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An undersea eruption rocked the Aegean 520,000 years ago
Scientists discovered an unknown volcanic eruption that rocked the seafloor in the Aegean more than 500,000 years ago.
By Kamal Nahas published
Physically, athletes might reach a point where they can no longer beat sports records — however, innovative techniques and sportswear breakthroughs could potentially help athletes perform better in the future.
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers have discovered that, unlike other four-legged mammals, hippopotamuses trot at high speeds and become airborne for "quite a large amount of time."
By Jacklin Kwan published
Female green and golden bell frogs in Australia will eat their male counterparts when the males' mating call displeases them.
By Harry Baker published
New photos show a young giraffe with an extremely deformed neck in Kruger National Park. The animal may have survived a broken neck or could have a severe case of an illness that also affects humans.
By Mattias Tranberg published
A palliative care researcher explains how death can help people appreciate life.
By Stephanie Pappas published
Human societies that experience downturns do a better job of recovering from later disasters, new research finds.
By Alexander McNamara published
In a new series of comics, where young, female scientists take center stage, MIT's Ritu Raman explains how the format can inspire the next generation of young people into the world of STEM.
By Paul Sutter published
Do dead stars glow? A strange gravitational phenomenon could be generating enormous amounts of light around neutron stars, new research suggests.
By Ben Turner published
By blowing atoms up to several hundred times their size, researchers have been able to make another type of oddly-behaving time crystal.
By Ben Turner published
The physicist César Lattes, who is honored today (July 11) in a Google Doodle, is famous across Latin America for his discovery of the pion — a subatomic particle produced by shockwaves from exploding stars.
By Kristel Tjandra published
Honey owes its long shelf-life to its makers, but it doesn't always last forever.
By Jane McCallion published
Scientists harness a compound normally used in cancer treatment to reclaim rare-earth elements from electronic waste.