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Current predictions show surprisingly high odds of the telescope posing risk to people on Earth. www.iflscience.com/hubble-has-t...
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Current predictions show surprisingly high odds of the telescope posing risk to people on Earth. www.iflscience.com/hubble-has-t...
Same-sex behavior is reported in 59 species of primates, though it's likely many more. www.iflscience.com/from-gorilla...
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Same-sex behavior is reported in 59 species of primates, though it's likely many more. www.iflscience.com/from-gorilla...
The last person born in Antarctica was in 1985. www.iflscience.com/what-happens...
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The last person born in Antarctica was in 1985. www.iflscience.com/what-happens...
Lack of cold gas points to a slow starvation, rather than a single, devastating event. www.iflscience.com/oldest-known...
January 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Lack of cold gas points to a slow starvation, rather than a single, devastating event. www.iflscience.com/oldest-known...
You would sink surprisingly far, assuming you sort out a few minor issues. www.iflscience.com/how-far-coul...
January 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
You would sink surprisingly far, assuming you sort out a few minor issues. www.iflscience.com/how-far-coul...
Andre Yarham was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia at the age of 22. www.iflscience.com/patient-with...
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Andre Yarham was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia at the age of 22. www.iflscience.com/patient-with...
Alpha oscillations – once thought to be the brain “idling” – are turning out to be way more important than we gave them credit for. www.iflscience.com/how-do-you-k...
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Alpha oscillations – once thought to be the brain “idling” – are turning out to be way more important than we gave them credit for. www.iflscience.com/how-do-you-k...
This pushed back the earliest evidence of whaling by 1,000 years. www.iflscience.com/worlds-oldes...
January 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
This pushed back the earliest evidence of whaling by 1,000 years. www.iflscience.com/worlds-oldes...
This will be the first-ever medical evacuation from space. www.iflscience.com/nasa-announc...
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This will be the first-ever medical evacuation from space. www.iflscience.com/nasa-announc...
Think the North Pole has no effect on your daily life? Think again. www.iflscience.com/its-like-bei...
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Think the North Pole has no effect on your daily life? Think again. www.iflscience.com/its-like-bei...
While Alan Shepard played one of the worst rounds of Moon golf on record, an experiment was circling the Moon 34 times on board the Command Module. www.iflscience.com/what-happene...
January 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
While Alan Shepard played one of the worst rounds of Moon golf on record, an experiment was circling the Moon 34 times on board the Command Module. www.iflscience.com/what-happene...
This 56-million-year-old marine reptile was likely a top predator. www.iflscience.com/the-worlds-l...
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This 56-million-year-old marine reptile was likely a top predator. www.iflscience.com/the-worlds-l...
Perhaps this white dwarf should be renamed a rainbow dwarf? www.iflscience.com/this-dead-st...
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Perhaps this white dwarf should be renamed a rainbow dwarf? www.iflscience.com/this-dead-st...
It was the first pre-Pangea supercontinent to be proposed, and for decades the evidence seemed overwhelming. So why do so many scientists now think it never existed? www.iflscience.com/before-super...
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
It was the first pre-Pangea supercontinent to be proposed, and for decades the evidence seemed overwhelming. So why do so many scientists now think it never existed? www.iflscience.com/before-super...
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is the deadliest case of aircraft disappearance in history. www.iflscience.com/the-search-f...
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is the deadliest case of aircraft disappearance in history. www.iflscience.com/the-search-f...
There is no such thing as a universal time, but radioactivity has a trick. www.iflscience.com/voyagers-gol...
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
There is no such thing as a universal time, but radioactivity has a trick. www.iflscience.com/voyagers-gol...
This cave may have been home to some of the last Neanderthals on Earth. www.iflscience.com/archaeologis...
January 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
This cave may have been home to some of the last Neanderthals on Earth. www.iflscience.com/archaeologis...
Sadly, we doubt you'll be around for Pluto's NYE party. www.iflscience.com/on-march-23-...
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Sadly, we doubt you'll be around for Pluto's NYE party. www.iflscience.com/on-march-23-...
No motivation? You’re not alone. www.iflscience.com/scientists-d...
January 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
No motivation? You’re not alone. www.iflscience.com/scientists-d...
The President has signed an executive order that effectively withdraws the United States from 66 international organizations, including the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Read on: www.iflscience.com/trump-to-rem...
January 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The President has signed an executive order that effectively withdraws the United States from 66 international organizations, including the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Read on: www.iflscience.com/trump-to-rem...
Oranges aren't called oranges because they're orange. 🍊🟠 www.iflscience.com/the-color-or...
January 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Oranges aren't called oranges because they're orange. 🍊🟠 www.iflscience.com/the-color-or...
Two variants in a single gene are implicated in almost all Alzheimer’s and nearly half of all dementia cases, according to new findings. www.iflscience.com/without-this...
January 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Two variants in a single gene are implicated in almost all Alzheimer’s and nearly half of all dementia cases, according to new findings. www.iflscience.com/without-this...