An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.

Next-generation telescopes are mapping this outer frontier.

Blood type A(B) is caused by a four gene mutations and was discovered when the blood of patients and donors was being studied in a Thai hospital.

They couldn’t get it on Amazon.

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A new study suggests that, at least mathematically speaking, the idea doesn’t hold up, as some facets of reality can’t be explain purely algorithmically.

The star causing this flare is not yet fully devoured: "Like a fish only halfway down the whale's gullet."

Stretching from western Anatolia to southeastern Europe, this previously unknown land bridge provides a whole new migration route for Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens.

The unidentified stone idol appeared in the earth as archaeologists excavated an ancient fortress in present-day Armenia.

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is this year’s brightest comet visible from Earth—an icy relic from the solar system’s origins that won’t return until the next millennium.

The far side of the Moon has always felt a little untouchable. We never see it, barely understand it, and now scientists think it’s hiding something big. Deep within its largest crater, they’ve found ...

Western executives warn that China's heavily roboticized manufacturing industry could quickly leave the West behind.

Mason Heintschel threw for 321 yards and connected with Desmond Reid on a pair of touchdown passes as Pittsburgh defeated No. 25 Florida State, 34-31, on Sat...

This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are working to make it so.

Hollywood debates whether the AI ingenue is a satiric prank or a harbinger of doom

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum computing Portraits of John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis...

Dizzying architecture, bright lights and a cyberpunk vibe have made Chongqing a must-see destination for Chinese and international tourists alike

The world is built with concrete. Could it one day be powered by it?

Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if they are instead gravastars, fuzzballs or something else entirely

The method involves stitching together many thin “slices” of light reflecting off an object.

Researchers say they believe an object in a South Pacific island's lagoon is the wreck of Amelia Earhart's lost plane.

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The oldest known living Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is at least 400 years old.

Researchers confirm the first record of a sandbar shark in the Philippines, found in Western Visayas, and warn about the risks of fishing.

Batman fans won't want to miss these must-read dark comics.

This toxic zone is now crawling with life no one expected.

Robert Redford tributes poured in from Hollywood figures including Jane Fonda, James Gunn, Meryl Streep, and more following the actor's death.

Could TRAPPIST-1e hold life? Webb observations show the planet may retain an atmosphere 40 light-years from Earth.

New findings in Southeast Asia reveal that humans were fishing in deep waters and building boats 40,000 years ago.

A new preprint field study reveals that New York City’s rats aren’t just survivors—they’re talkative city dwellers with their own hidden nightlife. Mapping their movements and conversations could offe...

Rip up the old rules of biology.

Whovians have been suffering recently after a controversial finale, but there's some hope on the horizon.

On November 1st, 2024, Project Hyperion – an international, interdisciplinary team of architects, engineers, anthropologists, and urban planners – launched a design competition for crewed interstellar...

The design for a 36 mile long spacecraft, called Chrysalis, includes libraries, tropical forests and structural manufacturing facilities, all supported by artificial gravity.

That changes things.

The comic landscape has changed a lot in the last decade, and some of the boldest, most imaginative books have come out in the last ten years.

Jack Kirby and Stan Lee brought the First Family to Marvel, though it was only the beginning for The King as he kept creating memorable characters.

Using a powerful mathematical tool, scientists have unveiled the intricate "ringing" of black holes, unlocking patterns missed for decades and laying the groundwork for sharper gravitational wave meas...

Researchers are equipping sharks with sensors that may help predict the power and path of Atlantic hurricanes.

In Pacific Ocean trenches, scientists found creatures that expand the limits of where we know life can live on Earth.

Adobe’s Project Indigo is a camera app built by camera nerds for camera nerds. It’s the work of Florian Kainz and Marc Levoy, the latter of whom is also known as one of the pioneers of computational p...

Theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on the future

No sea creature inspires terror – rightly or wrongly – as much as the white shark does.

In a groundbreaking discovery, physicists from Aalto University have unveiled a new framework that unites gravity with the forces described by the Standard Model of particle ... Continue Reading →

It’s got us beat by 34.

Two 325-million-year-old ctenacanth shark fossils discovered in Mammoth Cave shed light on ancient marine ecosystems.

More than a kilometre below the surface of the Kamb Ice Stream in Antarctica, scientists have discovered a slow-flowing river of water that has been hidden for thousands of years. This remarkable disc...

Scientists have dramatically revised the universe’s expiration date, suggesting everything from black holes to humans could vanish far sooner than we ever imagined The universe may be disappearing far...

Great white sharks are haunting Esperance, one of Australia’s prettiest coastal destinations. Should visitors be worried?

Physicists observe a new form of magnetism for the first time