Feb 21st, 2026 - Follow Earth on Google Every year on the third Saturday of February, people around the world celebrate World Pangolin Day. This day focuses on one of the most unusual and most endangered mammals on Earth. Pangolins are not as famous as elephants or tigers, but they are in even greater danger of disappearing. In 2026, World Pangolin Day falls on February 21. The day reminds us that conservation is also about protecting quiet and lesser known species that play an important role in keeping nature healthy. Nature's toughest suit of armor The pangolin stands out from other mammals because its ... [Read More]

Feb 20th, 2026 - This may be amazing for archiving the world's knowledge. Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books' worth of data in a thin, palm-sized square. In a paper published today in Nature , the researchers say their tests suggest the data will be readable for more than 10,000 years. What tiny pulses of light can do The new system, called Silica , uses extremely short flashes of laser light to inscribe bits of information into a block of ordinary ... [Read More]

Feb 20th, 2026 - Reading time 3 minutes In 1994, Russian archaeologists unearthed a tiny cemetery with a grave holding a mummified woman wearing a wig. More than 30 years later, researchers revisited the long-dead body—exposing what appears to be a primitive prosthetic in her jaw. In a statement , archaeologists at Novosibirsk State University in Russia announced that a recent analysis of a 2,500-year-old skull found that the woman likely received jaw surgery after a serious head injury. The researchers performed a CT scan of the skull, revealing signs of severe physical trauma and, more ... [Read More]

Feb 20th, 2026 - You can now listen to Fox News articles! Workers installing a new sewer line in Scotland unexpectedly uncovered ancient human remains , as well as evidence of a much older settlement. The burial site dates back to the 6th century A.D., according to a Jan. 28 press release from Scottish Water. It was found at Windhill in the Scottish Highlands. Remarkably, archaeologists also found two roundhouses from the Iron Age — which may date back as far as 3,000 years. Excavators also found stone tools and two smelting furnaces, which "would have been housed in structures outside the ... [Read More]

Feb 20th, 2026 - At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large blade-shaped head crest and jaws bearing interlocking teeth for snaring slippery fish. It prowled a forested inland environment and strode into rivers to catch sizable fish like a modern-day wading bird — a "hell heron," as one of the researchers put it, considering it was about 40 feet long and weighed 5-7 tons. The dinosaur presented a striking profile on the Cretaceous Period landscape of Africa ... [Read More]

Feb 19th, 2026 - NASA counted down to T-minus 29 seconds tonight during a rehearsal for a historic launch that could send astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than half a century. The run-through at Launch Complex 39B, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was known as a wet dress rehearsal because it involved filling up the propellant tanks on NASA's Space Launch System — a 322-foot-tall rocket that made its debut during 2022's uncrewed Artemis 1 mission . The only major component that was missing at the launch pad was the crew. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, the commander for the Artemis ... [Read More]

Feb 19th, 2026 - As humanity looks to the moon for science and economic opportunity in the coming years, understanding potential dangers lurking on the lunar surface could become increasingly important. Ridges on the moon that signify moonquakes are the subject of a recent research  paper , which delves into tectonic activity across the lunar maria, a vast network of dark plains that arose from ancient volcanic activity. A team of researchers analyzed lunar formations called small mare ridges to create a global moon map, which is the first of its kind. The paper was originally published Dec. 24 in the ... [Read More]

Feb 19th, 2026 - Researchers have controlled a temporary stable phase in the system, offering a possible avenue for preserving quantum information Reading Time: 3 minutes In a landmark achievement, Chinese scientists have directly observed and manipulated prethermalisation – a critical transitional state in quantum systems – using the 78-qubit "Chuang-tzu 2.0" superconducting processor . This allows researchers to "tune" the speed of quantum decoherence, providing a vital tool for managing complex quantum environments. If a quantum system is disturbed, it naturally returns to a balanced state. ... [Read More]