Eating spicy food can spark a variety of reactions: a euphoric buzz, a racing heart, a tingling tongue, gastrointestinal apocalypse, existential dread, and tears of
An exceptionally preserved fossil fills in an enormous gap in the evolution of pterosaurs, the largest animals capable of flight. Of all the major reptile
An international team of astronomers has detected a record-breaking planet orbiting a Sun-like star. The system is called K2-360 and it has two known planets
A stash of 15 marine fossils has been found in a Neanderthal cave in northern Spain, indicating that the extinct hominids may have developed a
Geese are famously aggressive animals whose sassy attitude appears to be crucial to their social rank. Large in size with peculiar “geese teeth“, they can
It’s been a record year for dengue infections, and amidst the surge in cases, researchers have been trying to pinpoint the causes. Now, a new
The era of human-induced extinctions has a new victim: a migratory shorebird called the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been declared almost certainly deceased. Although 164 avian
Sometimes, it’s the everyday things that are most confusing. Things like, what are those weird dots on your windshield? Why is pink salt more expensive
We’ve all been there: you wake up one morning, the sun is shining; you open your mouth to greet the world and out comes a
There’s nowhere on Earth quite like the Atacama Desert. Literally: it exists in a basically unique meteorological void, rendering it all but devoid of water
The Moon was volcanically active for a long time, but if we look at its mysterious far side, we now know exactly how long that
Vast amounts of money and brainpower in the effort to achieve sustained, controlled, nuclear fusion. Many designs have been proposed, and even tried, but tokamaks
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Kimchi, kefir, kombucha – fermented foods aren’t new, but now you can find them everywhere. Sure, more people could be catching on to how delicious
Have you ever felt that snow only seems to fall in certain places? Perhaps you missed out on snow days as a kid, while your
While most of us will have heard of gray wolves – and the political rollercoaster that is their protection status in the US – they
It might sound far-fetched, but recent research suggests that dogs’ and humans’ brains synchronise when they look at each other. This research, conducted by researchers
