Just when you think orcas couldn’t possible be any more awesome, they get even better. New evidence shows these whales
SpaceX just provided a raft of significant updates on the launch of its first five dozen internet-providing satellites. The long-term
During winter time, some snapping turtles like to hibernate in ponds and lakes. Safely tucked away underneath a thin layer
Northern Spain is facing its largest forest fires in two decades as the heat wave scorching much of Europe continues
For the first time, scientists have clearly linked together two types of gamma-ray phenomena in thunderclouds, suggesting that weak bursts
Turns out fungus might be better suited for space travel than people are. New research has found that mould can
Nothing says welcome to the future like having your wound fixed by a tiny lightsaber. It might sound wild at
Sometimes you just need to take a step back from the huge number of issues here on Earth, take a
Around a young star not far from Earth, a broad disc of dust swirls. This is the stuff that planets
Scientists have long speculated that at the heart of a gas giant, the laws of material physics undergo some radical
For its newest planetary science mission, NASA aims to land a flying robot on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan,
We know inoculation halts the spread of disease. As it turns out, the same concept can also be used for
This April, renewables were put to the test like never before. For the first time in United States history, clean
For the first time, scientists have found a blue-feathered bird in the fossil record, thanks to a new discovery that
Every now and again, our radio telescopes capture a mystery. A single flash, as powerful in radio wavelengths as half-a-billion
It seems like the stuff of dreams, the idea that humanity will one day venture beyond the Solar System and
You’ve got to hand it to the cockroach. Human progress might be an apocalypse for other animal species, but not
In 1949, famous physicist Lars Onsager published a paper discussing the potential implications of superfluids and turbulence. Now, 70 years
For the first time, scientists have used artificial intelligence to create complex, three-dimensional simulations of the Universe. It’s called the
As far as feathered animals go, Pachystruthio dmanisensis was a monster. With an estimated mass of about 450 kilograms (nearly half
Researchers at Princeton released a new study on how many online shopping sites use coercive so-called “dark pattern” techniques to
Subglacial lakes are some of the least explored and most important natural features on Earth. We have also vastly underestimated
Our entire living reality happens in a three-dimensional Universe, so naturally it’s hard to imagine a universe with just two
The super-thin ‘wonder material’ graphene has been shaking up science for years with its amazing properties, but things get really
With the ability to use tools, solve complex puzzles, and even play tricks on humans just for funsies, octopuses are
If you swallow a bunch of cyanide or breathe in too much carbon monoxide, you are in for a pretty
In the bewildering quagmire that is the gas between the stars, the Hubble Space Telescope has identified evidence of ionised
A core part of a SpaceX rocket narrowly missed a landing pad, crashed into the sea, and exploded during a
In latest gruesome nature news, scientists have discovered new details on a fungus that compels its cicada hosts to mate
From the air, the massive crater resembles a pink virus floating against a pool of green. But from the ground,
An intense heat wave is set to bake Europe in coming days, and it could be historic, potentially shattering records
You’d think it would be easy to spot a whale shark having sex – after all, they’re amongst the largest
An ancient water conservation technique once used in Peru could be making a comeback in the modern era, as the
Scientists have recreated Titan-like conditions in a lab, and found that organic molecules from Titan’s atmosphere could be forming rings
Chernobyl has become a byword for catastrophe. The 1986 nuclear disaster, recently brought back into the public eye by the
Tucked away in a remote valley of Brazil’s Serra da Capivara National Park, a group of bearded capuchin monkeys use round
Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, said his rocket company’s toughest mission yet has arrived – and you
If we’re serious about perpetuating the human race off our home planet one day, a human sperm bank would come
You might think that plastic pollution on land and sea is old news by now, but it’s taken on a new
Underneath the salty waters of the North Atlantic ocean, geologists have discovered a giant aquifer of freshwater, hidden from view
On 24 June 2019, NASA is sending an atomic clock into space. Not just any old atomic clock, either. It’s
Magic: The Gathering, the card game where you build your own deck from over 19,000 unique cards and then battle
It’s called the ‘White City’: a fabled settlement hidden deep in the lush rainforests of Honduras, said to be all
Last week, Curiosity made its strongest detection of methane on Mars yet. Its laser spectrometer instrument registered a methane spike
In the pitch black waters 759 meters (2500 feet) below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a thin, undulating
If you’ve ever felt your eyelids droop for just a fraction of a second during some mundane task — like
Great news! Humankind’s greatest-ever engineering project is nearing completion. Soon we will have warmed the Earth enough to get rid
Galaxy mergers are not particularly rare, but they are important events. Not only for the galaxies involved, but for scientists
