Until the late 19th century, the success of criminal investigations largely hung on witness reports and (often extorted) confessions. A
A Bronze Age arrowhead excavated in Switzerland in the 19th century turns out to be made from an unexpected material.
On a basic level, a star is pretty simple. Gravity squeezes the star trying to collapse it, which causes the
Super-heated seawater off the Florida Keys has grown so perilous to the world’s third-largest barrier reef that scientists are now
Caecilian mothers grow a fatty skin layer for their babies to tear off and eat. It offers not only nourishment
Scientists have discovered an “astounding diversity” of giant viruses taking on “previously unimaginable” shapes and forms in just a few
New research sheds light on a tricky idea of consciousness: There’s a difference between what the brain takes in and
New observations of the roiling cloud of dust around a baby star have revealed what looks like the early stages
On the heels of a new record high in the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic reached its hottest-ever level this week,
Say hello to ionocaloric cooling. It’s a new way to lower temperatures with the potential to replace existing methods of
The search for alien life has always been hampered by the huge racket that Earth generates, rendering it difficult to
Scientists have discovered an exceptional case of a partially warm-blooded fish, fundamentally changing our understanding of fish physiology. The fact
Scientists said on Friday they have genetically engineered female fruit flies that can have offspring without needing a male, marking
Digging deep into the Volyn quartz mine, near the city of Zhytomyr in Ukraine, scientists have discovered the oldest three-dimensional
Ancient grains of dust are revealing the life story of a Solar System asteroid. According to an analysis of grains
Playful behavior was once considered a rare phenomenon in the animal kingdom, and yet recent evidence suggests birds, bees, apes,
Science fiction is rife with fanciful tales of deadly organisms emerging from the ice and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting human
Astronomers have spotted a “once-in-a-lifetime” comet shaped like the Millennium Falcon – and sky gazers may soon be able to
Our Solar System is a pretty busy place. There are millions of objects moving around – everything from planets, to
You probably haven’t spent much time thinking about how heavy your hands are – but if you had to make
Twenty years of satellite data show that a stretch of coastal desert extending south from Peru’s north and into Chile
An international effort to revive an ancient roundworm, frozen in Siberian permafrost for millennia, has unleashed a lifeform even older
A power outage at NASA headquarters in Houston temporarily disrupted communications with the International Space Station. For the first time
The biggest volcano in the Solar System could once have been an island in a vast sea, new research has
Roughly 2,000 Magellanic penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of Uruguay this July with empty stomachs and “tremendously
Standing atop the mountains in the southern highlands of Peru is the 15th-century marvel of the Inca empire, Machu Picchu.
Decades ago, regulations for laboratory maintenance were not quite as stringent as they are today. This, we assume, is at
A massive galaxy has created a rare distortion in the path of light that has traveled billions of years to
Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) are some of the most ferocious plants on Earth. These carnivorous plants appear most fearsome in
For years, as the climate warms, Siberia’s permafrost has been showing signs of collapse, with sinkholes appearing out of nowhere
2023 has gone from bad to worse for Earth’s southern ocean. In February, climate researchers announced that Antarctica’s sea ice
Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer is filled with the titular physicist’s worst nightmares of nuclear war. Ominous visions of mushroom
Shallow waters off south Florida topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C) for several hours on Monday, potentially setting a new world
A major ocean current system in the Atlantic could be about to collapse as soon as 2025, concerning new peer-reviewed
A beautifully preserved fossil forest uncovered on a river bank in Japan has been described in detail for the first
A giant creature thought to inhabit the waters of Scotland’s Loch Ness remains a popular subject of speculation, in spite
In 2022, the Royal Australian Mint issued a $2 coin decorated with honeybees. Around 2,400 years earlier, a mint in
You’ve just finished a cup of coffee at your favorite cafe. Now you’re facing a trash bin, a recycling bin
Tiger sharks are usually solitary creatures, but nothing brings the scavengers together like the delicious scent of a dead whale.
Deep under the ocean, not all ecosystems are built alike. And, as an international team of scientists has now found,
One of the most interesting baby planet systems in the Milky Way has just yielded a detection of water vapor.
A new observation reveals the ongoing effect humanity had after intercepting a chunk of rock drifting around the Sun last
We know that meat has a substantial impact on the planet, and that plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable. But
What happens to the body when a human gets heatstroke? How can we protect ourselves in a warming planet? To
According to our predominant cosmological models, Dark Matter accounts for roughly 85% of the mass in the Universe. While ongoing
News about switching to greener energy sources is always good news, and this certainly counts: The world’s largest wind turbine
A submerged volcano is exuding hot fluid deep below the sea off the Pacific coast of Canada, and thousands of
Trust in the truth is a major talking point these days. How we respond to the greatest global emergencies of
