September 27, 2018

Something unexpected has been happening to plants in the Arctic as it gets warmer

The plants of the Arctic, typically very low-lying shrubs, are getting taller as the region warms up because of climate

Astronomers have found a strange neutron star that “shouldn’t exist”

Roughly 24,000 light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Cassiopeia, is a dead star that shouldn’t exist. Not, that

Scientists have identified the driving force behind all your darkest impulses

Psychologists call it the dark triad: an intersection of three of the most malevolent tendencies of human nature – psychopathy,

This is why mother octopuses grimly starve themselves to death

Clever and strange, octopuses are fascinating creatures with incredible problem-solving skills and breathtaking camouflage. But overall, they are short-lived, typically

An Earth-sized clump of matter was pulled into a black hole faster than we’ve ever seen before

A team of researchers in the UK have observed matter falling into a black hole at 30 percent the speed

A seal slapped a guy’s face with an octopus, and we are here for it

Being face to face with wild animals can be a source of great amazement. But there is such a thing

One of the world’s rarest tigers was just killed in a horrible, preventable accident

There are just a few hundred of them left in the wild – and now the population of critically endangered

NASA’s Opportunity was spotted from Mars orbit, but things are looking bleak

A satellite orbiting Mars has taken a remarkable yet potentially somber photo of NASA’s longest-lived robot on the red planet.

This 3-minute animation will change your perception of time forever

We all know that Earth is old, but it’s hard to put into perspective just how old it is. After