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
