Strangely come, strangely go. Only days after the world first became aware of it, a mysterious metal monolith in the
On the wide open slopes of China’s Hengduan Mountains, there are perks to being a wallflower. After thousands of years
We all want our family life to be as happy as possible – and now researchers have identified some of
Cornered by a dangerous predator, a gecko can self-amputate its still twitching tail, creating a fleeting moment of distraction –
Although the ground beneath our feet feels solid and reassuring (most of the time), nothing in this Universe lasts forever.
Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptians were laid to rest in Saqqara, an ancient city of the dead. Priests placed
Nature has a way of putting our best technology to shame. For decades now, scientists have been trying to manufacture
The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last
Throughout all known space, between the stars and the galaxies, an extremely faint glow suffuses, a relic left over from
Skywatchers admiring November’s full moon will also get to see another treat: a penumbral eclipse, when the Moon passes through
First we discovered platypus would look great at a rave, now wombats, bilbies and other marsupials can join the blacklight
It seems that Earth has been misplaced. According to a new map of the Milky Way galaxy, the Solar System’s
A dwindling tribe of chimpanzees in Guinea that gained global fame for uncanny abilities to use tools has a glimmer
The discovery of a creature described as resembling a “buck-toothed toucan” that lived some 68 million years ago has upended
Space is a hostile place. We may have developed the technology to launch astronauts into orbit and get them home
Archaeologists have uncovered a “treasure trove” of artifacts as another major ice patch melts away in the Norwegian mountains, revealing
The question of whether a 7-million-year-old primate, nicknamed ‘Toumai,’ walked on two or four legs has whipped up drama amongst
The surface of the Sun is a turbulent dance of gravity, plasma, and magnetic fields. Much like the weather on
For a long time, Hawai’i Island has been home to a mystery. Somehow, the amount of freshwater in underground aquifers
The largest sharks ever to have roamed the oceans parked their young in shallow, warm-water nurseries where food was abundant
An Egyptian mummy that was decorated with a woman’s portrait contained a surprise – the body of a child who was only
In June of 1670 – almost exactly 350 years ago – French astronomer Voituret Anthelme recorded a ‘new’ star in
An extremely magnetised star 16,700 light-years away could be the next clue in solving the mystery of fast radio bursts.
Who embedded a large metal monolith in the remote Utah desert? State wildlife officials are scratching their heads after discovering a
Before we start mining for precious metals in the darkness of the deep sea, we might try switching on the
Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks containing his pioneering ideas on evolution and his famous “Tree of Life” sketch are missing,
How might The Terminator have played out if Skynet had decided it probably wasn’t responsible enough to hold the keys
When a dead thresher shark washed up onshore, it was obvious what had killed it – a swordfish had stabbed
For decades, planetary geologists have studied tiny chunks of lunar rock to unravel the Moon’s mysteries. The rocks have revealed
When stars like the Sun reach the end of their lives, the object that remains is a white dwarf. This
The mighty Arecibo telescope will be closed forever, the US National Science Foundation has decided. But the radio telescope which
Just before going into a hallucinogenic trance, Indigenous Californians who had gathered in a cave likely looked up toward the
We’ve seen evidence that COVID-19 lockdowns have reduced at least some forms of pollution, temporarily – but the overall picture
As our need for electronic gadgets and sensors grows, scientists are coming up with new ways to keep devices powered
Microplastics of our own making are turning up in the rain, wind, soil, and snow of the most remote and
Greenland is the largest island in the world and on it rests the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere.
The clouds that hang low and thick in our sky, reflecting sunlight back out into space, are melting into thin
Is that light particle more like a ball careening through space, or more of a smeary mess that is everywhere
In nature, diamonds form deep in the Earth over billions of years. This process requires environments with exceptionally high pressure
A giant underground river fed by melting ice could be running in a state of perpetual darkness far below the
Four astronauts were successfully launched on the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Resilience” to the International Space Station on Sunday, the first
We witnessed an amazing astronomical spectacle in the early morning skies over the Kuwaiti desert in November 1998. That year,
Climate change is testing the resilience of our planet’s birds. While tropical avian species appear especially vulnerable to habitat loss,
NASA has given SpaceX the go-ahead to launch its first full crew of four astronauts toward the International Space Station (ISS). If
With global travel curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are finding comfort in planning future trips. But imagine that you
Egypt announced Saturday the discovery of an ancient treasure trove of more than 100 intact sarcophagi, dating back more than
In its 4.6 billion-year-long history, Mars has taken its fair share of punches from hurtling asteroids and careening comets. Today,
The ocean floor of the South Pacific contains traces of ancient dust that may have changed Earth’s very climate, and
