From its red and rugged surface, Mars looks like a lifeless planet, both dry and desolate. But that hasn’t always
Twinship has become a cultural phenomenon in the United States over the past three decades, with a higher proportion of
Scientists have been able to teach birds simple songs they’ve never heard before by selectively activating specific neurons in their
When China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft landed on the lunar far side on 3 January 2019, it made history. It was the
In a death-defying maneuver for the spacecraft, NASA’s Juno has completed an unprecedented and unplanned engine burn. The purpose? To
Just less than 13,000 years ago, the climate cooled for a short while in many parts of the world, especially
We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million
You might be familiar with the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment, where the eponymous feline in a box can be both
The centre of the Milky Way galaxy is a relatively calm place now (compared to other galactic centres), but that
In April, an international team of scientists captured the first-ever photo of a black hole. In September, they won a US$3
According to local news reports in Chile, something was seen blazing a trail across the sky over the island of
A new study comparing human skulls with those of other animals claims that the dimensions of our heads appear to
The most significant pterosaur fossil ever discovered in Australia has been unearthed in the Winton area of central western Queensland.
They may not have the muscles and reflexes of the animal kingdom, but that doesn’t mean plants just passively sit
Astronomers across the globe were quick to begin studying 2I/Borisov – the second known interstellar object to visit our solar
After counting all the normal, luminous matter in the obvious places of the universe – galaxies, clusters of galaxies and
It’s hard to imagine how a thin papyrus scroll could survive a volcanic eruption. Even harder is imagining how such
