Gunung Padang sits on top of an extinct volcano in West Java, Indonesia. In recent times, the beautiful hilltop has attracted bold theories that suggest
“I know of scarcely anything so apt to impress the imagination as the wonderful form of cosmic order expressed by the ‘Law of Frequency of
Following the removal of dams along the Klamath River earlier this year, fall-run Chinook salmon have made a long-awaited return to the Oregon portion of
In the Ediacaran Hills, researchers have found one of the first moving animals – and an even more distinctive feature is a question-mark-shaped ridge that
Earth would not have been a nice place for humans 3.26 billion years ago. There was not much oxygen for a start. There was water
Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called organelles that perform specific functions essential for the
New modeling research has shown that the natural global climate phenomena known as El Niño and its cold counterpart, La Niña, have been occurring for
At some point in human history, our ancestors decided to urbanize, building sprawling metropolises to live and work in. Some of these ancient cultural and
Researchers have discovered a brand new species of sawfly from an amazingly preserved fossil found in Australia. This is a great discovery – but we
Daylight saving time (DST) has been around in the US on and off since 1918, but after 106 years’ worth of back and forth –
There are a small number of isotopes that offer clues regarding ancient supernovae that helped shape the Earth and the rest of the Solar System.
Total solar eclipses like the one that crossed North America this year are not just incredibly beautiful spectacles, they are scientifically valuable too. They allow
Did you know that flies can smell a body from miles away and even dig down as far as 2 meters (6.5 feet) to wriggle
Extinct volcanoes that lurk around Rapa Nui, aka Easter Island, may challenge some parts of the standard explanation about how tectonic plates move around our
Human burial has been practiced for millennia as a way of dealing with our dead, but it’s not a perfect solution. America is estimated to
Quasars occur when supermassive black holes gobble up an incredible amount of gas. Observations and general wisdom suggested that a galaxy needed a lot of
Clinical trials are about to begin for a spinal injury treatment using a “bridge” – made of stem cells from the patients’ own noses –
