US federal authorities are investigating after the partial remains of a dolphin were discovered lying on a New Jersey beach. On Wednesday, October 30, the
Deaf male mosquitos don’t mate – that’s the finding of new research that tinkered with the little flies’ genes to understand the importance of hearing
A serendipitous discovery may lead to a new way of fighting cancer – even tumors that are resistant to immunotherapy – by suppressing a mechanism
Lip skin is different from the rest of our skin, and lip cells are hard to grow in the lab and difficult to acquire from
Physicist Dr Anxo Biasi of the Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías believes he has found something almost as elusive to his discipline as grand
Contrary to what some may assume, ancient peoples were just as capable as modern people of using unconventional methods in warfare. Rather than always being
Dancing sprites, heavenly landscapes, and apocalyptic-looking skies are some of the top picks as the Royal Meteorological Society has recently unveiled the winners of the
A small supermassive black hole from the early universe is showing just how incredible these objects can end up being. It is feeding on surrounding
The Salton Sea in southern California is getting stinkier, saltier, and potentially more dangerous than previously realized. Once a popular tourist spot, the largest lake
A cynic, Oscar Wilde famously quipped, knows “the price of everything and the value of nothing.” Well, we live in an age of unprecedented cynicism,
In a record-breaking sale, a specimen of mold from the original experiments that led to Alexander Fleming’s world-changing discovery of penicillin has scooped $76,000 at
In the 1997 movie Contact, Dr Ellie Arroway, played by the excellent Jodie Foster, travels via a wormhole past Vega, showing a system with no
Stargazers are set to witness a double-whammy of meteor showers in November as Earth makes its annual passage through a stream of debris left by
The fossils of the Yixian Formation in northeast China represent the greatest collection of superbly preserved dinosaurs in the world. Their remarkable state has usually
So long Cassius – the world’s largest captive crocodile has died at his home Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat in Green Island, Australia. The gigantic Australian
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is normally associated with cold sores – they can be annoying and unsightly, but for otherwise healthy adults they’re
A man whose brain was more than double the average weight holds the record for the heaviest thinking organ ever recorded. Sadly for the owner
