AI has smashed records on a program designed to test “general intelligence”, achieving a score on a level with those of the average person. Historically,
Bird flu has killed 20 big cats at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center in Washington state. The devastation has claimed half of the animals in
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Telesat have achieved a world-first by connecting a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite to the ground using 5G Non-Terrestrial
While the average person has 32 teeth, some species of dolphin possess as many as 240. Why so many? Not all species are quite so
Archaeologists have unearthed an incredible ceramic oil lamp from the Late Roman period. Although this isn’t a genie-containing situation, it is decorated with depictions of
Cheetahs may hold the reputation for being the world’s fastest animal – and with a running speed of up to 120 kilometers per hour (75
Parker Solar Probe has survived achieving the record-breaking closest pass to the Sun by a human-made spacecraft ever – and phoned home even earlier than
Archaeologists have revealed evidence of a never-before-seen sacrifice of family members belonging to the ancient Andean Moche culture, revealing new insights into their social world,
A duo of researchers at Caltech have attempted to quantify the speed of human thought, putting it at a somewhat perplexing 10 bits of information
Were you to visit a wealthy philanthropist’s dinosaur island, you’d no doubt feel cheated to find yourself faced with an ostrich. It might not be
Stick two humans in an enclosed space with nothing to do, and before long, someone is likely to suggest a game of I Spy. Kids
The holiday season is here, and streets are filled with festive sparkles, twinkling lights and cheerful Christmas songs. While many of us are looking forward
COVID emerged suddenly, spread rapidly and killed millions of people around the world. Since then, I think it’s fair to say that most people have
For as long as humans have set eyes on Earth, we’ve been besotted with red – the color of blood, lust, luck, pain, and passion.
In Season 4 of IFLScience’s podcast The Big Questions, we’ve delved into some of the most intriguing (and biggest) scientific puzzles of 2024, from whether
The magnetic field – or magnetosphere – is a giant invisible shield that protects the planet, repelling solar wind and other forms of space weather
Though you might think that compasses will always point towards the geographic north pole, the magnetic and geographic poles do not always align. As well
