Earth's Explosive History Explains Its Strange Chemical Make-Up
As with most events on our planet, it all comes down to violent collision.
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As with most events on our planet, it all comes down to violent collision.
The first instances of life may have been around even earlier than we thought.
We've come a long way from arguing about whether or not the sun was at the centre of our galaxy.
The downside is that you're not likely to get one of these as change with your morning coffee. Not yet anyway.
Russia and the USA are teaming up to make a deep space gateway. Cool!
Herds of enormous Diprotodon regularly made 200-kilometre trips across Ice Age Australia.
The discovery came courtesy of an international collaboration between researchers in the US and Italy. Teamwork!
This is one of the few supernovae humans have been able to see with their naked eyes throughout history, and scientists might finally know what caused it.
The really baffling part is, how did he not notice it until now?
After nearly two years of research, a team of scientists think they’ve figured out the nature of these odd features.
The vika is four times the size of even the heftiest of the familiar, city-slicker variety.
Food cravings were found to be one of the most common reasons diets get derailed.
Even though all he needs is a couple hundred quid.
Another setback for a plan that’s expected to take anywhere from 30 to 40 years.
Although scientists stress this case study is a one-off, it's still very promising.
Sitting for the majority of the day is an unavoidable reality for a lot of us, but does introducing short activity breaks really help our health?
