (AP) — With the moon looming ever larger, the Artemis II astronauts raced to set a new distance record Monday from Earth on a lunar fly-around promising magnificent views of the far side never seen before by eye. The six-hour flyby is the highlight of NASA's first return to the moon since the Apollo era with three Americans and one Canadian — a step toward landing boot prints near the moon's south pole in just two years. A prize — and bragging rights — awaits Artemis II. Less than an hour before kicking off the fly-around and intense lunar observations, the ... [Read More]

Apr 6th, 2026 - Young gray whale dies after swimming up river in Washington state A young gray whale has been found dead after swimming 20 miles (32.2km) inland up a river in Washington state, a local scientific research group said, pointing to hunger as a possible cause. "We are saddened to confirm that the whale seen in the Willapa River over the past few days is deceased," the Cascadia Research Collective said in an update on Facebook on Saturday. It added the group was evaluating the safety of the locaction to carry out an examination. The juvenile whale, affectionately dubbed "Willapa Willy" by locals, ... [Read More]

Apr 6th, 2026 - 5 Moon Mysteries That the Artemis Missions Could Finally Solve The moon is not just a barren rock orbiting Earth. The Artemis missions could answer the great unknowns that the satellite holds. For half a century humans thought they understood the moon : a static, airless, waterless landscape without many mysteries to solve. But orbiting instruments and robotic missions have proven otherwise. The most studied satellite in the solar system is more complex than it seems, and many fundamental questions remain open. NASA is about to return to the moon with the Artemis program. While Artemis II ... [Read More]