What’s the earliest the moon could have formed
Astronomers are pretty sure they know where the Moon came from. In the early Solar System, a Mars-sized object dubbed Theia smashed into Earth.
This...
How brown rats left ships and took over north American cities
Once upon a time, before the bustling streets and towering skylines of modern North American cities, a quiet invasion was taking place.
It was not...
Why did modern humans replace the Neanderthals?
Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct?
It's possible we were just smarter, but there's surprisingly little...
Fans rock the ground at Taylor Swift concert, making earthquakes
At a Taylor Swift concert in Los Angeles last August, the energy was so high that it literally shook the ground.
Scientists have found out...
The story of five Triceratops dinosaur friends from 67 million years ago
In the summer of 2013, a team from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands went on a dinosaur hunt in Wyoming, hoping to...
New study unlocks the lobster farming secrets
In the vast and mysterious world of the sea, lobsters have earned the title of "dragons of the sea" due to their dragon-like appearance,...
Ancient DNA unveils the look of a 6th century Chinese emperor
In a new study, scientists have recreated the face of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou dynasty, a prominent Chinese ruler from 1,500 years...
Antarctica’s biggest ice shelf moves daily
In the remote, icy expanse of Antarctica, the movement of glaciers is a spectacle not easily observed by the human eye. Among these icy...
The mystery of magnetic avalanches
Imagine you have a bunch of tiny magnets, much smaller than any magnet you've seen on a fridge.
These magnets are really just atoms inside...
New study unlocks the secrets of the Patagonian icefields
The Patagonian icefields, vast expanses of ice nestled in the Andes of South America, cover an area as large as the German state of...