One of the most well-studied marine mammals in the world has been secretly harboring a superpower sixth sense. Two captive
Generating life out of an organic soup is a complicated business. You need a whole bunch of ingredients, all together
If it were not for the traditional custodians of an old-growth forest in the Solomon Islands, scientists may have never
ChatGPT was launched on 30 November 2022, ushering in what many have called artificial intelligence’s breakout year. Within days of
China’s Zhurong rover was equipped with a ground-penetrating radar system, allowing it to peer beneath Mars‘s surface. Researchers have announced
A new study has found that the impending peak in the Sun’s activity cycle will likely arrive significantly sooner than
A herd of elephants in Malaysia smashed up a car after it struck one of their babies on Sunday night.
Ever since the spooky phenomenon of superconductivity was discovered in 1911, scientists have been searching for superconducting materials that work
A planetary system not so far from the Solar System has six worlds orbiting their star in beautiful, perfect harmony.
A BBC report about a cruise passenger who said that he was bitten by a wolf spider, which then laid
Picture this: you’re nestled comfortably in your seat cruising towards your holiday destination when a flight attendant’s voice breaks through
Astronauts visiting the alien skies of the red planet might one day feast their eyes on a view like the
Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes. The Milky Way, for example, is a spiral galaxy because of the way
The explosive end of non-avian dinosaurs is the most infamous blow to life on Earth. But there’s long been hints
Those blissfully peaceful months we spend in the womb before being born could be where our language learning starts, according
The Earth’s magnetic field plays a big role in protecting people from hazardous radiation and geomagnetic activity that could affect
Stars are gravitationally fastened to their galaxies and move in concert with their surroundings. But sometimes, something breaks the bond.
Let’s face it, going to space is havoc on the human body. We evolved in an Earth environment, over hundreds
The notion of black holes is one that invokes terror and dread. They’re inescapable! They devour everything! Nothing ever comes
Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century because commercial hive designs are
Flicking the switch on any kind of electrical device triggers a marching band of charged particles stepping to the beat
You’re out for dinner with a bunch of friends, one of whom orders pizza with anchovies and olives to share,
The extraordinary capacity for the brain to rewire itself after a stroke, an amputation, or sudden loss of vision or
In 2013, a group of scientists squeezed through a deep, twisting cave system to examine hundreds of bones belonging to
One of the rarest mammals in the world, a black rhino, was just born in broad daylight at a zoo
Quantum advantage is the milestone the field of quantum computing is fervently working toward, where a quantum computer can solve
It took a birds’ eye view for archaeologists to realize prehistoric communities of Central and Eastern Europe were still thriving
In 2018, archaeologists made a staggering discovery in Swaga Swaga Game Reserve in central Tanzania: 52 previously undocumented rock shelters,
Four gargantuan undersea sediment deposits – or ‘megabeds’ – discovered in the western Marsili Basin near Italy show evidence of
Do you know what the padlock symbol in your internet browser’s address bar means? If not, you’re not alone. New
While preparing for the threat of an asteroid strike might seem like a hypothetical exercise, it’s really not. The Solar
Evolution is unfolding all around us as species tussle to survive or find ways to coexist, but it’s still a
Our Neanderthal cousins had the capacity to both hear and produce the speech sounds of modern humans, a study published
Venus is so tantalizingly close to being a twin of Earth. Its size, composition, and density are so similar to
If there’s one chemical that causes excitement in the search for biosignatures on other worlds, it’s methane. It’s not a
We can show a lot about ourselves through our eyes during conversation. Do we need to make direct eye contact
In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered
A cosmic ray that smacked into Earth’s atmosphere has absolutely gobsmacked astrophysicists. The tiny particle was carrying in excess of
There’s a new way in which going to space could mess with the human body. A study on rats in
Exoplanets are definitely a bit of a hot topic at the moment. Throw in a sprinkling of the James Webb
A single-celled organism with no brain or nervous system to speak of may still form memories and pass those memories
Underwater cameras have captured a unique dolphin behavior off the coast of Western Australia in what scientists suspect is a
A common, widespread fungus that’s probably hiding in your garden soil right this moment is capable of transforming into a
The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in
Researchers think they’ve finally confirmed the identity of an object that smashed into the Moon on 4 March 2022 –
Eventually, we’re going to want to expand the World Wide Web across the galaxy, and NASA just demonstrated a key
Astrophysicists working with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found a surprising amount of metal in a galaxy only
The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has been getting deeper in mid-spring over the last two decades, despite a
