Four new species of tarantula have been discovered – and if they knew the name they were going to get, they might have presented themselves sooner.
The males are so well-endowed that scientists essentially named them the ‘genital…
A hidden tectonic fault in Canada’s Yukon could be gearing up to unleash a major earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5, according to a new study.
The Tintina fault, which runs from northeastern British Columbia through to central Alaska, has…
WindBorne’s balloons, in contrast, can collect and distribute data from remote regions. That makes them more adaptive, and especially useful for monitoring atmospheric rivers that bring extreme precipitation to coastal regions, said Glackin….
Another mosquito-borne disease is on the loose, as cases involving the Chikungunya virus continue to multiply in Southern China. The Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has recently escalated as a public health risk in China’s Guangdong Province, with…
Look, no one wants to lose a finger, but it happens more often than you’d think. And when it does, the stakes are naturally high, since fingers and thumbs are critical for nearly every task we do. That’s why replacing them (when amputation is…
The space explorer was determined throughout his life, says Teasel Muir-Harmony, the curator of the Apollo Collection at the National Air and Space Museum
Around 12,800 years ago, the Northern Hemisphere got cold — really cold — in an abrupt climate change crisis called the Younger Dryas event. Now, researchers have found evidence that suggests that the sudden catastrophe may have been caused…
You may have heard of ‘fibremaxxing’. The recent health trend has been popularised on social media platforms like TikTok and involves people increasing their daily fibre intake dramatically – often well beyond the recommended amount of…
Since potatoes are labeled as vegetables in U.S. dietary guidelines, most people assume they’re as good for you as leafy greens or carrots. But recent findings suggest we might need to be more careful about how we prepare, and how often we eat,…
In the far reaches of space, the Universe’s earliest black hole has come to light. The supermassive black hole and its home galaxy, CAPERS-LRD-z9, hail from 500 million years after the Big Bang, which means they originated 13.3 billion years in…
