Whale song is something we humans listen to when relaxing – but new research has shown that, as a form of communication, it ain’t messing
A 183-million-year-old fossil with exceptionally well-preserved soft tissues has revealed that some plesiosaurs were covered in both skin and scales, suiting them to a life
Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter believed to be everywhere, outnumbering regular matter (what we’re made of) 5-to-1. It doesn’t emit or interact
The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Euclid Mission has been working over the last 18 months to understand what dark matter and dark energy really are.
In 1976, the American Viking 1 Orbiter spotted something very peculiar on the surface of Mars. There among the many lumps and bumps of the
There are many things that inspire scientific discoveries. The search for a better future; the endless quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe. Boredom’s
A team of international researchers has found conclusive evidence of something a little grim: human communities in the Magdalenian era – around 18,000 years ago
This week, the earliest runestone ever to be reliably dated may have been carved by a woman, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived some 1.4
Quantum computers hold the promise to revolutionize so many different aspects of science. They can tackle problems that even the most powerful supercomputer wouldn’t be
We’ve all been there: you’re standing in the cereal aisle of the supermarket, staring up at countless near-identical boxes of multicolored hoops, frozen in indecision
Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the cosmic web connecting two galaxies in
Millions of years ago, our early ancestors roamed an area of Africa known as the Cradle of Mankind, scouring the landscape in search of perfectly
Electricity is extremely dangerous, but also extremely useful when we can contain it and send it from A to B. It turns out that we
Chances are you have a nighttime ritual that really isn’t doing you any favors. A 2022 poll by the National Sleep Foundation found that 58
This week on Break It Down: the world’s oldest runestone might have been carved by a woman in a language that predates the Vikings, asteroid
Spiders might cause some fear among arachnophobes, with their unusually high number of legs and scuttling way of moving, however, new research has found that
On the grounds of Emperor Nero’s grand palace, where legendary parties once shocked and amazed, archaeologists have uncovered a giant chunk of pure Egyptian blue
