When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the scolding lava, ash, and gas that poured from its entrails converted the Roman city of Pompeii into
Life can get a bit lonely for the orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus. It grows in dark and secluded places where it’s easy to miss and rarely
One of Earth’s seven quasi-moons has just got a new name: Asteroid 2004 GU9 is now known as Cardea, one of the Roman deities of
Bones from Grăunceanu, Romania have been interpreted as evidence early humans made it to Europe 1.95 million years ago, long before other accepted examples. However,
The Moon will soon get its first flapping flag, thanks to elementary school students from Changsha in central China’s Hunan Province. When the USA first
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have a “deeply concerning” reduced life expectancy compared to those without it, a UK study of over
The Omiltemi cottontail rabbit was thought to have been lost to science since the early 1900s. Last seen 130 years ago, the future looked bleak
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LNNL) in California is now home to the fastest supercomputer in the world. Dubbed El Capitan and officially dedicated on
Hopefully, you’ve never eaten any chunks of metal or chowed down on a coin, but you’ll no doubt have an idea of what metal tastes
While there are a whole host of vitamins and minerals that are essential to our bodies being able to function properly, a critical one is
In the first few hours of his second presidency, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that could pave the way for oil drilling in
Have you ever looked at a bath and thought “Nah, not today!”? Well, you are not alone, as bathing has been a very up-and-down trend
Imagine this scenario: You are about to undergo an important and delicate surgical procedure. You’re lying on the operating table, waiting to be anesthetized. The
We all know the tallest mountain: it’s Everest, of course. Or Mauna Kea. Okay, okay, or Chimborazo. Look, maybe that’s too controversial an item of
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been wide-scale concerns that science is experiencing a public trust crisis. The rise of misinformation and conspiracy theories, as
Around 350,000 years ago, a now-extinct volcano in southern Italy violently erupted, spewing ash high into the atmosphere and filling a nearby valley with molten
A new study that set out to investigate if the risk of long COVID differed depending on sex has concluded that females are more likely
