M ore than a hundred volcanoes lie beneath the Antarctic ice, and the release of some of the weight upon them could spur them ...

Diaphonization involves preserving the whole animal, but it’s not suitable for every species. Thick plumage or coarse fur can ...

Most birds, and by that we mean 97 percent of all species, don’t have external genitalia and instead have what’s known as a cloaca (as did dinosaurs ). Seen in birds, reptiles, amphibians, some fish, ...

The problem is also not wholly new. Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost over 5,179 square kilometers (2,000 square miles) of land – an area roughly the size of Delaware. However, the situation is ...

“Approximately 1 million US adults will develop dementia annually by 2060,” the authors conclude. “Policies that enhance prevention and healthy aging are urgent public health priorities for reducing ...

So many comets have failed to live up to predictions that many people have become cynical about them, so why does this happen ...

A nimals and their offspring can either look like copy and paste versions, or have radically different appearances from each other. While clearing up some debris on the seafloor, NOAA got more than ...

T he European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has almost completely depleted the cold gas propellant that kept it spinning and able to scan the sky, so it has decided to nominally end science operations ...

Let’s start with arguably the simplest fact about this new year: 2025 is a perfect square. It’s equal to 45 × 45, meaning ...

“It takes 66 days […] on average to form a new habit after the first time the new action is performed, but this can vary from ...

It has previously been posited that this love of the macabre stems from morbid curiosity, or that it could allow people to experience intense emotions lacking in their lives and escape their own ...