Feb 11th, 2026 - The electric vehicle (EV) market may be about to explode with some really cool news. Now, off the cuff, that sounds like a very broad statement to make. However, a series of breakthroughs by Chinese firm CATL and researchers alike may be about to change everything about EV batteries for good. That's because big changes could help bring one of the best lithium-ion battery alternatives to a feasible market scale. See, this alternative battery type has been hanging around the edges of the EV market for years, however, the overall density of the batteries that could be created, as well as their ... [Read More]

Feb 11th, 2026 - As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system's chaotic youth. Out beyond the orbit of Neptune lies an expansive ring of ancient relics, dynamical enigmas, and possibly a hidden planet—or two. The Kuiper Belt , a region of frozen debris about 30 to 50 times farther from the sun than the Earth is—and perhaps farther, though nobody knows—has been shrouded in mystery since it first came into view in the 1990s. Over the past 30 years, astronomers ... [Read More]

Feb 10th, 2026 - A western European 'water world' was a holdout for hunter-gatherers for thousands of years. Ancient inhabitants of the Rhine–Meuse river delta — wetland, riverine and coastal areas of modern-day Netherlands, Belgium and western Germany — maintained high levels of hunter-gatherer genetic ancestry. This genetic signature persisted long after most of Europe was transformed into farming and animal-herding-based communities by successive migrations from the east, starting around 9,000 years ago. The findings come from a study published in Nature on 11 February 1 . "It's really ... [Read More]

Feb 10th, 2026 - Follow Earth on Google Harbor porpoises don't have the luxury of long breaks. They're small, burn energy fast, and need to eat almost constantly just to keep up with their metabolism. So when something interferes with their feeding time, it's not a minor inconvenience – it can ripple into their health, reproduction, and survival. That's the concern behind a new study that tracked harbor porpoises in Denmark's Little Belt, a narrow strait that acts like a busy marine corridor between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. Researchers listened in on porpoise activity using underwater ... [Read More]

Feb 10th, 2026 - It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. ! , Earn Your First Badge Keep earning badges See what you've unlocked. Members Exclusive Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Join the conversation Add us as a preferred source on Google Get the Live Science Newsletter Get the world's most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy ... [Read More]

Feb 10th, 2026 - Neutrinos, aka "ghost particles," are extremely elusive subatomic particles that have almost no mass and no electric charge. This virtual nonexistence lets them slip past all sorts of matter undetected. That's why it was so odd that, in February 2023, one of them was detected as it shot past the Earth. Physical Review Letters , the neutrino alerted a detector hidden beneath the Mediterranean Sea and did so with an energy level so extreme that it dwarfed anything humans can produce. The particle carried roughly 30,000 times the energy of the ones CERN's Large Hadron Collider smashed together. ... [Read More]

Feb 10th, 2026 - University of Cambridge In a huge global study led by University of Cambridge researchers, a single group of bacteria - named CAG-170 - has repeatedly shown up in high numbers in the gut microbiomes of healthy people. CAG-170 is a group of gut bacteria known only from their genetic fingerprints - scientists have never been able to grow most of them in the lab. Using diverse computational approaches, the team looked for CAG-170's genetic fingerprint in gut microbiome samples from over 11,000 people across 39 countries. They found the level of CAG-170 present was consistently higher in healthy ... [Read More]

Feb 9th, 2026 - The lines worn into an engraved limestone object from the Netherlands are consistent with the idea that it was a Roman game board, according to an AI analysis A mysterious flat stone with a geometric pattern of straight lines carved into it may be a previously unknown Roman board game. Thousands of simulations by artificial intelligence of how sliding stone or glass pieces could have marked the surface suggest it was an early example of a blocking game, a type not documented in Europe until several centuries later in the Middle Ages. Writings and physical remains have revealed that the ... [Read More]