A grey nurse shark put on a hell of a show for visitors to the SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium, where they got to witness the
Through avoiding sustained contact with the outside world, over 100 uncontacted tribes around the world represent a crucial element of humankind’s diversity – but who
RIP, me. I’ve popped my clogs and fallen in a lake. All very sad for friends and family, but finally, a lifelong dream is about
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid thought to be around 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) in diameter impacted the Earth, forming a crater 200 kilometers (120
A new study on soccer teams (or, to use the correct term, “football teams”) has found that teams appear to act as if they are
Metals aren’t typically something we think of as chewable (unless you happen to be the Iron Giant), but there appears to be an exception –
The gene that enables East Asian adults to drink milk without getting side effects like stomach cramps was probably inherited from Neanderthals, thousands of years
It’s a question just about every new parent has wondered at some point: what’s the world like for my little one? How do they experience
In a new step forward on the quest for better painkillers, scientists have developed a synthetic cannabinoid that keeps the pain-relieving properties of cannabis without
A mission intended to bring two astronauts left on the International Space Station much longer than originally planned back to Earth is currently in limbo
In 1821, the English Romantic poet John Keats died at the young age of 25 after succumbing to tuberculosis. Although his work inspired many influential
Astronomers have spotted a red dwarf star in a system that is almost certainly the source of a radio signal that, for a while, repeated
A total of 866 new marine species have been discovered in just 16 months by the Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Census as they embark on the
If you’ve ever peeked at other people’s shopping in a busy supermarket queue, you’ll know that what we buy says a lot about us. Is
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge believe they have uncovered the mechanism behind how aspirin, a common and inexpensive painkiller, might be
A snorkeler had a dangerously close call after picking up a stunning seashell, unaware that it was potentially home to one of the ocean’s most
The oldest hominid facial bones ever discovered in Western Europe have revealed that the region was initially inhabited by a previously unknown human lineage. Dated
