It uses its razor-sharp saw-like teeth as a cookie cutter to rip circular chunks of flesh from its prey
One of the weirdest sharks in the world, and smaller than a koi the cookiecutter shark, found in…
Mars may hold enough liquid water to cover the entire planet to a depth of 1 to 2 kilometres — trapped in tiny cracks and pores in rock roughly 11.5 to 20 kilometres underground, far beyond anything we’ve ever been capable of drilling on Mars.
Mars may be hiding a tremendous amount of liquid water, but almost certainly not as a buried sea.…
‘Like a miracle’: 84-year-old woman pulled alive from rubble three days after Indonesian quake | Indonesia
An 84-year-old woman has been discovered alive in the flattened remains of her home three days after a…
A weather satellite 22,000 miles above Earth saved my 2026 total solar eclipse cruise on the Mediterranean Sea
When the 11,000-ton cruise ship Le Boréal set sail from Nice, France, on Thursday, Aug. 6, its 205…
It’s as long as a 2 litre soda bottle, has 21 legs, is venomous enough to kill a bat – and a small child – and has eaten flesh from a human corpse
The biggest centipede in the world is the aptly named Amazonian giant centipede, measuring up to an incredible…
Molecular Bypasses Boost Grass Lignin, Starch Synthesis
One hundred million years ago, long before human intervention, ancestors of grasses, like wheat, rice and maize generated…
France nuclear power plants: How heatwaves and drought affect reactors in 2026
High temperatures and low water levels can force reactors to reduce output or shut down Golfech has temporarily…
Rocket Lab launches 9th satellite for iQPS
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched another satellite for Japanese radar-imaging company iQPS on Aug. 20. An Electron rocket…
How Gas Filaments and Interfilaments Feed Star Formation in Monoceros R2
Stars are a critical piece of the larger cosmos. They’re engines of nucleosynthesis, forging the elements—and the planets—that…
An octopus was filmed carrying two halves of a coconut shell across the seafloor to reassemble them later as a portable suit of armour, one of the only clear cases of a wild invertebrate using tools.
A team of Australian marine biologists were diving off the coast of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, on a research…
Mars Express orbiter captures detailed new video of the crater where Mark Watney was stranded in ‘The Martian’
Europe’s Mars Express orbiter has captured new, stunning imagery flying low over a geological region of the Red…
Beijing Bets on Fossil Fuels Even as It Leads the World in Renewables
China has become the world’s largest renewable energy producer by accelerating the rollout of solar, wind, and battery…