February 21, 2019

Scientists just mapped the great white shark’s genome in search for healing powers

Damage-resistant genes. Healing powers. Very low risk of cancer. No, scientists aren’t describing Wolverine or Superman – those are the

Earth’s atmosphere is bigger than we thought – it actually goes past the Moon

We humans like to put labels and boundaries on things. For example, the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space is

Physicists are rethinking a fundamental quantum law to help us understand reality

Deep in the heart of physics there’s a lucky guess. It was an incredibly good guess, one that remains solid

This humongous bee species was ‘lost’ for decades, beats us how they missed it

Looking at a picture of Wallace’s giant bee, you wouldn’t pick this insect as elusive. Four times as big as

Scientists put horses in costumes to find out why zebras are stripy

We know that many of the traits we see in animals are there because they evolved by somehow being useful

Carbon Emissions Are Now 10x Higher Than When the Arctic had crocodiles and palm trees

By about the time our great-grandchildren have children of their own, we humans will likely have broken a climate record

Physicists have finally solved a fundamental mystery concerning the insides of atoms

Something about atoms has never added up. Fundamental particles called quarks get kind of sluggish once they’re caught up in

Elon Musk’s ‘bleeding’ rocket could be under serious threat from bird poop

Over the past few months, Elon Musk has been revealing new details about SpaceX’s upcoming launch system, called Starship. Musk

Scientists have proven that the ‘disputed’ female Viking warrior really did exist

After several years of controversy and debate, researchers in Sweden are more convinced than ever that female Viking warriors once