Science

Sending a wooden satellite into space might not sound like a great idea. After all, there’s no way that wood is as durable as metal, is there? Well, according to...

UFOs rev up our imaginations and make us dare to wonder about highly-intelligent life beyond Earth. But retired astronaut Scott Kelly is here to tell us that many UFO sightings...

A giant stretch of seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean headed for Florida is full of bacteria and plastic, a recent study found, which could cause a “pathogen storm.”  This year’s...

A ship captain harassed by a pod of orcas last month said he’s worried that headlines about recent killer whale attacks will lead boaters to start shooting the marine mammals....

If one clear lesson is to be taken from our response to the arrival of Covid-19 three years ago, it is an appreciation of the highly effective role played by...

Scientists in China have begun drilling a hole over 10,000 meters (32,808 feet) deep into the Earth’s crust, a report says. The drilling project, led by the country’s largest oil...

Once thought as the least evolved of the mammals that roam our world, new research shows that marsupial evolution might actually be further along than even humans. This old bias...

As anyone who struggles with motion sickness can tell you, killing time during a road trip can be a complicated endeavor, especially when you can’t lose yourself in a good...

The European Space Agency broadcast the livestream with views courtesy of its Mars Express, launched by a Russian rocket from Kazakhstan in 2003. It took nearly 17 minutes for each...

Seagulls are infamous for their apparent appetite for grabbing beachgoers’ food by surprise. But new research suggests that it is a sign of intelligence after scientists at a British university...