A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life
On a young Earth, giant meteors might have been a harbinger of life, not death.
By Sascha Pare published
Vietnam's Son Doong cave is so large, you could squeeze 15 Great Pyramids of Giza inside it and fly a Boeing 747 airplane through some of its passages.
By Sascha Pare published
Global warming during the Last Interglacial period caused so much Arctic ice to melt that Atlantic currents collapsed — and scientists say these are the conditions we could be heading toward.
By Marilyn Perkins published
The far-reaching impact of certain viruses on the body can make cells grow out of control, causing cancer.
By Sierra Bouchér published
The fossilization of the tadpole's "delicate structures," like its eyes and gills, allowed for a detailed analysis of the rare find.
By Elizabeth Carlen, Tyus Williams published
What may be scariest about a spooky black cat is the way superstition and tradition shape people's perceptions and biases about animals based only on their color.
By Sierra Bouchér published
The first nuclear bomb test, conducted in 1945, set off an international arms race that included nuclear testing. But how many nuclear bombs have been detonated during tests and in active war?
By Sascha Pare published
In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.
By Skyler Ware published
Scientists have just broken a 100-year-old chemistry rule and synthesized a type of 3D, unstable molecule called an anti-Bredt olefin.
By Alexander McNamara published
Can you name everything from Ac to Zr? Test your knowledge of the periodic table and see if you can top the leaderboard
By Harry Baker published
A new study captured never-before-seen footage of hydrogen and oxygen atoms combining to form a miniature water droplet out of "thin air." The newly improved reaction could one day help astronauts make water in space.
By Sascha Pare published
Startup Clone Robotics has created an ultra-creepy humanoid torso with artificial muscles that are activated through a battery-powered hydraulic system and covered in ghostly-white "skin."
By Roland Moore-Colyer published
The future of smarter robots may lie in combining neural networks with advanced computer vision.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
A new computer vision system inspired by the design of a feline eye could give future drones and other military robots the ability to track targets in low-visibility and dynamic environments.