Measuring the massive coralInigo San Felix/National Geographic Society In the south-west Pacific, off the coast of one of the tropical…
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Observed galaxies within the Vela supercluster. Credit: Sambatriniaina H. A. Rajohnson, et al There is a region of the sky…
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high in 2024, and there’s still no sign that they’ve…
The eruption of Mauna Loa in December 2022T. Orr, U.S. Geological Survey It may be possible to forecast the next…
Elephant numbers in Tsavo rose from around 6,000 in the mid-1990s to almost 15,000 in 2021, according to the Kenya…
Along a stream in Tajikistan, archaeologists have discovered a rock-shelter that may have been a migration site for Neanderthals, Denisovans…
A chimpanzee tackling a number test on a touch screenAkiho Muramatsu The pressure of a watching audience can have positive…
This image provided by the Archeological Park of Pompeii shows cast number 25, made in 1929, from Villa dei Misteri…
The Concorde passenger jet set a record when it flew between New York City and London in 2 hours, 52…
Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a…
A tricolored bat with white-nose syndrome on its snout and wings is seen at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky…
Earth’s surface is a turbulent place. Mountains rise, continents merge and split, and earthquakes shake the ground. All of these…
Hairy animals including mice and dogs shake themselves dryatikinka2/Getty Images If you have ever been close to a dog after…
The distribution of study sites in Michigan, USA that span the geographic range of northern hardwood forests. The sites were…
A device that beams light into the eyes can improve the sight of people with a leading form of vision…
When it comes to natural disasters, most are impossible to predict more than a few months or even days ahead…
Students wear mask and heading to their school as smog envelops the areas of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.…
While peering into the early universe with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers keep finding monster black holes that…
A cylinder seal and its design imprinted onto clayFranck Raux © 2001 GrandPalaisRmn (Musée du Louvre) The world’s oldest known…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Affiliation-based hiring tactics appear to help young firms access and retain higher-quality employees, leading to better…
It’s one of many unique things about Earth: Unlike every other known planet in the universe, Earth’s surface is made…
Mass-shifting particles have finally been spottedLAGUNA DESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Strange particles that have mass when moving one direction but no…
Pair of presolar grains from the Murchison meteorite. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy Most of the diverse elements…
The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests.A study…
Every time H5N1 infects a mammal, it has a chance to develop mutations that make it more transmissibleAlamy Stock Photo…
Chromolaena odorata. Credit: Vengolis/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Resource competition is an important factor affecting the invasion success of alien plants,…
Astronomers may have found tantalizing evidence that dark energy — the mysterious energy driving the accelerating expansion of our universe…
The UK was forced to ration sugar during the second world warFox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Sugar rationing during and after…
Long one of the top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring big companies to pay…
Bird flu appears to be rising in the U.S., but only among people exposed to infected animals — namely, cows…