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If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history.

“Don’t tread on me” is a slogan of the deep sea, too.

Venus has far more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere than Earth, which turned our sister planet into an inferno. But how did it get there?

In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.

Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.

To reap the benefits of digital technologies, we must contend with their addictive designs.

In ancient Greece, the Olympics were never solely about the athletes themselves.

On December 19 1972, astronauts Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the Apollo 17 lunar mission. They were the last people to travel […]

A simple trick allowed marine biologists to prove a long-held suspicion.

Long before Alexandria became the center of Egyptian trade, there was Thônis-Heracleion. But then it sank.

Space planes could radically lower the cost of spaceflight.

With around 5,000 summertime residents, increased tourism, and a warming planet, it is becoming difficult to protect Antarctica from invasion.

One hundred years ago, a Ukrainian flag flew over Vladivostok and other parts of the “Russian” Far East.

A study of europium crystals shows the planet was mostly flat during its middle ages.

The ocean’s largest shark relies on vision more than previously believed.

A school lesson leads to more precise measurements of the extinct megalodon shark, one of the largest fish ever.

An artificial island in the North Sea is the biggest building project ever in Danish history – and could pave the way for many more.

Forty Starlink satellites were destroyed earlier this year in a geomagnetic storm.

An emerging field studies parasites that take over the nervous system of a host.

The apes taught sign language didn’t understand what they were doing. They were merely “aping” their caretakers.

A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”

Nearly 200 orbital launches are scheduled for 2022.

There will always be “wolf-criers” whose claims wither under scrutiny. But aliens are certainly out there, if science dares to find them.

Seawater is raising salt levels in coastal woodlands along the entire Atlantic Coastal Plain, from Maine to Florida.

In a joint briefing at the 101st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, NASA and NOAA revealed 2020’s scorching climate data.

The two-year pilot program will be a test of harm reduction strategies.

If a large asteroid strikes Earth, it has the potential to release an enormous amount of energy, leading to local or even global catastrophes. The strike that led to the […]

The microscopic tardigrades are an elusive species. Fossils are rare, but each new find adds a piece to their unsolved evolutionary puzzle. 

The Seychelles magpie-robin is up for sale – yes, for sale – as a digital nature collectible.

Milgram’s experiment is rightly famous, but does it show what we think it does?