In 2020, scientists took more than a kilo of moon rock and soil back to Earth for testing.
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The brain of an ancient bird offers clues to the survival of its modern-day relatives.
Sex can be a death trap even for modern toad and frog species.
From crocodiles to birds, certain animals managed to survive some of the worst extinction events in world history.
Smarter building materials can control indoor temperatures without external power.
Virtually all the statistical methods researchers commonly use assume potential mating partners decide who they will have children with based on a roll of the dice.
Aliens are often portrayed in popular culture as humanoid. But in reality, intelligent extraterrestrials might take far stranger forms.
Quantum entanglement may remain spooky, but it has a very practical side.
Discovering fossilized insects is difficult, but a new find suggests a unique place to look.
This technological feat changes our cosmic history.
Often called modern-day dinosaurs, cassowaries are one of only a few birds known to have killed humans.
Fossils of ancient creatures doing anything are rare. This one is absolutely unique.
Planet Earth has been around for over 4.5 billion years, but humans? For 99.998% of our planet’s history, humans were nowhere to be found.
Tracing the origin and development of jaws — and other anatomical features that humans share — sheds some light on how we came to be.
We have become the greatest threat to ourselves and to life on this planet. We need a set of agreed-upon safeguards to preserve our future.
Researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices.
Spaceguard shows that we can manage risks to the extinction of humanity — if only we put our mind to it.
Many people perceive the struggle to understand our Universe as a battle between science and God. But this is a false dichotomy.
Imagine going on a tour through the human circulatory system as a tiny cell. That is just one example of education in the metaverse.
Asteroid collisions aren’t always bad.
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
What do you call it when the Earth shakes for three decades?
The ‘Monkeydactyl’ was a flying reptile that evolved highly specialized adaptations in the Mesozoic Era.
65 million years ago, an asteroid strike caused the 5th great mass extinction. Could we save Earth, today, from a similar event?
While other factors exist, sexual prowess appears to have helped determine the role of Protoceratops frills.