June 17, 2018

All signs indicate Antarctica is melting faster than anyone thought

In the future, seas will rise far higher than they are today. The question is whether it happens quickly or

These mind-achingly beautiful photos show a landslide 140 million miles away

In 2006, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) established orbit around the Red Planet. Using an advanced suite of scientific instruments

The majority of US doctors are now against spanking

Three out of four pediatricians disapprove of spanking, research finds. The survey of pediatricians around the US finds that most

When it comes to dog vs cat brains, it looks like there’s a clear winner

Ever since humanity split into dog and cat people, we’ve been arguing over which one of our beloved companions is

This map shows 3,554 shipwrecks around Ireland, and most are a total mystery

A new map shows thousands of shipwrecks scattered around Ireland since the 16th century – and it shows how many

This quantum theory predicts that the future might be influencing the past

One of the weirder aspects of quantum mechanics could be explained by an equally weird idea – that causation can

Another Indonesian villager has been swallowed whole by a python

For the second time in barely more than a year, an Indonesian villager has been swallowed whole by a python.