The metamorphoses the creature undergoes are so dramatic, it took scientists a century to figure out its different forms belonged to the same zoological family. | Continue reading
One estimate suggests that 13 billion tons (12 metric tons) of ice made its way into the ocean on a single day. | Continue reading
Isotropic helicoids are meant to rotate as they move through a fluid. Now physicists are not so sure. | Continue reading
What forms this iconic shape? | Continue reading
Plans for thorium reactors have been around since the 1940s, but Chinese scientists believe they are finally close to creating a working prototype. | Continue reading
A steep downturn in human population and quality of life could be coming in the 2040s, the report finds. | Continue reading
The findings from the Curiosity rover could help the Perseverance rover decide which samples to collect for later analysis. | Continue reading
The risk of failure for New Shepard is comparable to other rockets. | Continue reading
Neanderthals carved chevrons into a giant deer toe. | Continue reading
It could provide clues to how extraterrestrial life might develop on other planets. | Continue reading
"The trends we found were quite alarming in a sense." | Continue reading
The hoard belonged to a wealthy person in England. | Continue reading
The worker bees' ability to clone themselves can be as destabilizing to the hives of other species as it is to their own. | Continue reading
Solar wind repels 70% of cosmic radiation, but it doesn't protect every side of the solar system equally. | Continue reading
What do those clicking sounds mean? | Continue reading
A UN report suggests that AI drones attacked human targets without any humans consulted prior to the strike. | Continue reading
It's a major step in reintroducing the species to the mainland. | Continue reading
A new comparison of measurements finds that some don't add up. | Continue reading
Modern humans, or Homo sapiens, are the only living Homo species. But we haven't always been alone. | Continue reading
It wasn't aliens or even people from the 'lost' city of Atlantis. | Continue reading
Researchers say the new network will be unhackable and able to coordinate systems to unprecedented levels. Many of the deeper implications, however, cannot be foreseen. | Continue reading
Researchers propose learning more about dark matter by looking for its effects inside exoplanets. | Continue reading
These viruses use a unique genetic alphabet not found anywhere else on the planet. | Continue reading
New simulations calculated T. rex walking speed from the motion of its swaying tail. | Continue reading
This three-foot-wide pterosaur raised its thumbs up way before it was cool. (Ayyyy!) | Continue reading
The universe might not let us. | Continue reading
The scientists used a soundwave and a laser beam to measure the diamonds before they disintegrated. | Continue reading
Each blob could contain hundreds of thousands of squid eggs, a DNA analysis revealed. | Continue reading
These tiny creatures existed during the early Cambrian. | Continue reading
Heavy rains preceded the worms' appearance. | Continue reading