Some 13,000 years ago, wandering people set up a campsite in the Great Lakes region and returned to the plot each summer. The site is
Following a rambunctious breeding season, California’s wolf population has rapidly expanded in the past year. At least 30 new pups have been born in the
The idea that the universe is expanding was first proposed by Edwin Hubble in the late 1920s and has been repeatedly backed up by empirical
In the newest breakthrough in prosthetic technology, researchers in Italy have unveiled a robotic hand that is magnetically controlled. There are no wires or electrical
Last year, a landslide sent a wall of water 200 meters (650 feet) high rushing down a Greenland fjord. Thankfully, not only was no one
As we’ve explored the Solar System’s planets and moons using probes and orbiters, we have found and studied plenty of unusual features, from Jupiter’s “Great
Deep in the ocean lives an unusual isopod that’s known to swim upside-down while going backwards with the help of peculiar paddle-like legs as long
Today, Polaris Dawn Mission Commander Jared Isaacman and Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis made history, becoming the first people to conduct a spacewalk on a private
Today at 6:12 am ET (10:15 am GMT), the crew of Polaris Dawn made history, becoming the first-ever private citizens to conduct a spacewalk. But
Everyone is familiar with what happens when you shake up a bottle of soda and then open it up, or else hand it to an
Earlier this year, a devastating wildfire ripped through 33,048 hectares (81,663 acres) of land in Jasper National Park in Canada. According to the BBC, it
It’s “rush hour” in Earth orbit at the moment. With three new humans arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, September 11, plus the
Today is the day that the crew of Polaris Dawn will conduct the first spacewalk ever attempted by private citizens. Polaris Dawn Mission Commander Jared
Astronomers have seen bubbles on the surface of red giant star R Doradus for the first time. This is the first time scientists have observed
A pair of supermassive black holes have been observed on the road to merging as their galaxies come together. The pair, seen by both the
A fossilized Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in France may have belonged to a previously undescribed lineage that split from other Neanderthals around 100,000 years ago. Just
A single dose of the psychedelic drug LSD appears to alter the brain activity of dogs with autism-like traits during social interactions. Unlike other canines,
