Category: Science
Fragmented Nature Means Wildlife Can’t Survive in The Long Term, Scientists Warn
Protected areas will only help species migrating to escape a warming climate if enough of them, strategically located, allow for reproduction, a study of the…
Antarctica Just Narrowly Avoided a Massive Iceberg Collision
With rising temperatures and significant climate shifts predicted for Antarctica in the years to come, the icy continent could use a break. Well, now it’s…
1,500-Year-Old Lovers Uncovered in China, Locked in an Eternal Embrace
The skeletal remains of two lovers, buried together more than 1,500 years ago in northern China, were recently discovered locked in an eternal embrace, a…
Biologists Discover an Unexpected Feature We Never Noticed About Certain Wasps
Recently, we’ve been learning that the world is a much… glowier place than we ever suspected. More and more terrestrial organisms have been found exhibiting…
Why Are People So Into Astrology All of a Sudden?
Humans have looked to the stars for guidance since the beginning of time. In fact, astrology has been around for thousands of years. While it’s…
Here Are Some of Darwin’s Strangest Animal Discoveries
During Charles Darwin’s famous trip on the HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836, he sailed around the globe and often stepped on land to gather…
‘Tiger Stripes’ on a Saturn Moon Could Be Even More Unique Than Previously Thought
Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth largest moon, is awash with liquid water beneath its icy shell. At the moon’s south pole, the subsurface ocean erupts from one…
A ‘Good’ Life Doesn’t Necessarily Have to Be Happy, New Psychology Research Shows
What makes a ‘good’ life? And how do we measure it? These are questions as old as humanity itself – with many potential answers –…
This Barnacle-Inspired Glue Seals Bleeding Organs in Seconds
Then came the pigs. Yuk looped in a team at the Mayo Clinic that was better equipped to operate on large animals. The team wanted…
Newly Discovered Space Rock Loops The Sun Quicker Than Any Known Asteroid
A newly discovered asteroid has the second-shortest orbit that we know in the entire Solar System, pipped only by Mercury. It’s named 2021 PH27, and…