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Not all vaccines are created equal – some give us lifelong protection from disease after a short course, while others need a regular top-up. It’s
A plane full of jet setters was given the rare opportunity to ring in the new year twice this week after their flight set off
Modern chimpanzees select rock tools in similar ways to Oldowan hominins, early humans who used stone tools that date back to around 2.5 million years
Uranus is undoubtedly the most oddly named planet in our Solar System, but things could have been worse. After all, being the only Greek god
Our lofty friends, the giraffes, are slowly and quietly disappearing from the wild. Some organizations are trying to help these majestic beasts by investing in
While cleaning out a drawer during a recent house move, I found the diary I kept in high school. Obviously, I couldn’t resist the temptation
When you get sick, it’s easy to point the finger elsewhere. Maybe the fault lies in your genes; perhaps it was that sniffling lady on
The frogfish is an epic-looking sea creature that has a face only its mother could love. One of its most bizarre adaptations is the “fishing
On Earth today, there is only one species of humans. Us. Homo sapiens to use our scientific term. But this was not always the case
Have you ever bought a bottle of vinegar with a claim on the label that it contains the “mother”? Once you bring it home and
A team of researchers believe they may have a way of testing the hypothesis that consciousness in humans arises from entanglement within our brains. To
A new-to-science moray eel has been discovered lurking in the dim river mouths of the Central Indo-Pacific, inspiring a species name that’s a hat-tip to
Cutting-edge astronomy is always a balance between the most incredible breakthroughs and realizing those breakthroughs have not just provided answers, but have also raised questions
The Sun is currently experiencing its solar maximum and we have seen its effects across the months with intense solar flares, extreme geomagnetic storms, and
Around 200 million years ago, Earth’s last supercontinent Pangea began to break apart, with plate tectonics slowly moving the continents into the world we recognize
The mystery surrounding one of the largest megalithic monuments in the Middle East has deepened significantly, as new research has just shattered the popular theory
