If you take a glance at maps produced in the 17th and 18th centuries CE, you may notice something unusual about California. For centuries, it
What’s your favorite dinosaur? If you said “pterodactyl”, then oof – we’ve got bad news. The same goes for anybody who went for a plesiosaur:
The second law of thermodynamics underpins all of classical reality. It is the reason why it’s easier to make things messy, why you can’t have
Pittcon is where science meets innovation. This fantastic annual event brings together researchers, innovators, and industry leaders from around the world, and, for the first
Every parent who has ever sifted through their child’s hair with a nit comb has had the temptation to just grab the electric razor and
Around the galaxy exist stars that have been given a push, and orbit much faster than the vast majority of their stellar companions. These are
It is the International Day Of Women And Girls In Science, and what better way to celebrate than to discuss the work of Henrietta Leavitt,
It’s not unusual for species to have a few tricks up their sleeves that we never knew about. Blue whales can sing low enough to
The Pacific seafloor laid down around 10 million years ago is dramatically enriched in beryllium-10, compared to older and younger layers. The geologists who discovered
Boom Supersonic, the company aiming to create commercial planes that can travel faster than the speed of sound, have successfully tested their XB-1 jet. According
Beyond the expected, like morning sickness and weird food cravings, pregnancy can cause all sorts of bizarre changes in the body. Research has shown that
A strange invader is marching across the United States, born of two different species. Red fire ants and black fire ants have both been imported
When the proverbial shit hits the fan, we all have different ways of dealing with it, but a new study has identified a personality type
“We often say that anybody who doesn’t believe that herbal medicines work has obviously never tried morphine,” Professor John Newton, consultant public health physician and
Some fast-moving stars within the Milky Way have been traced back to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). In a preprint paper that has not yet
Can you not bear to eat fries without smothering them in ketchup? Perhaps you like to dip yours in a Wendy’s Frosty. Well, it turns
There are an awful lot of bad ways to die accidentally, but possibly the worst accident in history, at least amongst divers, took place in
