One of the biggest mysteries of the novel coronavirus is why it affects some people more severely than others. | Continue reading
Scientists say they will need to conduct studies to find out the severity of the new variant | Continue reading
A massive blob of material under Africa could be contributing to that continent's upheaval. | Continue reading
The Amazon may be nearing a "tipping point." | Continue reading
Giant aircraft Mriya was originally built to transport Soviet space shuttles. | Continue reading
The accidental finding was made when a man suddenly died during a routine brain scan. | Continue reading
The technique should work with many organs, as well as blood. | Continue reading
The idea is very "speculative," some say. | Continue reading
Scientists argue that we need to build better monitoring systems to spot earthquakes of this type. | Continue reading
But some experts want more evidence. | Continue reading
The 85-mile-wide Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet is winging its way toward the interior of the solar system. | Continue reading
To prevent viral spread, the farm culled 29,000 turkeys. | Continue reading
The Scythians were nomadic pastoralists and formidable warriors. | Continue reading
The rocket stage has been tumbling through space for seven years. | Continue reading
The experimental fusion reactor sustained the temperatures for a record-breaking 17 minutes. | Continue reading
Some experts are skeptical that the frozen moss piglet really entered a quantum state. | Continue reading
How do scientists know when the sun will begin to call it quits? | Continue reading
Barreleye fish live in the ocean twilight zone. | Continue reading
Some of the world's most creative minds, including Salvador Dalí and Thomas Edison described using this sleep technique to bolster creativity. | Continue reading
The artificial intelligence company DeepMind is delving into pure math. | Continue reading
There's some truth to this myth. | Continue reading
How does a Faraday cage work and what do we use them for? | Continue reading
Ants have social networks, and they exchange info through vomit. | Continue reading
An unknown human ancestor walked funny and lived in the same place and at the same time as the famous "Lucy" ancestor in Tanzania. | Continue reading
Why did they ditch these iconic tombs? | Continue reading
It's a black-and-white issue. | Continue reading
Probably not. But there's more to the story than meets the eye. | Continue reading
Though Thomas Edison is credited as the man who invented the lightbulb, this revolutionary technology was in fact developed by several inventors. | Continue reading
The colony was England's first in North America. | Continue reading
The effect, called Pauli blocking, has been predicted for 30 years. Scientists just proved it for the first time. | Continue reading
Discover antimatter, the strange stuff often found in science fiction | Continue reading
Something is keeping the universe's fastest-moving particles from entering the center of our galaxy. | Continue reading
The new theory contradicts earlier predictions that these 'shortcuts' would instantly collapse. | Continue reading
Researchers thought the mineral was impossible to find on Earth's surface. | Continue reading
Medieval structure hidden beneath Fountains Abbey revealed. | Continue reading
An odd fast radio burst has been seen exploding over and over. | Continue reading
The polynya, or gap in the ice, is a bad sign. | Continue reading
A new study suggests that plants that are stressed by drought or physical damage may emit ultrasonic squeals. | Continue reading
The explosive new mission launches on November 23. | Continue reading
His jaw had been shattered in two. | Continue reading
Is the ivory-billed woodpecker really extinct? | Continue reading
The sun lobbed four enormous blobs of plasma toward Earth, and we will soon see their effects. | Continue reading
The gargantuan Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet will strafe Saturn's orbit in 2031. Scientists are stoked. | Continue reading