A gargantuan effort by a huge international team of scientists has just given us the most precise map of the
A burly figure emerges from the shadows of a forest, only to lumber off into the cover of trees once
A new video shared on YouTube is one of the most amazing things we’ve ever seen in planetary science. The
Some 540 million years ago, diverse life forms suddenly began to emerge from the muddy ocean floors of planet Earth.
Jupiter isn’t alone along its orbital path around the Sun. Two giant swarms of asteroids have been snared in the
Great Zimbabwe was the first major city in southern Africa, home to an estimated 18,000 people at its peak. Yet
The violent fingers of electricity that struck a sand dune in Nebraska have left behind a configuration of crystal rarely
An urgent search was underway in Western Australia on Saturday after a tiny radioactive capsule was reported to have gone
Scientists have a problem when it comes to modeling space events inside laboratories: Earth’s gravity tends to get in the
In most ways, HBO’s new series The Last of Us depicts a classic zombie apocalypse. One morning, everybody is going
In a recent study published in Sciences Advances, an international team of scientists led by the Technical University of Munich
The genetic make-up of the iconic Australian black swan (Cygnus atratus) leaves it extremely vulnerable to viruses such as avian
Have you ever worried if the play between your cats was getting too rough? A new study published in Scientific
A bizarre spatula-billed pterosaur with ridiculous amounts of teeth has been discovered in a German quarry. Its unique facial anatomy
A team of archaeologists unearthed what could be the “oldest” and “most complete” mummy ever discovered in Egypt, the leader
JWST’s unparalleled ability to peer into the shrouded hearts of distant clouds has revealed the elements of biochemistry in the
Scientists have discovered the long-buried secret of a 17th-century French aristocrat 400 years after her death: She was using gold
‘Spin’ is a fundamental quality of fundamental particles like the electron, invoking images of a tiny sphere revolving rapidly on
A galaxy whose light has traveled nearly 13.5 billion years to reach us has just been confirmed as the earliest
When a new island arose from the South Pacific in 2015, it created an unprecedented opportunity not just for geologists
Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from
Egyptian archaeologists said Tuesday they had discovered an 1,800-year-old “complete residential city from the Roman-era” in the heart of the
Facial pareidolia is the human tendency or illusion of seeing facial structures in an everyday objects – such as seeing
A truck-sized asteroid will pass near Earth on Thursday in one of the closest approaches to our planet ever recorded,
The propagation of gravitational waves through matter could reveal the ripples in space-time generated by the Big Bang. Two plasma
While some dog breeds have unfortunate reputations for being more aggressive than others, veterinarians and other animal experts have long
Our brains do a fantastic job of acting as master control centers for our sacks of flesh if you stop
Today, multiple space agencies are investigating cutting-edge propulsion ideas that will allow for rapid transits to other bodies in the
Even if you think you are good at analyzing faces, research shows many people cannot reliably distinguish between photos of
Scientists have made a breakthrough in robotics: a shapeshifting robot that can switch between liquid and metal states to navigate
Caecilians aren’t exactly your run-of-the-mill amphibian. Limbless, toothed, and worm-like, they spend their life burrowing through the soil, sensing the
The slice of ocean squeezed between Florida and the Bahamas is one of the most well-studied marine environments in the
Some species of carnivorous pitcher plant, Nepenthes, have switched from capturing and digesting insects to absorbing animal poop for their
Over ten years ago, a tsunami triggered a disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Japan’s east coast.
Plastic pollution is out of control. Each year, more than 8 million tonnes of synthetic polymers enter the ocean, and
A teen boy whose mummy had been stored in a museum since 1916 was covered in precious amulets, a study
In the 1930s, a tarnished bronze sword was pulled from the banks of the Danube River that runs through Budapest.
Our home, the Milky Way, doesn’t seem particularly odd for a galaxy. Moderately-sized, spiral in shape, with a few kinks
A vast amount of rocks and other material are hurtling around our Solar System as asteroids and comets. If one
A huge iceberg nearly the size of Greater London has broken off the Antarctic ice shelf near a research station,
Fiber-optic cables stretch across oceans and wind their way underground to handle our communications systems, and scientists think that this
Archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old mass grave in Slovakia containing 38 skeletons, with all but one decapitated. The remains were
Few of us give much thought to Earth’s swirling, spinning contents until some sudden movement, an earthquake or a volcanic
Physicists have just set a new record confining a self-focused laser pulse to a cage of air, down the length
We live in an era of renewed space exploration, where multiple agencies are planning to send astronauts to the Moon
Many of us are returning to work or school after spending time with relatives over the summer period. Sometimes we
A rare green comet is passing Earth, and this could be humanity’s last chance to see it. Stunning photos are
At 3.63 meters (12 feet) tall and 4.37 meters across, the painting known commonly as The Night Watch is Rembrandt’s
