Science news this week June 27, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating ...

This week in science: A world record, a world first, and much more! We start with a scorpion you absolutely don't want to meet. Thankfully, you probably won't have to worry about running into this ...

This Week In Science: A sleep apnea pill has been fast-tracked for FDA approval; the earliest evidence of surgical anesthetic detected on tools from more than 600 years ago; strange spacetime ...

Archaeologists have excavated a giant stone jar in Laos and found human remains belonging to around 37 people, deposited over 270 years. "The number of individuals also suggests the jars were owned by ...

Hosts from NPR's science podcast Short Wave talk about an exoplanet with pink, salty clouds, the surprising social structure of ancient human relatives and the origins of laughter.

It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast, And I'm joined in the studio by Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hi to both of you in person. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hi.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of surgical scissors from the Ming Dynasty tomb of physician Xia Quan. (Ling et al., Antiquity, 2026) This Week In Science: ...