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octopus nightmare

Video Suggests Octopuses Have Nightmares About Predator Attacks

It's one of the oldest and most frustrating questions...
The HTHH eruption from space.

Tonga Eruption Caused the Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever

On January 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’api (HTHH)...
Italy's sword in the stone.

The Real Sword in the Stone

We all associate "the sword in the stone" with...
Sound waves.

Natural Wonders: Loudest Natural Sounds

French composer Pierre Schaeffer said that "sound is the...
Sydney,Funnel,Web,Spider

World’s Deadliest Spider Can Alter Lethality of Venom

Funnel-web spiders aren't just the most venomous arachnids in...

New Insights into Australia’s Ancient Humans

The planet’s first Australians lived on a continent wholly...
human skeleton

The Alien of the Atacama

Deep in the Atacama Desert, the once bustling mining...
Large Satellite Array

Of 800 UFO Sightings, Few Remain a Mystery, Says NASA

On May 31, NASA held its first public meeting...

Dinosaur the Size of a Blue Whale Discovered in Patagonia

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of long-necked dinosaur...
bangkok thailand, aerial view, night

Urbanization Is Driving Evolution More Than Nature, Study Suggests

It’s far from a new concept that humans are...
neanderthal with human skull

‘No Single Birthplace’: Study Finds Ancient Diversity In Human Evolution

Ancient humans were prone to interbreeding with genetically diverse...
mountain selfie in winter

Why Do We Take Selfies? It’s a Search for Meaning, Neurologists Say

I hated selfies for a long time. It wasn't because...
death cap mushrooms

Scientists May Have Found an Antidote to the Death Cap Mushroom

Mushrooms are fascinating. They might taste like chicken, expand...
ediacaran

New Evidence of Earth’s Earliest Mass Extinction

For as long as there has been life —...
neanderthal portrait

Third Time Lucky: Modern Humans Only Colonized Europe on Their Third Try

One of anthropology's most enduring controversies is how exactly...
two fossils

Couple Finds World-Class Fossil Trove in Welsh Field

What to do if you're a paleontology power couple...
The HTHH eruption as seen from space

2022 Tonga Eruption Spawned ‘Mega-Tsunami’ 85 Meters Tall, Rivaling Krakatoa

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) submarine volcano erupted...
galileo letter

Want to See the Original Letters of Galileo, Newton, and Darwin? They’re Now Online

Science nerds, rejoice! The Royal Society, founded in 1663,...
The moonlet Deimos with Mars in the background

New Photos Shed Light on Tiny Martian Moonlet

A space probe operated by the United Arab Emirates...
A wooly mammoth recreation at the Shanghai Natural History Museum

Woolly Mammoths Weren’t Always So Woolly

What does 600,000 years of natural selection get you?...
A dire wolf skeleton against a white background

From Westeros to the Far North: New Study Expands Dire Wolf’s Range

Nerds of all stripes — be they casual Game...

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