June 7, 2019

Scientists may have found why we love fancy chocolate so much, and it’s not the taste

How much of your chocolate buying is based on taste, and how much is based on the shininess of its

Mysterious blob caught on weather radar claimed to be a massive ladybug swarm

Meteorologists in Southern California got a strange surprise on Tuesday night when they spotted a huge blob on the National

Scientists just found a previously unknown source of magnetism hidden deep inside Earth

New research has revealed a previously unknown source of magnetism deep within our planet’s stupidly hot, squishy layers. Far from

A double asteroid came uncomfortably close to Earth last month, here’s why that’s good

On 25 May 2019, a strange, double-asteroid (1999 KW4) flew past Earth at a distance and speed that is likely

Incredible video shows a jellyfish get sucked into a dizzying bubble ring

Imagine being a jellyfish just swimming along, minding your own business, when suddenly you’re taken for a nauseating ride in

We totally missed most of the plastic pollution in the ocean, study reveals

On average, 8.8 million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. The maximum amount could be closer to 14

This utterly creepy deep-sea dragonfish has nearly invisible teeth

The dragonfish is a top predator at the bottom of the sea. A bioluminescent lure on its head and spots

Scientists just found how nerve cells can pass information down several generations

As a rule, your brain’s activity doesn’t influence the physiological development of your sex cells. In simpler terms: What you

Astronomers find first evidence of an odd radio ‘bridge’ connecting 2 galaxy clusters

A colossal magnetic field stretching between two clusters of galaxies has been observed for the first time. Roughly a billion

There’s a hidden spacecraft dump deep in the ocean – here’s what’s down there

The most remote location on Earth has many names: It’s called Point Nemo (Latin for ‘no one’) and the Oceanic

Here’s how at least 74,000 microplastic particles end up in your diet in a single year

Humans have spread microplastics to virtually every ecosystem on the planet, from the deepest chasms in the sea to the most remote