In rocky, frosty landscapes, specific patterns of stones can end up forming – it’s like human hands have formed them, but without any gardener being anywhere...
Communities that rely on the Colorado River are facing a water crisis. Lake Mead, the river’s largest reservoir, has fallen to levels not seen since it...
Exoplanets – planets outside our Solar System – continue to provide astronomers with fascinating glimpses of other worlds, including the one designated WASP-76b. On this inferno-like planet,...
Wireless earphone sales are booming, with Apple alone selling an estimated 100 million sets of AirPods in 2020. Being untethered from our phones or devices means we...
You probably wouldn’t pick microscopic roundworms as the nurturing kind, but here’s a fun fact for your day – these commonly studied nematodes squirt a kind...
The close of the Eocene roughly 33 million years ago marks a time of great change on Earth. In a slow reversal of what we’re seeing...
A giant ground sloth that lived during the last ice age was not largely vegetarian like its modern-day tree-dwelling relatives, but enjoyed munching on meat, according...
The more we look into the harsh extremes of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the more we find. Phenomena both mystifying and wonderful, occasionally bordering on alien. But...
We humans like to take our time when it comes to growing up. Among the great apes, only chimpanzees come close to stretching out the years between...
Within one of the lushest places on our planet, an unobtrusive green plant grows amongst many other… green plants. Although long used by the Indigenous Machiguenga...