These 4,000-Year-Old Termite Mounds Can Be Seen From Space
The previously undetected array occupies a space equal to the size of Great Britain.
The previously undetected array occupies a space equal to the size of Great Britain.
Biologists have known about hemimastigotes for well over a century, but only now can these wee beasties be officially slotted into the evolutionary tree of life.
No, wombats do not have square-shaped bum holes, but nice try.
What’s remarkable is that it’s the first to be discovered in our own galaxy.
It’s nicknamed the “humongous fungus”.
Yes, life was tough for Neanderthals—but the new research suggests life wasn’t any less tougher or violent for contemporaneous Homo sapiens.
Mothers who clean dummies by sucking on them have infants with a lower allergic response, according to new research.
Roughly the size of Paris, it’s now among the 25 biggest asteroid craters on Earth.
For nearly 100 years, scientists haven’t been able to agree on the origins of this strange, now-extinct monkey - until now.
“These findings imply that the first peoples...had a whole continent to themselves and they were travelling great distances at breathtaking speed.”
There are also troves of wooden statues and a rare collection of mummified scarab beetles.
The largest planet in our Solar System also happens to be one of the most beautiful.
Scientists have now identified a startling variety of the toxic emissions produced during the 3D printing process.
Earth’s oldest soil could be tucked away in an ancient rock outcrop in Greenland, according to new research.
It’s a stark reminder of the Sun’s potential to disrupt our technological activities in unexpected ways.
A decade before Adolf Hitler rose to power, famed physicist Albert Einstein was already sensing imminent peril for his country and his own welfare.
