The cosmic story of us wasn’t inevitable, but the culmination of many chance events. By the time our planet was four billion years old, the rise of large plants and animals […]
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Most of the Moon’s effects on Earth are small and imperceptible. But for the grunion, it’s absolutely essential. Although it’s the closest astronomical body to Earth, the Moon is still […]
For the Japanese in World War II, surrender was unthinkable. So unthinkable that many soldiers continued to fight even after the island nation eventually did surrender.
Ocean Conservancy has collected more than 60 million butts since the ’80s.
Beefless meat enters the mainstream.
Archeologists had been doubtful since no such ship had ever been found.
It has experts baffled.
A completely unexpected discovery beneath the ice.
Think you’ve seen sand? You haven’t seen sand.
Swirling in the Pacific Ocean is a loose patch of garbage that measures 1 million square miles—about three times the size of France. Now, one organization is beginning to clean it up.
If we ruin the night sky too severely, ground-based astronomy could suffer tremendously. Here’s why space is no replacement. There is an existential threat to astronomy as we know it, […]
As Game of Thrones ends, a revealing resolution to its perplexing geography.
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GenTech aren’t happy about how their data is being collected and used.
The Spilhaus Projection may be more than 75 years old, but it has never been more relevant than today.
Australia’s two largest supermarkets led the ban, which has so far prevented some 1.5 billion plastic bags from entering the environment.
To raise awareness on one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time, the team partnered up with Adidas and Parley, a campaign group working to stop waste plastic getting into the oceans.
New evidence emerges that microplastics eaten by marine animals may be traveling up the food chain to our plates.
The next gold rush might take place in our sewers.
Tracking project establishes northern Argentina is wintering ground of Swainson’s hawks
Barbara Tversky takes an outdated idea to task in Mind in Motion.
Chinese scientists find a 600-million-year-old creature.
…and hopes for big benefits.
You’d be amazed at what you can learn from even one single pixel. Over the past decade, owing largely to NASA’s Kepler mission, our knowledge of planets around star systems beyond […]
In her new documentary, Maxine Trump tackles the topic of choosing not to procreate.
At high tide each night, bright lights predict the underwater future.
Over two billion people regularly eat insects. Why are Americans so squeamish?
Our motion through space is undeniable. So why can’t we feel it? Our planet isn’t the stationary place we feel it to be beneath our feet, but rather moves in an […]
It’s been spectacularly confirmed by observation, but theoretically, it couldn’t have been any other way. If the Sun were to spontaneously cease emitting light, we wouldn’t know about it for about […]