When Victor Vescovo’s submarine hit the floor of the Mariana Trench, it sent the sediment swirling. “At bottom,” the Texas
The world watched avidly earlier this year when NASA spacecraft New Horizons made a historic encounter. It flew past an
Peacock spiders are so adorable, they stand a chance to sway the feelings of the most seasoned spider hater. These creatures
Did you know that there are forests in the Arctic? Lush underwater forests of large brown seaweeds (kelps) are particularly
Yutu 2, the Chinese rover that landed on the far side of the Moon earlier this year, just examined the
Researchers have pinpointed a previously unknown source of volcanoes in the extreme depths of Earth – in the transition zone
Scientists have reworked the DNA of Escherichia coli to help us understand apparent redundancies in its genetic code. At four million base
Can snails fart? Thank you. – Avalon, age 9, Scotts Head, NSW.(Asked as part of the Curious Kids series where
Reactor number four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suffered an explosion during a technical test on April 26, 1986.
Unlike human history, when nature repeats itself, there’s usually a good reason. For the white-throated rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), all it
Scientists say that something mysterious punched gigantic, cosmic “bullet holes” in parts of the Milky Way. There’s a string of
In our world, there exists an ancient and cryptic book that reads beyond human understanding. Known as the Voynich manuscript,
