Fossil Friday: a fossilized school of fish
A common fish behavior evolved at least 50 million years ago.
Pluto’s volcanoes might spew out liquid water, new study finds
Talk about a surprising find!
Curiosity Rover finds clay cache on Mars — potential sign of water
Curiosity is finding water beneath the ground -- and in the sky.
Chimps also love to eat crabs, new study shows
This isn't the only thing that surprised researchers.
Why the SpaceX satellite fleet could spell major headaches for astronomers
It's an unexpected side effect of a useful plan.
A hotter Arctic means more extreme weather elsewhere on the globe
This helps us understand how climate change can cause more extreme weather -- both hot and cold.
Elephant poaching is going down, but we need more action
It's good news, just not *very* good news.
New law would require all Phillipino students to plant 10 trees to graduate
What do you think about this idea?
Scientists figure out how turbulent fluids make order from chaos
It's a problem Richard Feynman also addressed.
For the first time, researchers show what an electron actually looks like
Electrons are weird, but we're starting to understand them a bit better.
Scientists in India find new type of viper — and it looks stunning
A beautiful snake of which we know very little.
How to save the world — a practical guide
A book you need to read.
The ‘Age of Man’ is upon us — Anthropocene period close to becoming official
We are living in changing times.
Baby sharks eat land-based songbirds
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo -- eats birds.
Huge underwater eruption created giant volcano off the coast of Africa
This is one of the most exciting volcanic areas in the world.
This AI sounds just like Joe Rogan — and the possibilities are disturbing
Impressive and scary at the same time. Brace yourself for a new era of fraud.
Supermarkets in Thailand start using leaves as packaging instead of plastic
It's sustainable both environmentally and economically.
Karen Uhlenbeck officially receives the Abel Prize — the first woman ever to do so
We need more kings awarding prizes to people in STEM.
Chernobyl has turned into a thriving habitat for hundreds of species
The environmental pressure generated by humans is larger than a nuclear explosion -- a revealing vision of the type of...
It’s official: soda tax offers “net good” to society
It really works.
Pluto’s ocean might be held in place by a thin layer of gas
Comfortably insulated.
99% of the world’s electric buses are in China
They're miles and miles ahead.
The ISS starts experimenting with a photo-bioreactor
A hybrid bio-technology could pave the way for future space missions.
Bermuda might hold the key to a whole new type of volcano
We didn't know volcanoes can form in this way.
Scientists map global “Internet of Mushrooms”
“I haven’t seen anybody do anything like that before,” researchers commented.
*Something* is blasting “cosmic bullet holes” through our galaxy
Clumps of dark matter might be shooting through the Milky Way's stars.
Bedbugs roamed the land along with T-Rex
Bedbugs have been alive far longer than humans have.
Eating processed food linked to eating too much and being overweight
Simple takeaway: eat less processed food.
Researchers create bacteria synthetic DNA
Move away, Nature -- come in, Life 2.0.
Humans and Neanderthals diverged at least 800,000 years ago, new teeth study shows
This just goes to show how complex our evolutionary history really is.
NASA wants you to take photos of trees — to see how much carbon they can store
Help NASA by looking at trees.
The unlikeliest catch: sea creatures found trapped in amber
Talk about a stunning find!
These spiders have super-black patches to help their other parts vibrant and colorful
Birds of Paradise have similar structures.
In April, the US used more renewable energy than coal
Good news, but let's not get over-excited by this.
Philadelphia’s sugary drink tax worked: one year later, consumption dropped by 38%
Moral of the story: people really don't like taxes.
How Nigerian music can help you choose ripe watermelons
Can you tell a watermelon's ripeness by knocking on it?
Why snails coil in one direction — and how to change it
On today's menu: CRISPR-y snails.
It’s official: Magic the Gathering is the world’s most complicated game
Boasting rights for MTG players.
Man in New Zealand finds 12-million-year-old footprints of giant flightless bird
He was merely going on a swim and came across footprints of ancient moas.
Charcoal toothpastes don’t work and are a ‘marketing gimmick’
Stop washing your teeth with charcoal, scientists urge.
Deep-sea fish developed super vision to cope with abyssal darkness
Why would it evolve that way? Researchers have an idea.
Researchers reconstruct the ‘lost plains’ of now-submerged Doggerland
Researchers are looking to find a 'lost' continent.
Oldest tree in eastern North America found in a swamp: it’s 2,624 years old
Researchers desperately call for the protection of this area, of which 99% has already been destroyed.
Abrupt climate change killed off ancient South American populations
Change isn't always good -- especially when it happens too quickly.
Penguin and seal poop create biodiversity hotspots in Antarctica
Poop comes in to save the day!
Bacteria steal genetic material from predator viruses using Spam gene
This could help us keep dangerous viruses at bay.
Bright galaxies help solve mystery about early universe
They were much brighter than they were supposed to be.
Iceland researchers trap CO2 into rocks — but there’s a catch
This could be a big part of the battle against climate change.
Bat-winged dinosaur discovered in China — only the second of its kind
This dinosaur was more like a flying squirrel than a bird.
A tectonic plate off the coast of Portugal might be peeling off
It's a big call, but researchers are confident.