A man browsing Google Maps whilst planning a camping trip in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region has potentially discovered the site of an ancient asteroid impact. People
The doctors who performed the world’s first total eye and partial face transplant have reported on their patient’s progress one year on, and the results
For several decades, scientists have toyed with the idea of primordial black holes. In the smorgasbord of particles and forces and energy of the beginning,
Five years before Wuhan obtained notoriety as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, a four-year-old child in central China contracted polio from an unknown source.
Bother a leafhopper nymph and you’ll be faced with quite the display. These insects have evolved a truly wacky way of expelling wax from their
Humans confirmed the existence of other galaxies surprisingly late. Only 100 years ago, in fact, when Edwin Hubble found a type of star known as
The giant black hole at the center of our galaxy has an unexpected spin, which is likely to be the result of a merger with
New research shows that the overall use of cannabis across the US has been increasing since 2013, but not so much among teenagers. Cannabis use
Collagen is a mammal’s favorite protein, more used in the body than any other. It seems dinosaurs appreciated it too, as traces have been found
Do you ever wish you had more of one particular body part? An extra pair of hands could come in well, handy, as would having
A video shared clip from the BBC’s Spy in the Ocean reveals the other-worldly POV of a robot herring diving into one of nature’s greatest
Light pollution has a lot to answer for: wrecking our ability to study the night sky and confusing baby puffins, to name just two things.
Few people can imagine a worse death that being swallowed alive by some monstrous creature, but that is the reality for many of Earth’s critters.
After an absent-minded guest left a bag of Cheetos deep within Carlsbad Caverns, the National Park Service (NPS) responded with a stern warning. Unsightly trash
The last known Tasmanian tiger died 88 years ago – but now, fossil evidence of three new species of the extinct marsupial has been discovered
As part of ongoing efforts to tackle a population of invasive hippos first introduced into the country by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, a Colombian court
A person in Missouri has tested positive for bird flu, reports the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The patient, who had underlying
