Category Science

Travel back a hundred thousand years to Paleolithic Europe, and you might find Neanderthals building fires, crafting jewelry, and feasting on mammoths. Our hominin relatives dominated Europe for hundreds of…

On Christmas Eve 2025, deep within Sicily’s Mount Etna, it started to rumble again. Although Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, showing activity throughout…

Some plants bend the rules of plant life so far that they barely resemble plants at all. Balanophora is one of them — a parasite that lives underground, lacks chlorophyll,…

At about 11,942 feet (3,640 meters) below the surface of the Greenland Sea, methane is leaking steadily from the seafloor. Along the Molloy Ridge, gas bubbles rise through the water…

Holiday gatherings are a perfect storm of split-second social judgments. Across crowded dinner tables and over clinking glasses, we instinctively scan faces for cues: Who seems warm? Who feels safe…

Killer whales have been spotted swimming around with dead salmon on their heads. The behavior was first spotted in 1987, among the Southern Resident population of killer whales, a critically…

Key Takeaways on the Size of Our Galaxy Understanding the size of our galaxy depends on the definition used for our galaxy. There are a range of definitions, some very…

Key Takeaways on the Sun’s Magnetic Field The Sun’s magnetic field impacts the movement of plasma on the sun’s surface, but it does not actually impact the amount of heat…

It’s that time of year again — a time when socializing can feel like a chore. While we might love to get together during the holidays for parties galore, it…

In 1914, former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt was traveling in Brazil when locals set up a demonstration of sorts. They had barricaded a shoal of piranhas in part of a…