If you’re fascinated by Nature, these images of spiral galaxies won’t help you escape your fascination. These images show incredible
For eons, humans have worn personal ornaments that tether them to their people; precious items that reflect a clan identity
A deep sea exploration company has released a sonar image they say may be the remains of the plane of
Elon Musk on Monday claimed in a post on X that a Neuralink brain implant has, for the first time,
Balmy summer nights alive with the sounds of cicadas are so relaxing, until all manner of unruly insects swarm your
A critical early stage of embryonic development has been linked to a virus that mixed with the ancestral DNA of
Time’s inexorable march might well wait for no one, but a new experiment by researchers at the Technical University of
Black holes are powerful gravitational engines. So you might imagine that there must be a way to extract energy from
A small black hole is helping scientists understand how mysterious cosmic rays can barrel through the Universe and hit Earth
A wildlife filmmaker and biology student have recorded something scientists have long been searching for: the first-ever glimpse of a
Peering into the jungle of microbes that live within us, researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire
If signs of life really do exist on Mars, there’s a chance the Perseverance rover has already rolled over them.
In the early days of telescopic astronomy, you could only focus on one small region of the sky at a
Japan’s Moon lander has sent back its first images of the lunar surface, showing a gray, rubble-covered world in incredible
Archaeologists discovered human remains ceremonially adorned with buckets on their feet and rings around their necks in a 1,000-year-old cemetery,
The Hubble Space Telescope has observed the smallest planet outside our solar system to contain water vapor in its atmosphere,
The first four years of human life are critical for language development, and yet the speed at which children learn
Were dinosaurs already on their way out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, ending the Cretaceous, the
A study of 26 years’ worth of wolf behavioral data, and an analysis of the blood of 229 wolves, has
If it were ever possible to take a flight through the extreme conditions of Neptune’s atmosphere, we might experience the
A dazzling rearrangement of egg cell innards follows fertilization, but until now we didn’t know how. New research reveals friction
When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was
Underneath a temple in the ancient ruined city of Taposiris Magna on the Egyptian coast, archaeologists uncovered a vast, spectacular
Dense thickets of ghostly corals shelter myriads of unfamiliar sea creatures have been found covering a vast area of the
Erosion isn’t a thing on the Moon like it is on Earth. With no atmosphere or tectonic plates, the lunar
The popular Paleo diet is based on the belief that we are better off eating like our ancestors by sticking
Albert Einstein was one smart cookie; there’s no doubt about it. But even he knew his general theory of relativity
The centuries-old volcanic fissures opening up in Iceland, oozing out red-hot lava, have had residents of the nearby town of
We still don’t know how life on Earth began some point more than 3.5 billion years ago, but a new
Some 9,700 years ago on an autumn day, a group of people were camping on the west coast of Scandinavia.
We finally have the first high-res images of the contents of NASA’s precious Bennu asteroid sampler container, more than 3.5
Japan switched off its Moon lander almost three hours after a historic touchdown to allow for a possible recovery of
According to a new study, sightings of the huge, hairy, ape-like creature Bigfoot may actually be glimpses of a considerably
Urban agriculture is expected to be an important feature of 21st century sustainability and can have many benefits for communities
As Earth turns, so does our physiological clock. Daylight keeps cascades of timekeeping molecules in sync as they perform regulatory
About 8,200 years ago, an underwater landslide known as the Storegga slide near Norway triggered a tsunami that engulfed parts
Scientists have accidentally tied the smallest and tightest knot ever, overtaking the top spot in the Guinness Book of World
Human behaviour is an enigma that fascinates many scientists. And there has been much discussion over the role of probability
Women tend to live longer than men, but a global review of mortality data from 1990 to 2010 suggests the
Millions of people will be able to don protective glasses and view a spectacular total solar eclipse on April 8,
Recalling past events – what happened, when, and where – is a skill only humans were thought to possess. This
Given the right conditions, tiny airborne particles of the rock mineral feldspar can influence cloud formation. Just how this happens,
If you ever find yourself playing a game of twenty questions, there’s a little-known life form you can pick that
On October 19th, 2017, astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey detected an interstellar object (ISO) passing through our Solar System for
An exoplanet discovered just 73 light-years away is offering a glimpse into what baby Earth might have looked like –
It’s pretty hard to imagine the world through someone else’s eyes, especially different animals. But a new study using lab-grown
The random nature of genetic mutation implies evolution is largely unpredictable. But recent research suggests this may not be entirely
An experimental philosopher from the University of Arizona has set up what he’s calling the Millennium Camera: a device designed
