February 23, 2023

Martian ‘Lightning’ Could Play a Major Role in The Planet’s Chlorine Cycle

Dust storms are a serious hazard on Mars. While smaller storms and dust devils happen regularly, larger ones happen every

A Nail Hole in This Roman Skull May Have Been an Outdated Public Health Measure

More than 2,000 years ago, a young woman on the Italian island of Sardinia died for unknown reasons. Her body

This Weird-Looking Fungus Could Be a Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic

The tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) has some surprising properties, scientists have discovered: properties that could enable it to provide a

The White Specks in This Image Aren’t Stars or Galaxies. They’re Black Holes

The image above may look like a fairly normal picture of the night sky, but what you’re looking at is

A New Battery In Development Means We Might Be Able to Spend The Day On Venus

Sending a lander to Venus presents several huge engineering problems. Granted, we’d get a break from the nail-biting entry, descent,