The Confrontation Effect: Why Online Political “Rage Bait” Works So Well
A harmonious oasis of nuanced debate and reason… is sadly not an accurate description of most social media platforms. Let’s face it, things can quickly
A harmonious oasis of nuanced debate and reason… is sadly not an accurate description of most social media platforms. Let’s face it, things can quickly
Hurricane Milton made landfall last night as a Category 3 storm, causing destruction on Florida’s west coast and leaving millions without power. For a brief
Every now and then, the various robots NASA has placed on Mars find an unusual rock or feature. After all, that is (partly) what they’re
The black hole that was recently spotted consuming a star that got too close has found its next victim, which may be another black hole.
Studying exoplanets is not easy. Despite enormous steps forward in technology, models, and observational tricks, astronomers are still looking at small dots either blocking some
Having the means to see Earth from space is one of science’s greatest achievements and it’s provided us with all sorts of stunning imagery, including
With Hurricane Milton making landfall in Florida on Wednesday night, officials have warned that the monstrous storm is set to bring significant change to the
The largest volcano in Washington state has shown a flurry of seismic activity in recent weeks, having previously remained virtually silent for thousands of years.
Yesterday, we saw amazing observations of a full halo coronal mass ejection release from the Sun, passing over comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, and continuing straight
Over 150 million years ago, a sauropod took a walk through an area that would later become part of Colorado. Now, you can see the
For the 170 years that scientists have been aware of Arthropleura, a genus of the biggest arthropods ever known to have existed, there’s been a
Human activity has contributed to a “catastrophic” decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations in just 50 years, according to the WWF’s Living
Sometimes where you are born is not where you are meant to be, especially if you are going to be brighter and hotter than anyone
You can, if the movie Forrest Gump is to be believed, tell a lot about a person by their shoes. Delightfully, according to a new
Germophobes may be horrified, but bathrooms are rich locations for biological diversity, with so many species living side-by-side that most have yet to be recorded.
Beyond the physics we know exists lurk many possibilities that have yet to be proven, including a fifth force to add to gravity, electromagnetism, and
Hurricane Milton, expected to be one of the most destructive Atlantic storms in recent years, is currently traveling across the Gulf of Mexico and is