Scientists found two mysterious ‘ghost’ ancestors hiding in our DNA
Two previously unknown human relatives left traces of their DNA in people alive today, adding another layer to…
Climate Scientist Fleeing Wildfires: ‘We’re In A Race Against Time’
Wildfire smoke billows over the Atlantic coast in a photo taken by climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf. Stefan Rahmstorf…
A Ton Of Space Junk Returns To Earth Weekly As Rocket Launches Rise: Report
The amount of space junk falling back to Earth is increasing as more rockets and satellites are launched…
Coyotes overtake abandoned housing development, vexing neighbors
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — In a region where the demand for housing outpaces its supply, a pack of…
Scientists reveal the hidden energy cost of memory
An animal crossing a patchy landscape can trust what its senses report right now, or lean on what…
Former WWII test site at Great Barrier Reef’s Fairfax Islands returns to health
There is almost no sign of human interference on the remote islands on the southern end of the…
Europa is smaller than Earth’s Moon, yet the ocean locked beneath its ice contains more liquid water than every ocean on Earth combined — kept from freezing not by sunlight, but by Jupiter’s gravity squeezing the moon like a slow, endless fist
Europa is smaller than Earth’s Moon, but there may be more liquid water inside it than in every…
Hell-World Venus May Have Once Had Oceans Across 90% of Its Hot, Dry Surface : ScienceAlert
It’s hard to picture two more similar yet different worlds than Earth and Venus. Our own world is…
All of Europe’could catch fire this weekend: Where is most at risk?
In the latest apocalyptic weather turn, an EU agency has warned that we could see “all [of] Europe…
Interstellar Travel: The Space Age and Nuclear Rockets
The Universe is unfathomably huge, with over 2 trillion galaxies in an “observable” volume measuring 93 billion light-years…
No species left behind: how Spain saved its animals from wildfire
While scores of people were fleeing Spain’s raging wildfires, the staff at Safari Madrid had others to think…
Did this giant, prehistoric 1.8m tall wombat inspire a man-eating mythical monster…?
Australia was once home to giant marsupials, relatives of today’s kangaroos and koalas. The largest amongst them was Diprotodon, a…