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
There could be a pretty simple scientific explanation behind one of Jesus’s most famous miracles, recent research has revealed. It seems the fishy (in all
A newly discovered leg bone from Columbia is likely to be from the largest member of the Phorusrhacid family – appropriately known as “terror birds”
A massive blob lives in Utah and its name is Pando, which literally means “I spread”. The sprawling lump of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) has
When energy sources are discussed, solar and wind often go together like a high school couple whose identities seem to have fused. Supporters hail them
Ancient DNA from the skeleton of a baby who lived and died in southern Italy 17,000 years ago has painted a fascinating picture of the
The peak size of the ozone hole over the Antarctic in 2024 was the seventh smallest since recovery began, NASA and the National Oceanic and
The world is full of scary things. Jellyfish and hair loss, to name just two. And while the middle of the night is clearly not
This week, an “extremely rare” fool’s gold fossil revealed the soft tissue of a 450-million-year-old new-to-science sea creature, Voyager 1 has phoned home from 24
For all our fancy telescopes and particle accelerators, we still haven’t managed to detect even a smidgen of dark matter. In a dramatic change of
At Georgia’s Fort Mountain State Park, a historical marker erected in the 1960s tells of a mysterious race of “moon-eyed” people that are said to
Microwaves are the undeniable king of convenience; bung last night’s leftovers in one and a few minutes later you’ve got a delicious hot meal. Unfortunately,
That old saying about death and taxes being the only certainties in life has been disproven by physicists, who have revealed that our existence is
A signal beamed towards Earth from Mars has finally been decoded after thousands of people from around the world spent more than a year examining
Ah, Winter. The coziest of the seasons. Time to light that fire, toast those marshmallows, and dig out your snuggliest jumpers and socks from the
