Scientists uncover big clue as to how Antarctica’s mysterious Blood Falls came to be
At the end of a glacier deep in East Antarctica’s Taylor Valley, there is a haunting waterfall that…
The SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon Bases
A SpaceX rocket that has been drifting in space for a year and a half is set to…
Laser–plasma amplification of an ultrabroadband laser pulse to 0.3 TW
Experimental set-up This experimental platform (Extended Data Fig. 1) was specifically designed to propagate an intense, ultrabroadband (>60 nm)…
Scottish seabird hunt cancelled for first time in 400 years | Scotland
A controversial Scottish seabird hunt will not go ahead for the first time in 400 years, in what…
“As it touches the seafloor, it kills whatever living thing it contacts by encasing it in a tomb of ice…” Discover the finger of death
As if surviving the freezing waters of the polar regions isn’t hard enough, some marine animals face a terrifying salty…
A SpaceX Rocket Is About to Punch a New Crater Into the Moon
The Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA This Wednesday, at around 06:35:37.5 UTC, a…
Alpha female hyenas leave huge family dynasties
One female spotted hyena in the Ngorongoro Crater died in 1996. Twenty-seven years later, every hyena born into…
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have signs of life in its buried ocean — but can we get to them?
NASA’s Europa Clipper is currently on a 1.8-billion-mile journey to Jupiter, tasked with assessing whether the icy moon…
Why Spain needs to invest heavily in preventing fires, not just in fighting them
Forest fires have raged across Spain throughout July 2026, leading many people to ask whether the country has…
SpaceX investors urge company to paint its rockets pink and rename them
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Congratulations To The Frikkin Laser Winners!
Apparently you all love lasers just as much as we do. We put out a challenge to use,…
What 319 Lanternsharks Tell Us About A Changing Ocean
The velvet belly lanternshark does not offer easy answers. It never did. Andy Murch The first time the…