A new genus of sea monster has just been officially identified, and it’s a palaeontological weirdo. The new species has been ...

The excess death rate increased from 1980 to 2019 but has not recovered from the spikes seen during the pandemic.

Tom is a writer in London with a Master's degree in Journalism whose editorial work covers anything from health and the ...

P resident Donald Trump has unveiled his plan to build a "Golden Dome" missile defense system to shield the US from attack, ...

D enisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains is the only spot on the planet that’s known to have been lived in by Denisovans, ...

Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) are one of New Zealand’s many flightless birds, and considered the most endangered. Never having had to deal with mammals (bats aside) until hum ...

Known as plasticrusts, the phenomenon was first reported in 2016 by Portuguese scientists who spotted unnaturally colored rocks on the idyllic island of Madeira off the northwest ...

Three candidate compounds have been identified in chili peppers that could be used to lower the heat of spicy food.

It’s one of the three largest coastal boulders known to be moved by such forces, and the only one this size that started on a ...

T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...

Alicella gigantea is basically a big, pale shrimp-like creature that lives in the deepest depths of Earth’s oceans. It has ...

Nestled underneath the corpus callosum, in the middle of the brain, a tiny, pine-cone-shaped gland sits and spits out ...