The Sun is the closest star to us and the most studied by humanity. There is a lot we still do not know about it. Among the unknowns, until today, were the Sun's polar regions. We simply had not seen ...

Volcanoes on Mars might be more widespread than previously thought, and this has an impact on the planet's past habitability.

H ow groups travel is an interesting part of animal behavior. Elephants can form circles to protect younger members of the ...

In 2004, researchers from the mining group Rio Tinto found this peculiar mineral in Jadar (pronounced "Yadar"), Serbia. Its ...

Green = go, red = stop is a universal code that is burned into our brains and understood almost instinctively, no matter the ...

“Long-exposure photos make the Milky Way’s bright stars and dark dust clouds even clearer. And while our eyes see it in ...

“Every body part is sensitive to the phenomenon, such as a phantom erection pain following a penectomy,” explained Lim.

“This new implant and minimally invasive technique should help reconnect nerves, allowing the implant to ‘talk’ to the brain ...

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That’s right, when a velvet worm senses a meal is in reach, or a foe is close by, they rear up and brandish two appendages like a cowboy in a Western, firing reels of deadly silly string. It’s a kind ...

Just one mutation in these understudied group of bat viruses and we could be looking at COVID 2.0, experts warn.

“We didn’t know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the Sun’s poles are literally terra incognita,” added Professor Sami Solanki, who leads the PHI instrument team from the Max ...