Cosmological coupling — a newly-predicted phenomenon in Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity — allows black holes to grow in mass without consuming…
Bill Gates is widely known for his business acumen and humanitarian efforts. But the co-founder of Microsoft and multibillionaire philanthropist has …
Leonardo da Vinci , who lived from 1452 to 1519, was well ahead of the curve in exploring the concept of gravity. It wasn’t until 1604 that Galileo G…
Physicists have long struggled to explain why the Universe started out with conditions suitable for life to evolve . Why do the physical laws and co…
For a few physicists, the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning of the universe. Rather, they say, the universe existed before that point, stretching forever…
replicas of copper arrowheads and knives crafted by people of North America's Old Copper Culture Copper’s allure has endured for millennia. Bot…
Dark matter is the mysterious substance that makes up roughly a quarter of the Universe. There is strong indirect evidence for its existence from mea…
For at least five years, a pair of serial killer whales in South Africa has been slaughtering great white sharks and eating their livers. (No fava …
It’s a case of déjà vu all over again on the debt ceiling debate. Republicans, who regained control of the House of Representatives in November 202…
Everyone knows what a bird is – and pretty much everyone knows what a dinosaur is. But not everyone is aware that birds evolved from dinosaurs appro…
Paranthropus boisei. Image credit: © Roman Yevseyev. Oldowan tools, consisting of stones with one to a few flakes removed, are the oldest widespread …
Astronomers have discovered an entirely new ring system within the solar system, and it's located at such a great distance from its dwarf plane…
Illustration of an autophagosome (light blue double-membrane to the right) engulfing cellular material. David S. Goodsell and Daniel Klionsky/RCSB PD…
Scientists have unearthed the fossilized remains of the largest ever known penguin on Earth, a 340-pound (154 kilograms) behemoth that glided through…
Nabais et al. present a detailed study of the crab component of the Neanderthal diet as revealed by the evidence from the Portuguese cave site of Gru…