It’s no secret: when we savour a delicious piece of fish or a platter of seafood, we’re not just consuming
A 2,200-year-old ceramic drinking vessel has confirmed what archaeologists have long suspected: some ancient Egyptians were tripping on hallucinogens. For
Calculations intended to feel out the interactions between light and the material that produces it may inadvertently describe the photon’s
Majestic. Thunderous. Powerful. Their mighty tread and sonorous cries once reverberated across our planet. And the rise of the dinosaurs
A supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US has just pulled off the largest astrophysical simulation of the
Astronomers often use the Milky Way as a standard for studying how galaxies form and evolve. Since we’re inside it,
NGC 4594 is an unusual galaxy. It was discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain, and is striking because of a
