Look, we all think platypuses are weird. Just one look at these beaver-tailed, egg-laying, duck-billed weirdos makes you wonder how we're even both mammals. But I have news for you - whe ...

In Russia in 1997, an unfortunate technician answered the question, “what would have happened if the ‘Demon Core’ was never stopped in 1946?” This episode of [H ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang ...

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Solar power is growing by leaps and bounds in the United States, propelled by climate mitigation policies and carbon-free ...

Since theNational Science Foundation first started collecting postgraduation data nearly 70 years ago, the number of Ph.D.s ...

The humble toilet seems like the least likely setting for drama. Yet throughout history, it has claimed kings, toppled ...

Nematodes are the most abundant animal on earth, but when times get tough, these tiny worms have a hard time moving up and ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have successfully simulated how light interacts with empty space – a phenomenon once ...

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can ‘catch’ yawns from an android imitating human facial expressions, according to new research ...

His gaze softens as he draws closer to you. With one hand around your waist and the other cradling your jaw, he pulls you in.

In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday has released the data behind the ...