Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide
A grave dating back to early medieval Italy is a sad testament to the horrors of medicine in the Dark
These days we have more information at our fingertips than ever before, so it’s a real puzzle why so many
The natural world is a strange and wonderful place. But sometimes biologists come across something that is just… odd. Really,
Humans will always make the final decision on whether armed robots can shoot, according to a statement by the US
When a person dies, cremation is an increasingly popular option. The practice eclipsed burials in the US in 2015 and
The design for SpaceX’s Starship (aka. Big Falcon Rocket) is really starting to come together! Over the holidays, sections of
We just got some massive news in the ongoing drive to switch to renewable energy: scientists have identified 530,000 sites
Feeling down in the dumps? If you want to stop wallowing in your own misery, new research suggests that the
By now, you may have already seen some of the ‘noisy GIFs’ floating around the internet. They don’t actually contain
Two European crows that look quite different from each other are actually diverging from a single species, right before our
It started off as an enigma. Biologists at field sites around the world reported that frogs had simply disappeared. Costa
In space, no one can hear an asteroid scream. But astronomers just used the Hubble telescope to see one destroying
Forget mutant turtles. Kangaroo rats are the true ninjas of the animal kingdom. A series of four high-speed videos has recently
A peculiar new paper, published in a little-known scientific journal, has the tabloids stirred up about the possibility of life
It starts on a single limb. The leaves grow small, and begin to curl, turning a pale yellow or reddish
Everything you see around you is made up of elementary particles called quarks and leptons, which can combine to form
Scorching temperatures of 880 degrees Celsius. Tempestuous clouds of iron and dust that envelop the entire planet in a global
Early this morning, India launched a missile toward space, struck an Earth-orbiting satellite, and destroyed the spacecraft. Indian Prime Minister
The super arrogant seem to like the super bloom. Park officials in California’s Antelope Valley, about 70 miles (110 kilometers)
Few places have served as a locus for the public’s anxiety about climate change as much as the Svalbard Global
Human ingenuity is no match for evolution. An exceptional new video shows a tiny tropical lizard breathing underwater from a
For the very first time, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured the formation of a giant storm – or a Great
Artificial cells created inside the lab have taken another major step forward, with scientists developing cells that are able to produce
Its shorelines comprise the lowest land on Earth, and its waters are nearly 10 times saltier than seawater. But rumours
Somewhere in the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the orbit of Neptune, something wonky is happening. A few
Today our middle-aged Universe looks eerily smooth. Too smooth, in fact. While a rapid growth spurt in space-time would explain
The International Space Station (ISS) is about to place a call. But not just any old ISS call. It’s going
Although we’ve all enjoyed the odd energy drink, a beverage known as Power Natural High Energy Drink SX might give
Terrestrial organisms stuck on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) have survived 533 days in the vacuum, intense
Physicists have measured the sound of ‘nothingness’ at room temperature – an important step in our future ability to listen
Global energy experts released grim findings Monday, saying that not only are planet-warming carbon-dioxide emissions still increasing, but the world’s
We don’t know a lot about the world’s earliest animals, but thanks to their 558 million-year-old fossilised remains, we thought
Some people think we’re living in a vast computer simulation contrived by an advanced alien intelligence. But not METI scientists.
Earlier this month, the world was excited to hear that NASA had scheduled the first-ever “all-female spacewalk”. Now, an annoying
An international team has managed to capture an elusive state of matter that stays stable even at room temperature. It’s
Thousands of poisonous toads have flooded a South Florida neighborhood, raising fears about the dangers they pose to pets and
The fastest-shrinking glacier in Greenland has made an unexpected turn. Although it’s been melting for 20 years, the Jakobshavn Glacier
A young Colombian child by the name of Itzamara Vega already has the whole world talking about her, and she was
If you’ve ever made a somewhat rash online purchase after a couple of drinks then you’re not alone – a
When tropical cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira, Mozambique on March 14, a spokesperson for the UN World Meteorological Organization
We all knew the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex was big. But palaeontologists in Canada have just identified the biggest lizard tyrant
We’ve learned a lot about Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, since it was first discovered in 1846. Some scientists believe it
Researchers have discovered that sun bears can precisely copy each other’s facial expressions in social situations. It’s a bigger deal
Jupiter’s anomalous size and location in our Solar System has been puzzling researchers for years, since it doesn’t fit with
A science teacher from a remote village in Kenya has won a US$1 million global prize recognising and celebrating the
The Great Red Spot, a storm larger than the Earth and powerful enough to tear apart smaller storms that get
A meteor that exploded above the clouds over the Bering Sea in December was caught on camera by NASA’s eyes
