Spooky season is always a good excuse for a celebration, but did you know Halloween also occurs around the same time as an annual astronomical
Electric currents can affect bacteria at levels too small to harm (or even hurt) humans, which gave medical researchers an idea. Now, they’ve demonstrated that
The world’s rarest gemstone is made of kyawthuite, a transparent reddish-orange mineral that’s known from just one sample housed at the Natural History Museum of
In a stark example of the impact of human activity on the world around us, scientists are reporting that Aotearoa New Zealand’s native stoneflies have
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This week on Break It Down: the discovery of the smallest-ever dinosaur eggs reveals teeny tiny bones, the first black hole triple is changing our
If you already thought that Burmese pythons could stretch their elastic jaws inexplicably far, then boy have we got a surprise for you. Turns out
Let’s face it: antibiotics – incredible, lifesaving innovations that they are – can be really annoying to take. Courses can be long, doses may have
Some humans have what appears to be a real superpower – they can use sound to “see” in a similar way to Marvel’s Daredevil. In
In the dank depths of Ellison’s Cave, you can find two of the deepest freefall pits in mainland US: Fantastic Pit, which plunges vertically for
Dreams are weird places. No matter how strange and incongruous the content, most people dream without realizing they’re in a dream. However, this is not
Send word to Poirot, fetch Sherlock Holmes, and ring round the Thursday Murder Club – there’s been a death at 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) up,
Sorry Charli XCX, we think we’ve found a new 365 party girl: the oriental hornet. According to a new study, this big bug has a
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure – and in the case of early results from an ongoing clinical trial involving the gut microbiomes of
Most people are born with 12 ribs on each side of the body, making a total of 24 ribs. Despite the prolific misconception, this is
In recent decades, atmospheric rivers that transport water vapor high above the Earth’s surface have shifted position – a radical change that could have an
The most common stars in the universe are smaller and cooler than our Sun, but they can be a lot more violent when it comes
