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Do other planets have seasons?
Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?
Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to 12 billion light-years away.
Do pandas eat anything besides bamboo?
Pandas are descended from carnivores. Why do they eat an (almost) exclusively vegan diet?
Bone collector caterpillar: The very hungry caterpillar of your nightmares
Bone collectors feast on dead and dying critters caught in a spider's web and then decorate themselves with the legs, wings and heads of their victims to avoid detection by their spider hosts.
When was beer invented?
Humans discovered fermentation thousands of years ago, but ancient brews would have tasted much differently from the beers of today.
Science news this week: International power cuts and 'T. rex leather'
May 3, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
El Cono: The mysterious sacred 'pyramid' hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest
Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds spiritual significance for Indigenous people.
The rare genetic disorder that forces people to avoid sunlight
People with xeroderma pigmentosum can severely burn within minutes of being in the sun and are thousands of times more likely to develop skin cancer than others.
A rash 'migrated' across a man's body from his anus
A man being treated with corticosteroids developed a rare complication of an infection.
'How could it have been allowed to happen?': The threat of 'superbugs' was known from the first antibiotic, but we've failed to stop it.
Book "What are sometimes called superbugs — microbes resistant to every available drug — are not merely the stuff of nightmares. They are taking lives right now."
