Common parasite decapitates human sperm
If you’ve handled cat litter or eaten raw meat or unwashed produce, there’s a chance you might have a permanent toxoplasmosis infection spread throughout your
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‘Statistically, that shouldn’t have happened’: Something very weird occurred in the ocean after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit
Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils
Russian scientists discover a new island in the Caspian Sea — the world’s largest inland body of water
Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new island in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, but they haven’t managed to land on it
Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smog
Smog from cars and trucks is an expected health hazard in big cities, but researchers from the University of Cincinnati found pollution from truck exhaust
James Webb telescope discovers ‘a new kind of climate’ on Pluto, unlike anything else in our solar system
New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto’s high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, offering clues to Earth’s
NASA spots Martian volcano twice the height of Mount Everest bursting through the morning clouds: Space photo of the week
A new panorama from NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars, rising above a thick blanket of clouds
How do migrating birds know where they’re going?
To navigate the skies, birds rely on a complex sensory tool kit.
Saxophone in Space
Astronaut Ronald E. McNair, STS-41B mission specialist, used some of his off-duty time aboard the space shuttle Challenger to play his saxophone.
14,000-year-old ice age ‘puppies’ were actually wolf sisters that dined on woolly rhino for last meal
A pair of canines found in Siberian permafrost were wolf sisters that died shortly after eating.
Strange pits on ‘hobbit’ teeth and other archaic humans could reveal hidden links in our family tree
Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.
She Owes Her Big Environmental Prize To Goats Eating Plastic Bags
Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, an activist from Malawi, is one of six recipients of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize. Majiga-Kamoto has been instrumental in implementing Malawi’s ban
1,000-year-old Viking Age hoard has a pendant that may be a cross or Thor’s hammer
A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed an Early Middle Ages hoard that contains 200 artifacts, including a pendant that may be a cross or
Tectonic plates can spread subduction like a contagion — jumping from one oceanic plate to another
Evidence from Earth’s deep past suggests dramatic subduction zones can spread like a contagion.