August 27, 2018

Divers found a monstrous squid on a New Zealand beach, and we have pictures

Daniel, Jack and Matthew Aplin were driving along the south coast of Wellington, New Zealand, last weekend when they got

An MIT computer predicted the end of civilisation almost 50 years ago

It was the early 1970s and the future of human civilisation had never looked brighter. There was only one problem.

Here’s why over 80% of all life on Earth was wiped out 250 million years ago

Around 252 million years ago, the Earth changed drastically and catastrophically. Massive, ongoing volcanic activity in Siberia wrapped the planet

The ‘Brazilian butt lift’ is the deadliest of all cosmetic surgeries. Here’s why

The desire for a larger bottom is becoming more popular, with the number of so-called Brazilian butt lifts more than

Science’s ‘replication crisis’ has reached even the most respectable journals, report shows

An attempt to replicate the findings of 21 social science experiments published in two high-profile science journals has thrown up

Sinister ‘hunger stones’ with dire warnings have been surfacing in Europe

As Europe wilts in the sweltering, record-breaking harshness of summer 2018, strange things are happening. Mysterious outlines of ancient societies

This wriggling egg sac spews over 1,000 baby tarantulas, and we can’t stop watching

Most living things have to make babies to reproduce, and let’s face it, things can get messy. But this video of

First-ever images of a hidden Amazonian tribe have been captured by drone

A 2017 expedition into the depths of the Amazon rainforest has provided a rare glimpse into the lives of a

These weird ‘moss balls’ only float during the day. Now we finally know their secret

Every morning, they rise to the surface of the water; every evening, they sink back down to the lakebed. Now

It’s starting to look like one of our favourite Mars rovers really is dead

A global dust storm on Mars is threatening the future of NASA’s Opportunity rover, the longest-lived robot on that planet.