The world has taken another tentative step closer to reversible male birth control thanks to a recent Master’s graduate from South Africa. During her studies
Short of flipping a coin, it’s hard to think of a more classic representation of “random chance” than rolling dice. But does that hold up?
The first-ever dissection of the world’s rarest whale has enabled Indigenous people and conservation scientists in New Zealand to learn more about one of their
An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone, or AIPZ, has been declared across four counties in England after bird flu was detected in a number of wild
The world’s largest and oldest iceberg has “set sail” upon a new voyage across Antarctica’s Southern Ocean. Known as A23a, the megaberg weighs almost one
This week, Jupiter may have gained a brand new ring when it was struck by a comet in the ’90s, an ancient tablet found by fishers in
Areas across the northeast US have recently been hit with yet another barrage of heavy snow and blizzard-like conditions, with communities buried and road closures
We have discovered thousands of exoplanets in the last few decades, while the number of planets in the Solar System has remained at eight –
If you happen to be in the northern hemisphere between October and March, take a look up at the stars – you might just see
If we were to zoom right into some biological tissue, be it plant or animal, then we might just see some cells that look as
We know that Earth is about 4.54 billion years old, but trying to piece together the very earliest stages of its evolution is easier said
It’s a common misconception that people on the International Space Station (ISS) or on the Moon can’t see stars. We have to blame space photos
Gigantic superflares burst out of Sun-like stars roughly once every 100 years, releasing as much energy as a trillion hydrogen bombs exploding. Could this mean
Imagine knowing you’ve already made an important contribution to biomedical research before you’ve even started high school. This is a reality for a young Chicago
Hailed as “another feat in human history”, China has announced the completion of a 3,046-kilometer (1,892-mile) sand-blocking green belt along the Taklimakan Desert, the nation’s
This week on Break It Down: fishers discover a mysterious tablet bearing an unknown language, sequencing the oldest human genome reveals when we first bred
Spit in a tube and we’ll tell you where you come from: that’s the basic premise being offered up by DNA ancestry kits, which have
