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…
How sea slugs get their flashy colors
birds: Warm-blooded dinosaurs with wings that first showed up at least 150 million years ago. Birds are jacketed…
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…
Find the Andromeda Galaxy using Cassiopeia
Here’s the technique some people use to find the Andromeda Galaxy aka M31. But be sure you’re looking…
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…
Enceladus hides a salty ocean beneath its ice but also blasts that ocean directly into space, which means a spacecraft can test water from a potentially habitable sea simply by flying through the plume — no landing, drilling, or journey through kilometres of frozen crust required.
Most ocean worlds present the same brutal engineering problem. The water may be scientifically irresistible, but it is…
Rubin’s COSMOS | Rubin Observatory
If it’s been studied so much, why is Rubin joining the party? By repeatedly imaging the COSMOS field…
Fermiology-driven goniopolar transverse thermoelectricity in kagome metals
Yin, J.-X., Lian, B. & Hasan, M. Z. Topological kagome magnets and superconductors. Nature 612, 647–657 (2022). Article …
To protect endangered mountain gorillas, this wildlife vet empowers their human neighbors
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka was just 26 when she became the first wildlife veterinarian in her home country of…
A Sea of Tiny Honeycomb Cracks on Mars Could Show How Water Hold Clues to Ancient Water
A close-up photo of the honeycomb field. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS For years, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been climbing…
Scientists Discovered a New Type of Rock Made Out of a Gemstone Mineral Inside a Martian Meteorite
Garnet is a group of minerals that commonly occur on Earth. Pictured here, andradite garnet crystals from Madagascar.…
Its staring yellow eyes and enormous, downturned frog-like mouth give it an expression of permanent disapproval…
At first glance, the tawny frogmouth looks more like a grumpy piece of bark than a bird. Its…