Earth & Environment
Amazonian scorpion venom can help treat breast cancer, study finds
Researchers from the University of São Paulo have discovered a molecule in the venom of the Amazonian scorpion Brotheas amazonicus that could offer a...
This common chemical may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease
Scientists from the University of Rochester and other research groups have found strong new evidence that a chemical called trichloroethylene, or TCE, might be...
As AI leader Nvidia posts record results, Warren Buffett’s made a surprise bet on...
The world’s most valuable publicly listed company, US microchip maker Nvidia, has reported record $US57 billion revenue in the third quarter of 2025, beating...
Archaeologists discover second-largest Roman olive oil mill ever found in Tunisia
Archaeologists working in the Kasserine region of central Tunisia have uncovered one of the most impressive industrial sites of the Roman Empire: the second-largest...
Earth’s oldest signs of life hidden in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks, study finds
Scientists have uncovered new chemical clues that life existed on Earth more than 3.3 billion years ago—much earlier than many previous estimates.
Even more surprising,...
Humans, apes, and Neanderthals have been kissing for millions of years, study finds
A new study from the University of Oxford suggests that kissing is far older than most people imagine.
According to the research, kissing likely evolved...
Giant hidden blobs inside Earth may explain why our planet can support life
Deep under our feet—almost 1,800 miles below the surface—scientists have found two huge and mysterious structures that may hold clues to how Earth formed...
How Neanderthal DNA helps explain why our faces look the way they do
Every human face is different, but scientists still know surprisingly little about how our DNA shapes these differences.
To learn more, researchers are turning to...
Common pesticide linked to hidden brain damage, study finds
A new study has found that children in New York City who were exposed to the insecticide chlorpyrifos (CPF) before birth show changes in...
The ancient poem that misled the world about the Black Death
For hundreds of years, people have been taught that the Black Death sped across Asia like a wildfire, racing along the Silk Road from...
How tiny algae may have helped life survive Earth’s worst mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, Earth experienced the most devastating mass extinction in its history.
Known as “the Great Dying,” this event wiped out more...
How a modern koala is related to a ferocious ice age predator
Koalas may look like peaceful, eucalyptus-chewing tree-dwellers, while the marsupial lion was one of the fiercest Ice Age predators ever to roam Australia.
But scientists...
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What makes Steve Jobs a charismatic speaker?
The former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was one of the most charismatic speakers of the past decades.
However, why his way of speaking is so...
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Scientists find a unique ancient tree
Once upon a time, in what is now New Brunswick, Canada, scientists made an amazing discovery.
While most of the time, all we find of...
Dinosaur teeth reveal secrets of Earth’s ancient greenhouse climate
Scientists have discovered that dinosaur teeth hold an extraordinary record of Earth’s climate during the Mesozoic Era, between 252 and 66 million years ago.
By...
Snowpack changes how a California volcano ‘breathes’
Thirty years ago, on the flanks of a volcano in California’s Sierra Nevada range, trees began to die en masse, suffocated at their roots...
Bacterial infections were deadly in the Stone Age, study finds
A new study published in Scientific Reports offers a glimpse into the challenges faced by Stone Age populations in Scandinavia, revealing how bacterial diseases,...
Elon Musk: My view about self-driving cars
Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla, aims to become the future of driving.
To achieve the goal, Musk focuses on Autopilot, which is a system...
Europe is sending a drill to the Moon to search for water
The Moon has been a source of interest of late largely due to the focus on getting humans back to the Moon.
Future human explorers...