Tag: World

A mini-moon that has been orbiting Earth for the past two months is set to peel away from our planet's orbit today. The bus-size...

Preventing Future Pandemics: Confronting the Dangers of Silent SpreadThe way we typically classify respiratory illnesses is based on their symptoms. Public health messaging often...

The Indian Ocean geoid low, located in the Laccadive Sea southwest of India, is a fascinating phenomenon that has puzzled scientists for decades. This...

UFOs once again made an appearance in Washington, DC, as the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled...

An Apatosaurus skeleton, named "Vulcan," was recently auctioned off in France for over $6 million, making it the largest dinosaur fossil ever sold at...

A sculpture of "Lucy", a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis hominin, along with a baby and other group members on display at the Houston Museum...

Fifty years ago, a fossil skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis was discovered by anthropologists and was affectionately named "Lucy." Since then, researchers have been...

Global climate talks are grappling with a significant challenge: the burning of oil, gas, and coal is a major contributor to climate change, resulting...

In December of 1974, an interesting discovery was made in the realm of space science. Researchers found ethyl alcohol, a drinkable form of alcohol,...

Gábor Domokos, a mathematician, posed a simple question about the geometry of tilings, wondering how few corners a shape can have and still tile...