Fortified 14th-century castle and moat discovered under hotel in France
Archaeologists found a 600-year-old castle with a moat in Brittany, France.
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A metal detectorist has unearthed a gold nugget that is currently up for auction and expected to sell for over $37,000.
By Harry Baker published
Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking "ozone spike" and could impact global weather patterns.
By Orla Loughran Hayes published
Deal This 10-pack of MedOptics Solar Eclipse Glasses has been discounted to just $6.99 on Amazon.
By Isobel Whitcomb published
For millennia, solar eclipses like the upcoming one on April 8 have inspired awe, wonder and fear. Here are some of the most intriguing accounts of solar eclipses from ancient Greece to the Mayan empire.
By Emily Cooke last updated
Viagra is best known for triggering erections, but several studies have suggested that the drug may lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease. What do we know so far?
By Sascha Pare published
Rescuers have been trying to coax a 2-year-old orca from a lagoon off Vancouver Island and back to the ocean for five days, but they only have a 30-minute window every day when waters are high.
By Stacy Kish last updated
The nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII left shadows of people on the ground and buildings. Here's why.
By Ben Turner published
Physicists created a 'quantum vortex,' which flows with 500 times less viscosity than water and could be used to study the space-time warping caused by black holes.
By Stephanie Pappas published
A simulated form of carbon called BC8, or 'super-diamond', could be 30% tougher than normal diamonds, but synthesizing it on Earth won't be easy.
By Paul Sutter published
The idea of emergent gravity is still new and requires a lot of assumptions in its calculations to make it work. But if experimental evidence ever proves it real, we would need to totally rewrite the laws of physics.
By Victoria Atkinson published
The element bismuth can "float" between magnets due to magnetic levitation. What's the science behind this phenomenon?
By Peter Ray Allison last updated
Reference Quantum computing opens the door to ultra-powerful machines that can perform calculations that would take supercomputers millions of years.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Quantum computers will break encryption one day. But converting data into light particles and beaming them around using thousands of satellites might be one way around this problem.
By Tim Danton published
Scientists have created an n-channel transistor using diamond for the first time, potentially leading to faster components that can work in extreme conditions.