A foundation created by Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, will fund a project to send drone boats out into the rough ocean around Antarctica to collect data that could help solve a crucial climate puzzle. The project is part of a suite of…
A new study finds autism and schizophrenia may lie at the crux of what makes humans uniquely intelligent.
“Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain unique also made humans more neurodiverse,” says…
More than 3 million people in the U.S. have chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a complex condition characterized by extreme, persistent fatigue. Neither sleep nor rest is shown to relieve their exhaustion, and among the many unknowns associated with…
A sudden growth spurt has led to a ‘rogue’ planet becoming the fastest-growing planet ever seen.
The planet unexpectedly began gorging on the gas surrounding it a few months ago and is now swallowing down six billion tonnes (2.2 trillion…
NASA’s VIPER lunar rover could be delivered to the moon by Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company. The US space agency has awarded the company a task order to design a delivery plan for the rover, with a future delivery option.
The award,…
Around the world, women live longer than men on average – and scientists have now discovered…
Jane Goodall, the world’s most famous primatologist, accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world’s view of what it means to be human.
At the age of just 26, Goodall observed a chimpanzee (Pan…
America’s most keenly awaited animal competition has come to its corpulent conclusion, with Chunk named the winner of this year’s Fat Bear Week.
The enormous beast chewed his way through thousands of kilograms (pounds) of salmon in Alaska’s…
Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most beloved primatologists and conservationists, passed away from natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour.
She is survived by her son, Hugo “Grub” Van Lawick Jr., and his children.
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The asteroid that could’ve killed cities could still collide with the moon. That’s what the models of Asteroid 2024 YR4 say, after previously suggesting that the probability that the asteroid would impact Earth in December 2032 was around 3…