According to a new study, just like tree rings carry with them hints about previous dry or rainy years, bones...

NASA is offering up to $2.25 million to anyone that can successfully design a habitat that can be 3D printed...

A NASA study has found that a huge ice shelf is set to collapse in a few years. The ice...

You can find out a lot about a man by his handshake - about his personality, his feelings towards you,...

Something is killing off the bees; it's likely us, and we'll all have to pay the price. In fact, in...

It seems like the people of Nepal just can't catch a break - another large, 7.4 earthquake has struck, sending...

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a new species of dinosaur, closely related to the famous velociraptor. This...

Using its Mast Camera, the Curiosity Rover has snapped stunning images of a blue sunset on the Red Planet. The...

A few days ago, we were telling you about the espresso machine 3D printed onboard the International Space Station. Now,...

Widely considered one of the most brilliant scientists in history, Louis Pasteur basically revolutionized the world as we know it.

Archaeologists working in Madagascar have uncovered the treasure hidden by the notorious pirate Captain Kidd - and they have the...

Archaeologists have uncovered a silver ring with an Arabic inscription in a Viking grave, adding support to the theory that...

A few days ago, we were telling you about the first cup of coffee ever made in space, onboard the...

The life of a beekeeper is not an easy one, but for bee hunters, it's an entirely different world. In case...

“A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences” By Michael Allaby Oxford, 672pp | Buy on Amazon Confession time: I've previously...

Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi). It is located in the...

The discovery of a new microorganism may help bridge the knowledge gap between simple and complex cellular organisms, also shedding...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has smashed its first particle since it was shut down two years ago. The particle...

Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that can cause numerous medical problems, including colitis or colon inflammation; in severe cases, it...

Every year, in Oregon, a mysterious lake fills up with snow melt, and then every year it disappears; it's a...

Would you buy a t-shirt for under $3? Most people would say they would, but many people in Berlin who...

Megafloods likely wiped out one of the most significant American civilizations, a new study has concluded. Until now, the reason...

While fjords are admired worldwide for their unique beauty, a new study has found that these natural ecosystems also act...

China is showing increased interest in Antarctica, developing several outposts and research stations on the frozen continent. But while from...

Five years after the British Petroleum catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, Mexican fishermen have still not received any compensation,...

An underwater volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon has awakened from its slumber and apears to spew out...

Mineralogy is one of the most beautiful and most difficult subjects in geology - I had a love/hate relationship with...

Swapping out a single daily sweet drink for water or unsweetened tea or coffee can lower the risk of diabetes...

Many beetles have defense mechanisms which involves foul chemicals squirting from their abdomens, but bombardier beetles have taken it to...

Potassium is one of the more important nutrients in our diet, and the recommended daily dietary intake is 4700mg - but...

They say that one man's trash is another man's gold, but artist Alejandro Duran gave a whole new meaning to that saying. Walking...

“Ecological Statistics: Contemporary theory and application” By Gordon A. Fox, Simoneta Negrete-Yankelevich, Vinicio J. Sosa Oxford University Press, 400pp | Buy...

In the modern world, we tend to eat more salt than we should, and that can have several negative impacts...

A disease called black band coral disease is affecting nearly half of the reef sites researchers have surveyed in waters...

Sandblasting is a type of abrasive blasting which involves propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure...

It's that time of the year again! The 27th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest opened on April 7, and we...

Childhood bullying seems to be almost ubiquitous to some extent, and yet researchers have time and time again underlined the...

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the biggest challenges mankind has to face in the near, as well as distant, future....

A coast guard patrol reported that Lake Michigan's shallow waters are so clear that  you can actually see the shipwrecks...

If you happened to wander in the right areas in L.A. recently, you may have noticed a rather peculiar and...

Before and after.   While many people today aren't even considering reading paper books, Japanese craftsman Okano Nobuo has been repairing...

You hear about potential cancer treatments all the time, and despite significant and remarkable improvements, we're still miles away from...

All those hours of leveling up your character have finally paid off - a new study conducted by Australian and...

Researchers from Cambridge have, for the first time, captured a 3D video of a living algal embryo turning itself inside...

A seven year old has discovered the fossil of a turkey-sized dinosaur that roamed South America over 140 million years...

We all see garbage in our daily routine, be it on the way to work, school, or just on the...

We've all had days when we've felt invisible metaphorically, but Swedish researchers have taken it to the next level -...

Geological folds at Mount Head. Folds are some of the most common geological phenomena you see in the world -...

In most cultures, men are typically regarded as handy and it's usually up to them to do the handy work...

A "massive methane hotspot" sounds pretty bad... and bad it is - much worse than previously thought. In 2014, NASA...