The best case scenario for the climate crisis is looking increasingly disastrous for much of the world, especially when it
We think of DNA as the vitally important molecules that carry genetic instructions for most living things, including ourselves. But
A newborn star system 1,400 light-years from Earth is revealed in all its dynamic glory in a new photo from
When it comes to getting rid of an annoying pest, sometimes subtlety just won’t cut it. Sometimes you just have
Russian cosmonauts discovered cracks on the Zarya module of the International Space Station (ISS) and are concerned that the fissures
The use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the globe, a milestone that will prevent more than 1.2 million
Saturn – or Kronos – may be the one with a horrifying reputation for filial cannibalism in mythology, but when it
Nobody would ever have thought that farming the Atacama Desert would be easy. Yet, even so, the brutal challenges of
Tardigrades are undoubtedly weird. Dehydrate them into glass, then fire them out of a gun, and once you rehydrate them
Snakes living in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone can be used to track radioactive contamination, scientists have learnt. Ten years after
As anyone who has ever lived with a dog will know, it often feels like we don’t get enough time
Scientists say a rare shark “virgin birth” may be the first of its kind after a baby shark was born
Are people in your culture are mindful of others, even if they’re total strangers? Social mindfulness differs from individual mindfulness
Most life needs oxygen to thrive, and science shows that O2 began to show up in Earth’s atmosphere in serious
More Americans are coming to accept Charles Darwin’s “dangerous idea” of evolution, according to thirty years’ worth of national surveys.
Scientists have discovered what is believed to be the world’s northernmost landmass – a yet-to-be-named island north of Greenland that
Figuring out what’s going on underneath a kilometer (over half a mile) of solid Greenland ice isn’t easy for scientists,
Tropical forests in Africa don’t receive nearly as much attention as the Amazon rainforest or the jungles of southeast Asia,
Roughly a century ago, scientists began to realize that some of the radiation we detect in Earth’s atmosphere is not
Travel back in time 56 million years, and you’d arrive during a period of heightened volcanic activity on Earth. The
Cookiecutter sharks are elusive deep-sea fish, seemingly only coming to the surface at night. As a result, we don’t know
While no one enjoys seeing carefully nurtured crops destroyed by hordes of hungry insects, the most common way to prevent
Scientists have bridged a missing link in the reptile tree of life. That link is the tiny skull of a
When it comes to birds, sexual dimorphism can be very pronounced indeed. Males may announce their presence with flashy feathers,
Since their introduction to Australia in 1935, cane toads (Rhinella marina) have been rapidly devouring their way across the northern
There’s a storm in your teacup of the likes we barely understand. Water molecules flipping about madly, reaching out to
Up to 95 percent of Earth’s ocean surface will have changed by the end of the century unless humanity reins
The bones of victims of the 79 CE eruption of Vesuvius in the nearby town of Herculaneum have revealed fascinating
A police raid in Brazil has saved our scientific knowledge of an incredibly well-preserved flying lizard that sported a ridiculously
After taking new radio observations, astronomers have ruled out a leading explanation for the cyclic nature of a particularly curious
Picturing how our species might appear in the far future often invites wild speculation over stand-out features such as height,
Nearly 2,000 years ago, the ancient people of Teotihuacan wrapped bunches of flowers into beautiful bouquets, laid them beneath a jumble of
Winter has cleared the air of dust on Mars, allowing the Curiosity Rover to take a stunning panorama of its
Protected areas will only help species migrating to escape a warming climate if enough of them, strategically located, allow for
When we search for life out there in the galaxy, we base our efforts on what we know. So far,
The skeleton of an ancient woman, discovered in an Indonesian cave in 2015, appears to have ancestry unlike any other
The skeletal remains of two lovers, buried together more than 1,500 years ago in northern China, were recently discovered locked
Recently, we’ve been learning that the world is a much… glowier place than we ever suspected. More and more terrestrial
What makes a ‘good’ life? And how do we measure it? These are questions as old as humanity itself –
With rising temperatures and significant climate shifts predicted for Antarctica in the years to come, the icy continent could use
Politicians, business leaders, YouTubers and celebrities are calling for the planting of millions, billions or even trillions of trees to
A newly discovered asteroid has the second-shortest orbit that we know in the entire Solar System, pipped only by Mercury.
Millions of years ago, an ancient sperm whale had a very, very bad day when a megatoothed shark – possibly the fearsome Otodus megalodon or
A powerful radio telescope staring at a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way has detected thousands of hitherto unknown radio
In what amounts to perhaps the most unhurried act of animal predation ever caught on camera, researchers have filmed for
Despite humanity’s intense fascination with sparkly pieces of carbon, it seems there is still plenty to learn about how diamonds
Supermassive black holes tend to sit, more or less stationary, at the centers of galaxies. But not all of these
New measurements from scientists in Sweden reveal that Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest mountain, is sweltering and transforming in the face of
