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The Strange Case of the Marvelous Mountaineering Mice
On some volcanic peaks high in the Andes live...
What is the Most Expensive Material in the World?
No, it's not a moon rock.
BY CHRIS IMPEY
After a...
Scientists Solve Mystery of Precious Metals in Earth’s Mantle
Platinum and gold are common, if expensive, in watches,...
Scientists Discover Nature’s ‘Missing Law’
Nearly 164 years after Charles Darwin published On the...
Do Plants Have Feelings? ‘Dubious,’ Says New Study
There has long been a debate over whether plants...
For Wildlife, the Human Voice is Scarier than the Lion’s Roar
Animals in Kruger National Park, South Africa, fear human...
Queen Guitarist Brian May Rocks NASA (Literally)
Bringing an all-new meaning to the phrase, "we will...
Supercontinent Will Kill Us All, Researchers Say
The climate will kill us, and the mechanism will...
Team ‘Disproves’ Da Vinci’s Rule of Trees — Or Does It?
Wales’ Bangor University recently claimed that a group of...
Deep-Sea ‘Hoofprints’ Came From This Elusive Creature
What made these "hoofprints" at the bottom of the...
RNA Recovered From Tasmanian Tiger For First Time
For the first time, geneticists have retrieved and decoded...
Deadly Morocco Quake Re-Ignites Conjecture Over ‘Earthquake Lights’
Reports of flashing blue lights near Agadir, Morocco during...
‘Deep Learning’ Toilet, Cyborg Spiders Win 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes
The headliners of this year’s Ig Nobel science awards...
Wild Boars in Germany are Radioactive, And Now We Know Why
For years, a mystery has surrounded wild boars in...
James Webb Telescope Delivers Again With Astonishing Whirlpool Galaxy Pic
If you're a fan of interstellar photography, and really...
DNA From Tracks Could Yield Better Way to Study Polar Bears
Studying polar bears — particularly their movements across the...
Ancient Wildfires Wiped Out Large Mammals in California
Globally, wildfires are getting worse. This year alone they...
Otzi the Iceman was balding, middle aged, and dark-skinned
New DNA analysis suggests that Otzi the Iceman looked...
How to Turn Asteroids into Permanent Colonies in Space
The idea of transforming an asteroid into a rotating...