Can a war be won from the air? A group of renegade pilots in the 1930s thought so.

The first of many dodecahedrons was unearthed almost three centuries ago, and we still don't know what they were for.

Metal really does sometimes stick to some people’s skin. Here’s the science of why. Every once in a while, a claim comes along that wildly challenges the mainstream scientific narrative. These […]

The evidence for a link between time spent using technology and mental health is fatally flawed.

In 1933, the skull of a 50-year-old male of the Homo longi species was found in China, puzzling researchers.

A team of biohackers is on a David-versus-Goliath mission to make insulin affordable to an increasing number of diabetics.

The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis argues that a comet strike caused major changes to climate and human cultures on Earth about 13,000 years ago.

Apart from divine authority, is there an ethical basis for right and wrong?

Despite all the challenges, Hubble has vindicated this discovery. Practically everywhere we look in the Universe, the large-scale objects that we see — small galaxies, large galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies, […]

What most people don't realize is that everyone's imagery is different.

Ernst Chladni proved that sound can be seen, and developed a technique of visualizing vibrations on a metal plate.

The Taupo volcano was responsible for one of the most violent eruptions on record.

When the mutual relatives of two royal families died, the countries were likelier to go to war.

A virtuous diet isn't strictly vegan.

Despite Betelgeuse’s recent faintening and brightening, I’d bet on these stars instead. Betelgeuse, a nearby red supergiant, will someday explode. The black hole at the center of the Milky Way should […]

Scientists created the mineral lonsdaleite in a lab and tested its strength using sound waves — before it was obliterated.

These distant cousins of starfish live on sea floors around the globe.

A new study reveals what caused most life on Earth to die out during the end-Permian extinction, also known as the Great Dying.

The Bomber Mafia nearly changed the world—and you've likely never heard of them.

The fully functional plant will serve to demo TerraPower's nuclear tech.