Science

Axel Gomille is a photographer and filmmaker from Germany. His work has appeared in BBC Wildlife magazine and shortlisted…

A 518-million-year-old ambulacrarian fossil from China suggests that the common ancestor of starfish and their relatives was not…

Earth’s North and South poles haven’t merely drifted—they’ve apparently taken four significant road trips. A new study…

SpaceX’s superfans may have found their next must-see TV. The rocket and AI company’s third-quarter earnings call on…

All neutron stars have intense magnetic fields. The typical magnetic field of a neutron star is about 100,000…

In South Korea, they call them jagyeongdan, a word that sits somewhere between a vigilante group and a…

Antarctic sea ice reached its annual maximum extent on September 14, 2026—the third-lowest maximum in the satellite record.…

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a press briefing held by President Donald Trump with AI executives following a…

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Her undulating tongue moved wet and slippery against my hand as her trunk pressed the unpeeled bananas into…

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“We were literally running for our lives. If one of us had tripped, there was nothing we would have been able to do”