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Hold onto your hats folks, it’s super pod time! Off the coast of California, in Carmel Bay, Risso’s dolphins have been seen traveling, leaping, and swimming south in a super pod more than 1,500 strong. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE Risso’s dolphins might not be the most elegant or beautiful of the dolphin groups; they have […]

In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx brought back to Earth 121 grams of material from asteroid Bennu. This is the largest sample ever collected and brought back from a world beyond the Moon. Early analysis last year suggested that this asteroid originated in a water-rich world. Newly released findings expand that further, suggesting that the conditions for […]

The Stevns Klint (Cliffs of Stevns) in Denmark are perhaps best known for providing evidence of the dinosaur-ending Chicxulub impact, but now, this geological site has thrown up a much grosser find – a 66-million-year-old fossilized pile of animal vomit. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE The regurgitated blob was discovered by Peter Bennicke, a local amateur […]

A new study has found evidence that the Moon may be a lot more alive in recent times than we realized, geologically speaking. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE On the Moon, there are vast basins known as “mares”, which were formed billions of years ago when the Moon was geologically active. Scientists long believed that these […]

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Temperatures are achingly cold in the stratosphere over the Arctic, which can only mean one thing: it’s perfect conditions for psychedelic skies filled with rainbow-colored clouds.  ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE Type II polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) are known as one of the most beautiful cloud types in Earth’s repertoire, appearing above the Arctic and Antarctic […]

Over 7,000 years ago, a prehistoric chemist concocted a poisonous potion, carefully applied it to the tip of an arrow, and placed it into a quiver made of a femur bone. Fast forward to 2025 and the physical remains of this moment in time are still intact, representing the oldest clear evidence of “multi-component arrow […]

Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the tech world with the release of their new model, positioning itself as a formidable competitor to American tech titans like OpenAI, Google, and Meta. But what exactly is driving all the excitement (and anxiety)? What is DeepSeek’s new model, R1? ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE DeepSeek develops […]

The image of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of massive elliptical galaxy M87, changed the world. It was the first-ever direct image of a black hole, showing the gargantuan object’s shadow and the light present at the edge of it. The observations were taken in 2017 by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) […]

For the first time, scientists have created a bi-paternal mouse – that is, a mouse with two male parents – which survived until adulthood. The breakthrough represents a huge step forward in the field and has the potential to impact many areas of science, from regenerative medicine to conservation, while furthering our understanding of mammalian […]

Ever asked someone a question with the sole intention that they ask you the same question back? Turns out there’s a name for that: “boomerasking”. A new study has explored exactly what this often-irritating conversational habit is, as well as why people do it and the consequences that it has. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE The […]

Long-term heavy cannabis use could have a detrimental effect on an aspect of cognition called working memory, according to the results of a massive new brain imaging study. Even when not stoned, heavy users displayed reduced activity in key brain regions when performing a series of cognitive tasks, resulting in poorer test scores. ADVERTISEMENT GO […]

Nature is capable of some pretty incredible phenomena and even a few mysteries. That’s become all the more apparent recently at Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana, where the team is celebrating the hatching of an egg that seems to have only one parent. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE Last year, a swell shark egg was discovered by […]

A first-of-its-kind study has found that in US communities where drinking water is contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), there’s also an increased incidence of some cancers, with the so-called “forever chemicals” potentially contributing to over 6,800 cancer cases in the country each year. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE PFAS appear to be everywhere: in […]

The surface waters of the oceans are getting warmer at a rate of 0.27°C (0.50°F) a decade, new research shows. This compares with just 0.06°C (0.11°F) in the late 1980s, when we first noticed there was a problem. Although people are more directly affected by temperature rises on land, higher ocean temperatures drive bigger storms […]

In a delightfully nerdy move, a group of scientists having a games night and eating pasta have published a paper on the physics of how their food was cooked. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE The group of scientists, from the University of Twente in the Netherlands and the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment […]

Pseudocraters or rootless cones are peculiar volcanic formations with an explosive origin. They do not form from magma coming from deep underground. They are caused by lava covering a water-rich layer, which causes the explosive reaction. To fully understand the mechanism of their formation, scientists have devised an experiment with simple cooking ingredients not too […]

A new preprint study has taken a closer look at the “universe-breaking” Little Red Dot galaxies discovered in the early universe, potentially compounding the mystery surrounding them. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE JWST has allowed astronomers to look back further into the past than any other infrared or optical telescope, seeing infrared light that was emitted […]

Search giant Google has announced that two locations on Google Maps will soon look different for users in the USA after President Donald Trump ordered they be officially renamed. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE During Trump’s inauguration, he announced his intention to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. “America will reclaim its […]

Tuberculosis (TB) is often thought of as a disease of the past, or one that is confined only to certain countries – but a recent outbreak in Kansas is proving that is far from the case. According to local health officials, it’s the largest documented TB outbreak in US history. ADVERTISEMENT GO AD FREE Data […]