Your brain can outperform just about any computer out there. So, how come it needs barely any energy to do so?

I n its latest eruption event, Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano sent a fountain of lava 540 meters (1,770 feet) up into the sky in what is a new record for this eruption, which began in December 2024. Some of ...

So: how long is “time immemorial”? Well, as of today, March 14, 2026, it’s exactly 836 years, 6 months, and 11 days. You know – not including the various calendar shenanigans of 1582 .

According to the team who found it, the structures were an ancient urban complex that sank into the ocean 6,000 years ago.

The majority of Bronze Age artifacts made of iron were forged from material with its origins in outer space. In fact, one study that looked into the matter found that all artifacts they tested were ...

“Once we get back out to the pad, we'll configure for launch pending completion of the work in the VAB. And at the pad, we ...

Sorry ophidiophobes, but the capacity of snakes to get upright without limbs is a wonder of nature we have struggled to understand.

But falling cats – they seem to manage [it].” That feline talent of twisting round in mid-air isn’t just a neat survival ...

Mini but mighty magnets could be revolutionary devices.

Videos of astronauts on the Moon show them often bouncing across the lunar surface, helped by the fact that the gravity of our satellite is just one-sixth of Earth’s surface gra ...

The team found a few key factors affected whether people thought the world was ending, and what should be done about it.

A new interpretation of a 3,500-year-old medical text from Egypt suggests that ancient physicians might have bathed patients’ ...