A rockshelter in South Africa’s Kalahari documents the innovative behaviors of early humans who lived there 105,000 years ago. We
Galaxy clusters are the largest structures in the Universe bound together by gravity. They can contain thousands of galaxies, enormous oceans
Some of the deepest parts of the Black Sea are still responding to climate changes prompted by the last ice
Approximately 430,000 years ago, a meteorite exploded over Antarctica. The only reason we know about it now is because scientists
The day has finally come. Scientists have finally created synthetic mucus molecules that exhibit the structure and function of the
In a mirror Universe where time runs backwards, swapping matter for antimatter should simply bring us full circle and reproduce
Scientists have identified a new rule of growth that shapes the form and development of pointy or sharp biological structures
A severe thunderstorm cloud that formed over the Pacific Ocean in 2018 reached the coldest temperatures ever recorded, according to
SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter Tuesday that the latest prototype of the company’s Starship rocket series had crashed,
Scientists have reported the discovery of a rare, medium-sized black hole that may help answer one of the more tantalizing
The extent of Australasian influence into the ancient bloodlines of early South American cultures looks to be even greater than
In our limited experience, comet 2I/Borisov is one of a kind. It was discovered in August 2019, on a trajectory
For well over a thousand years, cherry blossoms in Japan have held the scent of spring and reflected the transient
Could humans ever evolve venom? It’s highly unlikely that people will join rattlesnakes and platypuses among the ranks of venomous animals, but new research
In a new first for genetic engineering, scientists have developed a single-celled synthetic organism that grows and divides much like
The center of the Milky Way is mysteriously glowing. Sure, there’s a whole bunch of stars there, along with a
The vast majority of animals considered ‘wild dogs’ in Australia are actually pure dingoes or canines that are mostly dingo
When it comes back around again in 2068, the asteroid Apophis will have practically no chance of hitting Earth. In
One of the world’s largest container ships, named Ever Given, has been wedged across the Suez Canal since it was
Even when male and female patients show similar levels of suffering in their facial expressions, physical pain among women is
If fossil fuel companies in the United States were made to pay for the real environmental and health costs of
Scientists have figured out a way to stop cannibalistic moths from selfishly eating their siblings. All that’s required is the
In less than three years, astronauts will return to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. As
The new £50 bank note that’s just been unveiled in the UK features the face of Alan Turing on one
Bloodsucking insects, trapped in amber for millions of years, extracted for their blood-filled bellies, with the blood analyzed for ancient
The United States is home to nearly 2,000 active landfills. Each day, these enormous piles of garbage can leach well
We now know how gold crystals start to form at the atomic scale. For the first time, scientists have observed
Bacteria collected from more than a mile below the surface of the Pacific Ocean may have just blown one of
Back when mega wombats, sheep-sized echidnas, and marsupial lions roamed the ancient lands of Australia, there also lived a gigantic
A spectacular display of lights that streamed across the night sky over the US Pacific Northwest was probably debris from
At the core of just about every plant, algae, and blob of green pond scum on Earth sits a molecular
Selective breeding by humans has led to some incredibly odd and unfortunate pets over the years, and the sauteur d’Alfort
Deep beneath its icy crust, the dark waters of Enceladus may be swirling. According to a new analysis of the
Peer long enough into the heavens, and the Universe starts to resemble a city at night. Galaxies take on characteristics
A mysterious neurodegenerative disease has been killing bald eagles and other animals at lakes across the United States. And after 25 years
Figuring out when the earliest human species first developed and used stone tools is an important task for anthropologists, since
The flickering colors of a sleeping octopus seem to indicate something akin to an REM sleep state, scientists have found.
Climate change has wrought major changes to ocean stability faster than previously thought, according to a study published Wednesday, raising
In 2002, one of the most prestigious restaurants in New York City served four Wall Street workers its most expensive bottle
Strange things are afoot in the Milky Way. According to a new analysis of Gaia satellite data, the closest star
What is it about humans that separates us from non-human primates, our closest living relatives? One of the biggest differentiators,
A new telescope below the surface of the world’s deepest lake has commenced a hunt for the Universe’s most elusive
Like a tourist on a cruise ship, the by-the-wind sailor jellyfish (Velella velella) spends its days drifting aimlessly through the open sea,
The class of marine animals known as cephalopoda – which today includes squids, octopuses, and cuttlefishes – could have been around
Island Southeast Asia has one of the largest and most intriguing hominin fossil records in the world. But our new
The goalposts of science are always shifting. An achievement is never absolute – each new discovery is the doorway to
They are among the largest and strangest of all structures on Earth: huge, mysterious blobs of dense rock lurking deep
Update (24 March 2021): The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment is still insisting there’s a flaw in our best model
