October 26, 2018

We might be able to Transfer Data Through Gravitational Waves, says a wild new paper

On February 11th, 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) made history when they announced the first detection

An unrelenting hum is silencing whales in Japan

Humans have got a lot to answer for when it comes to interfering with nature. And we can add noisy

If you saw an alien, would you even know what it is?

What would convince you that aliens existed? The question came up recently at a conference on astrobiology, held at Stanford

A tiny satellite heading to Mars just took a picture that makes the red planet look puny and insignificant

Mars is a sizable planet about nine times the mass of our moon. The latest scientific research suggests Mars, despite

Scientists have finally engineered more sustainable bricks out of… human urine

The next time you pee, think about this: Your urine could one day create the sustainable building materials of the

Astronomers have detected radio waves from our own galaxy bouncing off the Moon

The entire time the Moon has been sitting up there, quietly orbiting Earth, it turns out it’s actually been doing

Tigers have just been confirmed as 6 separate subspecies. Here’s why that’s important

During my time as a zookeeper I had the privilege of working with both Sumatran and Amur tigers. If they

The USGS has just listed these 18 North American volcanoes as “very high” risk

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has recently updated their assessment of potentially threatening volcanoes across the nation, making changes in

Weird black pouches washing up on North Carolina beaches have an unexpected origin

Strange-looking black pouches have been washing up on beaches along North Carolina’s shores. But despite how they might look, they’re

Scientists discover an itty bitty octopus floating on a pile of plastic trash

Scientists at the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park are doing some great work. They’re looking after the park on Hawaii’s Big

A new flying dinosaur suggests Archaeopteryx really is the ‘missing link’ to birds

Perhaps one of the world’s best known fossils is Archaeopteryx. With its beautifully preserved feathers, it has long been regarded

There’s a strange white cloud lingering over Mars right now

High over the peak of a long dead volcano on the Martian equator, a feathery white cloud stretches across the

NASA has photographed more of those strangely soothing rectangular icebergs

NASA scientists have captured images of an iceberg in Antarctica that looks perfectly rectangular. The photos were taken as part

Scientists took an eerie new photo of the Skull and Crossbones nebula, just in time for Halloween

There’s something out there, watching us from the night sky. We can’t see it, but it can see us. European