A space rocket company has announced plans to appoint administrators after failing to secure…
For many animals that live in cold climates, winter means low-power mode. But no…
The last common ancestor of all living things did not just suddenly appear on Earth roughly 4.2 billion years ago.
Some of its genes came from an even older and more mysterious source…
“While the last universal common ancestor is the most…
Out beyond the orbit of Neptune lies an expansive ring of ancient relics, dynamical enigmas, and possibly a hidden planet—or two.
The Kuiper Belt, a region of frozen debris about 30 to 50 times farther from the sun than the Earth is—and…
Japanese scientists have finally decoded the genetic mechanisms behind the boom of…
Geologists have mapped a strange magnetic anomaly in Australia – and in a stunning coincidence, it happens to look remarkably like the continent it lurks beneath.
The anomaly seems to feature its own version of Queensland’s point in the…
The start of the year often comes with attempts at big life changes that we’re hoping will make us feel more grounded, fulfilled, or in control. Maybe you’ve decided it’s time to change careers, move overseas, or run a marathon.
But lasting…
Two stone altars, unearthed at a Roman fort near Edinburgh and now acquired for the nation,…
Bison hunters had frequented the site of Bergstrom for hundreds of years. But around 1,100 years ago, they left the area, and all of its bison, behind.
Now, a new study in Frontiers in Conservation Science has solved the mystery of the site’s…
Spiders have eight eyes, bees have five, and boxed jellyfish have 24 — but these are the exceptions. The vast majority of animals on this planet possess two peepers. Even the vestigial eyes of the blind mole rat, which appear non-existent, come…