In the crop fields of Argentina, bees have been building nests for their young out of some strange materials. For
Based on this recently released snapshot of the night sky captured by NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), we
Astronomers have detected the presence of ammonia mixed in with the rusty colouration of Pluto’s surface. This could have fascinating
Parents that make a point of being generous with their money could inspire greater financial responsibility in their kids. Alongside
Earth is not one to sit still. For roughly 3 billion years, our planet has been perpetually recycling its ocean
Deep below the frozen wastelands of Antarctica, scientists have discovered ancient tectonic plate structures that are having a huge impact
Every 11 years, the Sun cycles through from riotous flare and sunspot activity to a quieter period, before ramping up
As far as mysteries of nature go, ball lightning is one of the more perplexing. It seems there are as
A new artificial intelligence created by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pulls off a staggering feat: by analyzing
A lab-created analogue of a black hole has provided new evidence that these mysterious space objects really do emit radiation.
A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to smuggling thousands of live medicinal leeches into the country, bundled up inside a
On May 29, 1919, a solar eclipse forever altered our conception of gravity, rewrote the laws of physics and turned
For a species as young and puny as humans, every ancient fossil is a most extraordinary gift from our planet’s
Tornadoes have been popping up every day in the US as if coming off an assembly line. They’re part of
When you get close to a blazing star, you can discern a region where medium-sized planets like our own icy
For the first time, researchers have successfully generated electricity from americium, one of the radioactive elements we’ve pinned our hopes
A star system located some 16,000 light-years away from Earth is flaring in an unexpected manner, and scientists are working
The citizens of St. Paul Island off the coast of Alaska are used to finding the occasional seabird washed up
You know how stars do. They’re out there, doing their thing, fusing a whole bunch of hydrogen into helium, shining
Let’s face it – compared to Mars, our planet is a biological paradise dripping with moisture and relative absence of
After early humans took their first fledgling steps out of Africa and began dispersing across the landmass of Eurasia, what
Between 1990 and 2005, the Philippines lost 32.3 percent of its forest cover. Illegal logging has historically been a huge
A strange feature on the surface of Mars has kept scientists guessing about its origin. It’s a surface deposit of
Humans and our primate relatives differ in many ways, but the fact we walk on two legs is one of
Nature is constantly posing for that perfect shot. Many of us might be lucky to see it, but few are
Human bodies cannot function properly above a certain altitude. We work best at sea level, where oxygen levels are adequate
You wouldn’t ordinarily want to seek out a computer with viruses installed, but that’s exactly what the winner of a
A stunning image of Earth taken from the orbital perspective of the International Space Station (ISS) gives a unique glimpse
A newly revealed patent application filed by Amazon is raising privacy concerns over an envisaged upgrade to the company’s smart
One of the most profound similarities between Earth and Mars, one which makes it a popular target for research and
With the death of Tam, the last male Sumatran rhino in Malaysia, another nail has been hammered into the species’
The first known sighting of an albino panda has taken place in China, revealing a uniquely pale bear cub padding
The first launch this year of a Roscosmos Soyuz 2-1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia went off without
There are a handful of major science institutions around the world that keep track of the Earth’s temperature. They all
An Australian teenager and self-proclaimed Apple fanboy – who can’t be identified for legal reasons – has been found guilty
The way information travels inside the cells of our bodies is not unlike the wiring inside a computer chip, according
Scientists have discovered a ‘unique archive’ of ocean water that still exists virtually undisturbed from the last Ice Age some
Last week SpaceX launched 60 Starlink telecommunication satellites – the first major launch of its ambitious fleet of up to
All water ice is not made equal. Under certain conditions, its neatly ordered crystalline lattice molecules fall into disarray until
South Africa’s Makhonjwa Mountains are home to some of the oldest rocks on the planet – but not everything in
Humans may not be able to burp properly in space, but we can now edit a genome. For the first
There’s no sense in sugar-coating it – Venus is a hellish place! It is the hottest planet in the Solar
Staffers at the New England Aquarium last winter were setting up for an after-hours event near the Amazon rain forest
A volcano erupted on the Indonesian island of Bali Saturday, sending ash into the sky over surrounding villages and lava
Anjali Kulkarni, an Indian mountain climber, trained for six years to make it to the top of Mount Everest, the
Somewhere in the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the orbit of Neptune, something wonky is happening. A few
Earth will be getting not one but two visitors from space this weekend. Astronomers expect an asteroid known as 1999
Over the past few days a pair of spectacular fireballs have graced Australia’s skies. The first, in the early hours
