Researchers reveal crab’s-eye view of the ancient world
Their legs may get more attention, but a new study says a crab’s eyes have much to offer, too — at least scientifically.
Writing in...
What it’s like to work at the bottom of the Earth
When your workplace is the South Pole, things can get a little unusual.
Light emitted billions of years ago could help solve enduring mysteries about...
Why Earth didn’t grow to super-Earth in early solar system
Before the solar system had planets, the sun had rings — bands of dust and gas similar to Saturn’s rings — that likely played...
Scientists find leftovers of Earth’s dramatic formation
Researchers have uncovered the most detail ever of the mysterious structures laying between the Earth's mantle and core.
This provides the strongest evidence yet they...
Scientists digitally unwrap mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000...
All the royal mummies found in the 19th and 20th centuries have long since been opened for study.
With one exception: egyptologists have never been...
Millipedes as big as cars once roamed Northern England
The largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede – as big as a car – has been found on a beach in the north of...
Deadliest period in Earth’s history was also the stinkiest, shows study
Generally, scientists believe Siberian volcanos spitting greenhouse gases primarily drove the mass extinction event about 250 million years ago, at the end of the...
Dinosaur faces and feet may have popped with color
Most birds aren’t as colorful as parrots or peacocks.
But if you look beyond the feathers, bright colors on birds aren’t hard to find: Think...
Ocean has 20 million tons of gold in it! Can we extract it?
The ocean has about 20 million tons of gold in it — that’s around 700 TRILLION DOLLARS worth of gold!
In this episode of Reactions,...
Archaeologists recover treasures from ancient shipwrecks
Underwater archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have recovered treasures from the survey of two shipwrecks off the coast of Caesarea in Israel.
The...