Some species are found once, reported, and then seem to have the ability to remain hidden, only to be rediscovered many years later. From golden
The US “Doomsday Plane” has been spotted flying over the US Midwest, taking off from Oklahoma and circling over Nebraska and Iowa, before returning to
Greenhouse gases are eroding the safe carrying capacity for low Earth orbit, a new study concludes. Moreover, the authors calculate that without drastic cuts to
The secret to remaining mentally astute into old age? Keep reading – no, literally. New research has shown that cognitive decline is not inevitable. Frequently
The biggest animal that has ever existed on Earth is alive today, and swimming around in the oceans. But most land mammals, impressive though an
Thousands of protestors came together on Friday, March 7 to take a stand against sweeping cuts to scientific funding and attacks against scientific organizations by
Last week, North America was treated to the unusual sight of an X on the Moon. On Thursday, viewers in North America will be able
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has captured an image of a blue jet sprite in the Earth’s atmosphere, a rare phenomenon only confirmed in recent years.
This story is well known. On December 26, 2004, an enormous undersea earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia and brought with it a tsunami
A skeleton that was found shackled with thick mental chains and weighed down with iron plates has turned out to be female, thus revealing that
Astronomers have observed two strange phenomena near the heart of our galaxy where existing explanations run into trouble. A new paper shows how a hypothetical
When you imagine a map of the world, it’s probably a very particular image that comes to mind; There’s North America, Norway, and the North
Unusually colored animals often turn up where you least expect them, and in all manner of species – from albino anteaters to all-black penguins, genetics can
Would you give your dog food that’s been grown in a lab? It sounds like something futuristic, but that future is already here – at
What’s a physicist’s favorite food? Fission chips. Science may have earned a reputation for being dry and serious. However, as we have long suspected at
Dogs are some of our closest companions – but are we really all that in tune with how they’re feeling? We might like to think
Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the usual reasons of defense against predators
