The animal world has pretty much got every form of locomotion covered, from kangaroos that have a “fifth limb”, to corals that can inflate their
Almost exactly a century ago, the “Greatest Cave Explorer Ever Known” entered a labyrinth of underground caverns in south-central Kentucky and never returned. The gripping
An ancient oceanic plate under modern-day Iraq is breaking off horizontally, researchers have shown in a new study. This huge underground tear, stretching from southeast
It’s a fun “fact” that many of us will have heard before: our bodies apparently replace themselves every seven years. Trouble is, that’s not true
As the old philosophical question goes, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a
We live in turbulent times. At every juncture, at least half the country is pissed at the government, complaining that “I didn’t vote for this!
People over on Reddit are currently asking the realest of real questions; is it possible to cook a chicken by throwing ice cubes at it?
It’s thought that proteins first appeared on Earth around 3.7 billion years ago, and since then, nature has forged them into the molecules that exist
A new study has found surprising evidence of large bodies of magma lurking beneath long-dormant volcanoes in the Cascade Range in the USA, with potentially
A vaccine that offers combined protection against flu and COVID-19 could soon be on the cards, in answer to everyone’s winter woes. A new study
September 26, 1983, was a close call for us all. Whether you were aware of the tense geopolitical situation at the time or not, Hell,
Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System. The gravitational tug-of-war between Jupiter and its other large moons squeezes Io
A new study has found evidence that the Moon may be a lot more alive in recent times than we realized, geologically speaking. On the
We love birds here at IFLScience and frankly, the weirder the better. So, when we came across the delightfully odd creature that is the oilbird
A new ally is emerging in the increasingly urgent battle against superbugs – and you might have encountered it before at the dinner table. New
Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world, with approximately 840 languages still spoken today – that’s over 10 percent of
The first human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, became FDA-approved back in 2006. Since then, HPV vaccines have become a part of the national immunization schedule
