First-known bone of hatchling T. rex discovered stashed among museum collection
Erosion caused by heavy rains uncovered an The discovery of a tiny baby Tyrannosaurus rex foot bone gave…
Two years until ‘one of most majestic sights’ in Dunedin
The countdown is on as Dunedin prepares for daytime darkness for the first time since 1163 AD. On…
The Oh-My-God particle still defies explanation
On the evening of October 15, 1991, the University of Utah’s Fly’s Eye detector at Dugway Proving Ground…
Wildlife photographer Mitchell Burns breaks the internet
Move over Robert Irwin, because there’s a new khaki clad hero capturing hearts across the nation after trading…
NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io
NASA’s Juno mission has provided the first measurements of the temperature below the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io,…
Great apes were using touch to reassure and keep the peace six million years before humans evolved – new research
During an eight-month-long research trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia, we studied consolation: the…
New Technology Could Give Earth Hours of Solar Storm Warning
Imagine being able to brace for a solar storm not just minutes before it hits Earth, but hours…
Astronomers may have discovered the 1st moon outside of our solar system — or is it something weirder?
Since the discovery of the first world beyond the solar system in the 1990s, astronomers have become adept…
Britain: Britain’s canals were built for industry, but they are now helping endangered wildlife survive | World News
Britain’s canal network was never designed with nature in mind. Built more than two centuries ago to move…
Rare contagious cancer discovered in wild catfish
Mysterious black lesions found on Brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) in Lake Memphremagog in Canada turned out to…
The largest waterfall on Earth is hidden beneath the ocean between Greenland and Iceland, where cold water plunges more than three kilometres down the seafloor at 3.5 million cubic metres per second
The surface of the Denmark Strait gives no sign of a three-kilometre drop below. Between Greenland and Iceland,…
NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io
“The Juno Microwave Radiometer directly observed Io’s heat output by looking below the surface,” said Scott Bolton, study…