10 Extinct Creatures That Aren’t What We Thought
The study of extinct creatures has a major hurdle. There is no living dinosaur to observe. No cave…
Two Mercury-bound spacecraft draw closer to planet after near decade-long voyage
Two Mercury-bound spacecraft have left their mother ship behind and are headed down the home stretch of their…
Invasive mosquitoes breed in London for the first time in the UK
UKHSA’s head of medical entomology, Dr Jolyon Medlock, said: “There is no evidence that these mosquitoes have caused…
Early mammals weren’t all loners, as scientists thought – some already lived in pairs alongside the dinosaurs
About 200 million years ago, furry little egg-laying creatures evolved the ability to feed their offspring with a…
Invasive tropical mosquito found breeding in east London | Invasive species
An invasive mosquito capable of transmitting tropical diseases has been found breeding in homes in east London, with…
NASA scientists discover a giant 10-sided pattern on Saturn
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a striking new feature in Saturn’s atmosphere: a huge, evolving 10-sided wave…
Nearly 300 metres beneath Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert, miners tunnelling for ore broke into a chamber filled with crystals as long as a bus — giant beams of gypsum up to 11 metres long, hidden underwater for hundreds of thousands of years until mine pumps exposed them
In April 2000, somewhere under the Chihuahuan Desert, a drill bit punched through solid rock and hit nothing…
‘Supersized’ El Niño could land ‘massive blow to communities’ in coming months
THE WEATHER PHENOMENON that’s warming up the Pacific Ocean is going to make climate change-driven extreme weather events…
A rare blood moon lunar eclipse is tonight. Here’s when to watch
The “Blood Moon” rises during a total lunar eclipse in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 3, 2026.…
Dozens of trapped hydropower tunnel workers in Nepal could still be alive, official says | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
Nepal authorities have said they are “confident” that dozens of workers in Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant are still…
Scientists surpass century-old limit on turning heat into electricity: What it means
Scientists have discovered a crystalline semiconductor that can produce an exceptionally large electrical voltage from a temperature difference.…
China’s rare earth cerium drug can kill gout pains once and for all: scientists
One of the world’s most abundant rare earth elements could offer a comprehensive, long-lasting treatment for gout, a…