You might not realize it, but every time you stand up, your body is working behind the scenes to stop
When experiments are run at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator, it’s a tremendous event. The world’s largest machine has
We often think of space as peaceful and serene. In reality it’s filled with violent events, including collisions on the
Millions of people around the world are affected by arachnophobia – the unreasonable fear of spiders, which evidence suggests could
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has released its latest summary of the state of Earth’s biosphere. You don’t
Rolling back a decades-old ban, the Chinese government will permit the use of rhino horn and tiger bone for use
NASA announced Tuesday that Kepler, an orbital telescope that’s been spotting and analyzing distant planets for the past nine years,
According to a new study, the energy costs of mining Bitcoin alone could cause a 2-degree Celsius rise in global
At its peak, the ancient city of Teotihuacán in what we now know as Mexico boasted an estimated 125,000 inhabitants,
Disney has something of a cult following, so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that some people want to
The Best Illusions of the Year competition is nothing to sneeze at – every year a group of experts (along
In the waters off the coast of California, marine scientists are finding a whole world of cephalopod wonders: in the
A few years ago, the journal Small published a study showing how photosynthetic bacteria could absorb and release photons as
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has just made history by making the closest ever approach to the Sun by a human-made
New research into a very weird type of ice known as Ice VII has revealed how it can form at
Chocolate is not a new thing. The delicious, addictive treat we know today has long been traced to the ancient
Deep in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, marine scientists have been lucky enough to
Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Small Magellanic Cloud is dying. Slowly, over vast time, the galaxy is losing its
For decades the existence of weird space clouds in Earth’s orbit has been speculative and controversial, but new research looks
Deep in the enormous citadel of an ancient Peruvian culture, archaeologists have uncovered a corridor containing 19 mysterious black wooden
NASA scientist Jeremy Harbeck was on a surveying flight over the Antarctic Peninsula earlier this month when he spotted an
Looking up at space reminds us that everyone and everything on Earth is stuck together on a big space rock
This Halloween, the creepiest event to attend might be a mass online social experiment hosted by researchers at the Massachusetts
For years, a mystery puzzled environmental scientists. The world had banned the use of many ozone-depleting compounds in 2010. So why were global
An awful lot can happen in any given week, and it’s no easy task keeping up with all the excitement
Sphen wanted to show Magic how much he meant to him. The male gentoo penguin grasped a wet, heart-shaped stone
Forests are often dubbed the lung’s of the Earth. But as beautiful as that metaphor is, trees don’t actually breathe
On February 11th, 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) made history when they announced the first detection
Humans have got a lot to answer for when it comes to interfering with nature. And we can add noisy
What would convince you that aliens existed? The question came up recently at a conference on astrobiology, held at Stanford
Mars is a sizable planet about nine times the mass of our moon. The latest scientific research suggests Mars, despite
The next time you pee, think about this: Your urine could one day create the sustainable building materials of the
The entire time the Moon has been sitting up there, quietly orbiting Earth, it turns out it’s actually been doing
During my time as a zookeeper I had the privilege of working with both Sumatran and Amur tigers. If they
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has recently updated their assessment of potentially threatening volcanoes across the nation, making changes in
Strange-looking black pouches have been washing up on beaches along North Carolina’s shores. But despite how they might look, they’re
Scientists at the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park are doing some great work. They’re looking after the park on Hawaii’s Big
Perhaps one of the world’s best known fossils is Archaeopteryx. With its beautifully preserved feathers, it has long been regarded
High over the peak of a long dead volcano on the Martian equator, a feathery white cloud stretches across the
NASA scientists have captured images of an iceberg in Antarctica that looks perfectly rectangular. The photos were taken as part
There’s something out there, watching us from the night sky. We can’t see it, but it can see us. European
As beautiful and unspoilt as the Antarctic wilderness is, it can also be very lonely (unless you’re a penguin). After
Well, we didn’t think it was possible, but we should have had more faith in our feathered corvid friends: crows
Deep inside the diffuse haze of gas and dust that surround the smallest galaxies, dark matter could be clumping into
The beast of an earthquake that rattled Mexico in September of last year has turned out to be even more
On Monday, President Trump tweeted out a map, exclaiming that American air is the best air by far. That’s not
For as long as Buttermilk Creek has wound its way through Texas Hill Country, its spring-fed waters have carved through
Ending a romantic relationship is never easy, and there’s something about a bad relationship that makes it especially hard to
