Whale watchers off the coast of California recently witnessed an extremely rare sight — a young white orca (Orcinus orca). The calf, which was almost…
Over a period of 70 years, thousands of stars have vanished from the sky; Which prompted a team of astronomers to shed light on this phenomenon .. a…
Reconstruction of the Kap København Formation ecosystem 2 million years ago. Image credit: Beth Zaiken. The Kap København Formation is located in P…
In a study that attempts to define the nature of dark energy — a mysterious phenomenon thought to be causing the universe to expand faster and faste…
The latest bit of brilliance from the field of robotics is a tiny micro-motor that can identify, trap, and transport individual cells. It's a s…
A study of 26 years' worth of wolf behavioral data, and an analysis of the blood of 229 wolves, shows that infection with the parasite Toxoplasm…
Scientists in Hong Kong have discovered tiny, cube-shaped box jellyfish in a brackish shrimp pond that are completely unknown to science. The dimin…
Immortality has been a dream of human beings since the dawn of time. Mankind´s fascination with cheating death is reflected in scientific records, my…
Scientists have recently identified a unique form of cell messaging occurring in the human brain that's not been seen before. Excitingly, the dis…
The most thorough study yet of a mysterious creature that lived 300 million years ago has ruled that it had no bones after all. Since its discovery n…
Icaronycteris gunnelli, paratype. Image credit: Rietbergen et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283505. Scientists have identified a new species of b…
The motion of a star as it makes its way through the galaxy has led to the discovery of a new alien world. Using data from the Gaia spacecraft that…