NASA is sending an exciting mission to the Moon on board a commercial lander, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1. The lander is carrying ten
Ever wondered what exactly a turtle’s shell is made of? Let’s break down their composition and function. Source link
The human body is an elegantly evolved machine, though it does retain several superfluous features that are no longer essential for survival, from male nipples
Along the coasts of Chile and Peru you may find a “living rock” that looks like it bleeds. Known to science as Pyura chilensis, it’s
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is expected to become brighter than Venus next week, and will probably be the brightest comet of 2025. It has already
The mystery surrounding one of the largest megalithic monuments in the Middle East has deepened significantly, as new research has just shattered the popular theory
It’s the “Bleak Midwinter” in the Northern Hemisphere – so, in case you’ve been living under a well-insulated rock, cold weather and snowfalls are hardly
One of Yellowstone National Park’s oldest gray wolves, a one-eyed matriarch dubbed 907F, has died after sustaining wounds in a fight with a rival pack.
Newly compiled records are spilling the beans on one of the CIA’s most notorious and shadowy programs: MKUltra, a wild attempt to develop mind control
When you die on Earth, you generally know what will happen to your body, even if you’d rather not. But what happens to it if
In the animal kingdom, it is often the case that males are bigger, louder, and more visually impressive to look at. All this posturing shows
Saturn is one of the nicer objects to gawp at when you have access to a telescope or binoculars, being large enough to get a
Have you ever wondered how it is that plants avoid pollinating themselves? Walnut trees have evolved to avoid this by separating their male and female
The Magyars – or Hungarians – were among the most feared warriors of the medieval world, and were particularly renowned for their deadly skill as
Early Cambrian fossils reveal how a small, shelled animal evolved to deal with attacks from a predator. The finds confirm a popular hypothesis, until now
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced new draft recommendations to improve the accuracy of pulse oximeters – devices used to estimate blood
The horseshoe crab is a living fossil that’s been scuttling along shorelines virtually unchanged for 445 million years, long before dinosaurs ever stomped across the
