We can hear thanks to our middle ear bones, something that began with holes in the sides of therapsid skulls. Among these ancient animals was
Hoping to keep tabs on the magnetic north’s wandering ways, the World Magnetic Model 2025 has been released this week, revealing the latest official predicted
This September, the Polaris Dawn mission became the first to have a private space walk. Run by billionaire Jared Isaacman, the mission was seen by
There are plenty of physics problems out there that are unresolved, from the Hubble tension to the black hole information. But one particularly cool and
Squirrels go nuts for nuts, right? That’s what’s with all the digging and the tree climbing and the hurling nuts from a great height –
Let’s be honest, Christmas can be a magical time of year, but it can also be an inter-relational minefield with various taboo topics that spring
We Homo sapiens possess surprisingly few functional genes that distinguish us from extinct human lineages such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, according to the authors of
Snow is beautiful, but also powerful and destructive – and, if we’re honest, a bit confusing. For something made entirely of water, it can come
An astronomer based in Japan has captured the moment when an unknown object – believed to be a meteor, and possibly one of the Geminids
An unprecedented die-off has been declared in Alaska, where as many as four million murres are estimated to be missing from colonies across the state.
A group of flat Earthers has ventured to the southernmost land of Antarctica in an attempt to “end the debate over the shape of the
Surviving in harsh climates is part and parcel of life in the animal world and coming up with adaptations to make life easier in very
The 2020s are certainly roaring when it comes to astronomy. The launches of JWST and eROSITA have brought incredible new insights into infrared and X-ray
In case you’ve missed it, the Sun has been particularly active over the past year, unleashing powerful solar flares and causing radio blackouts on Earth.
Picture the scene: a disheveled man stumbles through the Forum, his wine-stained toga bundled haphazardly around his torso. At his feet, a smattering of empty
If you’re out wandering in the woods one day and you spot what looks like a little yellow brain splatted onto a branch, you might
In a little over two weeks, more than 3,000 billion liters of water recently flooded out of an ice-dammed lake in East Greenland. It’s the
