This Week in Science: Ocean 'Backrooms', Plastic Cookies, And More!

This Week in Science: Ocean 'Backrooms', Plastic Cookies, And More!

Our weekly science news roundup.

The Hiroshima Atomic Blast Forged a Metal Never Seen Before on Earth

The Hiroshima Atomic Blast Forged a Metal Never Seen Before on Earth

Discovery from tragedy.

NASA Spots a Bizarre 'Jellyfish' Floating on Mars. Here's What We Know.

NASA Spots a Bizarre 'Jellyfish' Floating on Mars. Here's What We Know.

H.G. Wells called it.

Bizarre Fossil Turns Out to Be a 24-Legged Insect Science Somehow Missed

Bizarre Fossil Turns Out to Be a 24-Legged Insect Science Somehow Missed

A huge evolutionary puzzle piece just landed in our laps.

Ghost in The Machine: Physicists Measure The Eerie 'Glow' From Shut-Down Nuclear Reactors For The First Time

Ghost in The Machine: Physicists Measure The Eerie 'Glow' From Shut-Down Nuclear Reactors For The First Time

A shut-down reactor is still radiating something – and physicists just caught it.

Scientists Analyzed Earth's Hidden Seed Vaults And Made a Disturbing Realization

Scientists Analyzed Earth's Hidden Seed Vaults And Made a Disturbing Realization

You reap what you sow.

Meet The Gaia Hypothesis: The Theory That Earth Regulates Itself Like a Living Thing

Meet The Gaia Hypothesis: The Theory That Earth Regulates Itself Like a Living Thing

A planet that regulates itself.

Scientists Pitted Keto Against Mediterranean And Low-Fat Diets. Keto Won on One Clear Health Measure.

Scientists Pitted Keto Against Mediterranean And Low-Fat Diets. Keto Won on One Clear Health Measure.

"Uniquely beneficial."

Meet The 'Bottle Tree' Whose Sap Is Both Poison And Medicine

Meet The 'Bottle Tree' Whose Sap Is Both Poison And Medicine

It can also be medicinal.

Running on 4 Hours of Sleep? This 20-Minute Fix Works Almost as Well as a Nap

Running on 4 Hours of Sleep? This 20-Minute Fix Works Almost as Well as a Nap

Relief.

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