A giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands that was thought to have gone extinct over a century ago just came
The shimmering appearance of frosty, white clouds in the atmosphere of Mars has surprised NASA scientists, with the wispy formations
The popular conception goes that nothing can escape from a black hole. Once something passes the event horizon – the
Each city is populated by a unique host of microbial organisms, and this microbial ‘fingerprint’ is so distinctive, the DNA
A potentially new species of tree frog has been discovered in New Guinea, and it’s full of surprises. For starters,
The inevitable has occurred. A piece of space debris too small to be tracked has hit and damaged part of
A 2,300-year-old ceramic jar filled with the bones of a dismembered chicken was likely part of an ancient curse to
A heavily used group of pesticides, designed to kill insects upon contact, is also poisoning bee colonies. Scientists have discovered
For some time, seismologists have been aware of brief, subtle anomalies in underground electrical fields leading up to an earthquake,
Astronomers have created the most comprehensive map yet of all the dark matter in the universe. That’s no easy feat,
A new map of dark matter made using artificial intelligence reveals hidden filaments of the invisible stuff bridging galaxies. The
The center of the Milky Way is a strange and wild place. There dwells our galactic nucleus – a supermassive
One of the oldest known war cemeteries, discovered in the Nile River Valley, did not necessarily originate from a single
During its sixth flight on the red planet, the Ingenuity helicopter experienced a little mishap – but, thanks to planning
A study has found that monkeys are capable of picking up new “accents” to be more friendly to their neighbors.
NASA is preparing to rocket around 5,000 tardigrades – those adorably pudgy ‘water bears’ – and 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squid
A set of cut and sharpened turkey bones excavated decades ago from an ancient Native American grave seem to be
While the rest of the world continues to tackle the global pandemic, in eastern Australia, waves of mice are flooding
Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moon Europa is increasingly looking like the best place in the Solar System to search for extraterrestrial life.
While we all recognize bees for their importance in our food chain as pollinators, the clever creatures have a series
A “lost” letter written by Albert Einstein to a rival physicist recently sold to an anonymous collector for US$1.2 million at auction.
There’s already a strong link between sleep and memory, and scientists have just found out more about how that relationship
A “super blood moon” appeared in the sky early on Wednesday, but only certain parts of the world caught a
From the waters we creatures of the land emerged. Some animals, like whales, returned to it. Others, like frogs, never
Hidden in the vast, arid expanses of India’s Thar Desert lie mysterious old drawings carved into the land. These newly
A spherical unidentified flying object (UFO) hovers in midair, moves side to side like a ball in the “Pong” video game and
Russia is planning to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to the Moon, then Venus, then Jupiter. Roscosmos, Russia’s federal space agency, announced
Greenland’s melting ice sheet is unleashing an astonishing amount of mercury into the nation’s rivers and fjords. Downstream of three
Active for at least the last 700,000 years, and dominating the landscape of Hawaii, Mauna Loa is the largest shield
If you have an overreaction to ‘triggering’ sounds such as other people chewing or drumming their fingers, you probably have
New calculations from bored physicists have just brought us a bit closer to understanding how material can fall onto neutron
The Red Planet, called that for its rusty oxidized soil, looks vastly different to our planet’s green and blue appearance.
The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen during the early hours of May 26. But this is
The science replication crisis might be worse than we thought: new research reveals that studies with replicated results tend to
Ever since the Gaia satellite began mapping the Milky Way in three dimensions with the highest precision yet, we’ve been
Gold, for all its wonderful uses, isn’t hugely abundant in Earth’s upper layers. For each ton of crust material, there’s
Almost 60 years after British nuclear tests ended, radioactive particles containing plutonium and uranium still contaminate the landscape around Maralinga
Not all flowers smell like roses. An unusual plant in Greece gives off the scent of decaying insects, probably as
Pharmaceuticals, the chemicals found in medicines and drugs, are widely used across the world and allow us to treat and
The mystery of fast radio bursts (FRBs) continues to fascinate astronomers. No one is quite sure what’s behind these super-short,
An online game developed by a team of social psychologists could be a useful tool in the fight against misinformation,
The wonderful mess of molecules that make up living things is so complex, biologists have overlooked an entire class of
We have developed and tested a secure new computer processor that thwarts hackers by randomly changing its underlying structure, thus
Here’s a mystery: Ancient fossils show animals originating from South America in the Antilles islands off Central America, but how
Scientists have captured a picture of the oldest known spiral galaxy, which was formed 12.4 billion years ago. The galaxy,
Prepare for some dark and stormy nights (and days). This year’s Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1 and lasts
When it comes to dividing animals along sex lines, evolution is known for getting creative. The chromosomes that determine baby-making
There once was a time when humans held everything we knew in our heads. That might sound impossible these days
