Science

A groundbreaking study has achieved the seemingly impossible: scientists have successfully extracted and sequenced ancient RNA from the frozen remains of a woolly mammoth that roamed Siberia nearly 40,000 years ago. This incredible feat shatters previous beliefs about how long RNA, the fragile single-stranded molecule of life, can survive, offering an unprecedented window into the biology of extinct Ice Age animals.

World Ozone Day 2025 celebrated on September 16 marks four decades of unprecedented international environmental cooperation, as the global community commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and continues to witness the healing of Earth's protective shield.

Researchers at Tulane University have made important discoveries about how the amount of oxygen in the ocean has changed over thousands of years, and what this means for our climate future. By analyzing ocean floor sediments from the Arabian Sea, the team can measure past oxygen levels and link these findings to carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

Scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt have achieved a breakthrough in quantum physics by directly capturing images of atomic motion at the quantum level using the world's most powerful X-ray laser facility. Working with the European XFEL in Hamburg, Germany, the team successfully photographed the perpetual "dance" of atoms within molecules, revealing quantum zero-point motion that persists even at absolute zero temperature.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 and orbiting Jupiter since 2016, continues to revolutionize our understanding of the gas giant and its moons. Despite a malfunctioning thruster that now keeps it in a wide, looping orbit, Juno’s latest findings reveal jaw-dropping details about Jupiter’s chaotic polar cyclones and a record-breaking volcanic eruption on its moon Io—the most violent ever seen in our solar system.