December 22, 2023

Scientists May Have Found an Ancient Path Into America 24,000 Years Ago

A frozen highway may have given ancient travelers a clear path from Siberia into the New World more than 10,000

Eyeball Planets May Actually Exist, And They’re as Creepy as They Sound

You’ve heard of hot Jupiters. You’ve heard of mini-Neptunes. You’ve heard of super-Earths. But have you heard of Eyeball Planets?

Flowers Are Evolving to Self-Pollinate, And It Could Be a Big Problem

Insects numbers have declined so much that plants are now taking reproduction matters into their own hands (or petals). They’re

Incredible Timelapse Reveals The Sky Gleaming With Gamma Rays

Most of the light streaming through our Universe is invisible to human eyes. The spectrum ranges from long radio waves

Just in Time For Christmas: Scientists Confirm Many Cats Play Fetch

Cats have a reputation for being aloof (some may even say lazy) – but our new research has found they

A Grave Warning About Antarctica Is Encoded in Octopus DNA

Ocean bays that pinch West Antarctica are home to two distinct populations of Turquet’s octopus (Pareledone turqueti). The shared secrets

A Vast Realm Off The Coast of Australia May Have Been Populated by Millions

For much of the 65,000 years of Australia’s human history, the now-submerged northwest continental shelf connected the Kimberley and western

Scientists Reveal What a Nuclear Explosion Would Do to an Asteroid

While it has been a favorite disaster movie theme, nuking an incoming asteroid in the real world has been touted