Researchers from Norway discover that the Moon’s tides influence the release of methane from the ocean floor.
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The Universe changes remarkably over time, with some entities surviving and others simply decaying away. Is this cosmic evolution at work?
In theory, dark matter is cold, collisionless, and only interacts via gravity. What we see in ultra-diffuse galaxies indicates otherwise.
Would you want to live in any of these places?
Geologists discover a rhythm to major geologic events.
When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.
On Nov. 13, 1946, a scientist dropped crushed dry ice from a plane into supercooled stratus clouds.
Evolution proves to be just about as ingenious as Nikola Tesla
We have a morbid curiosity about nautical disaster stories. The Irish “Wreck Viewer” offers a window into centuries of marine misfortune.
Head direction cells act like internal compasses to help the birds navigate during long flights.
From hellishly hot planets to water worlds, some distant planets are like nothing in our Solar System.
Photosynthesis is powerful but very inefficient. Humans can improve on this biochemical process to help the planet.
These bizarre mollusks have the ability to regenerate their bodies and to absorb other organisms’ attributes.
The Universe isn’t just expanding, the expansion is also accelerating. If that’s true, how will the Milky Way and Andromeda eventually merge?
A famous explorer’s doomed ship is finally found 107 years after it was lost to the Antarctic deep.
When maps meet stamps, you get a love child called “cartophilately.”
We should not expect aliens to look anything like us. Creatures that resemble octopuses or birds or even robots are legitimate possibilities.
The National Ignition Facility just repeated, and improved upon, their earlier demonstration of nuclear fusion. Now, the true race begins.
Probably not. Even though we’re still investigating the origin of life, the evidence suggests that cells came much later.
When the Universe was first born, the ingredients necessary for life were nowhere to be found. Only our “lucky stars” enabled our existence.
A black woman most have never heard of made GPS possible. Over the span of a single lifetime, the world has changed in ways that would have been virtually unimaginable […]
The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it’s time to overthrow that idea.
The organisms were anchored to a boulder 900 meters beneath the ice, living a cold, dark existence miles away from the open ocean.
In one of the ocean’s most lifeless places, scientists discover and resuscitate ancient organisms.
A new tuna robot leads the way to more agile underwater robots and drones.
There’s an entire Universe out there. So, with all that space, all those planets, and all those chances at life, why do we all live here?
In the night sky for March of 2022, only stars and the Moon, not planets, will greet you. The real show, however, arrives just before dawn.
Icebergs aren’t just a threat to unsinkable ships. Their ability to cause underwater landslides poses a danger to coastal cities.