What We Know About The UN's Dire Food Shortage Warning
Although the thought of the nations of the world being in some way connected, the sad truth is that an international crisis has wide-ranging impact.
Read MoreAlthough the thought of the nations of the world being in some way connected, the sad truth is that an international crisis has wide-ranging impact.
Read MoreSpace is a vast unexplored seemingly endless expanse. In it there are a multitude of flying bodies and here's how you tell the difference between them.
Read MoreBirds are migratory creatures, but one type can travel over 7,000 miles without rest. One even flew for 10 days without stopping.
Read MoreMonkeypox is a rare disease usually contained to Africa, but a new outbreak in Europe has caused concern. Cases have also begun to appear in the U.S.
Read MoreSome folks who tend toward a more ornate style of speech might cry "A pox upon thee!" when annoyed. Poxes of various kinds are nothing to mess with.
Read MoreGenius is one of those mysteries of human development -- we might not be able to define it, but we know it when we see it, all throughout recorded history.
Read MoreYour lungs are remarkable, tirelessly breathing in and out all day and night. But, it may be surprising that each lunch is full of hair, and here's why.
Read MoreSaturn is a long way away from Earth, but that hasn't stopped us sending probes there. Various missions have taken varying journey lengths and here's why.
Read MoreThe moon holds many mysteries, including the length of its days. Since the sun doesn't rise or set there, we often ask the question, "how long does a day last?"
Read MoreThere's a long trail of scientific research that has spilled out of NASA's space exploration and entered into daily life -- including the lives of infants.
Read MoreWhile there don't seem to be many planets in our Solar System that can support life, scientists believe that there are 300 million planets out there that can.
Read MoreWe tend to think of the Himalayas or the Andes as the world's longest mountain ranges, but in fact, the longest mountain range in the world is under water.
Read MoreSure, the moon is kind of a second-class citizen when it comes to objects in orbit, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have its own unique characteristics.
Read MoreLove him or hate him, Steve Jobs had an enormous impact on everyday life. Extraordinary, yet still human, Jobs faced mortality head-on in 2011.
Read MoreThe Moon isn't exactly a plot of land to be conquered and owned, but that hasn't stopped many from claiming ownership. One man claims to own part of the Moon.
Read MoreDiscovering new planets is usually a feat left to professional scientists, but one 17-year-old intern actually discovered a planet the size of Saturn.
Read MorePlants and trees are often said to have their own speech, but mushrooms can also communicate with each other, forming words and sentences of their own.
Read MoreIn the wake of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics, scientists have finally imaged Sagittarius A*. This is everything we know about the Milky Way's black hole.
Read MoreThe trajectory of science is unpredictable, and now, scientists are crossing goats with spider genes. But why? Here's the interesting reason.
Read MoreBlack holes are one of those concepts that pop up from time to time in various sci-fi incarnations. They're mysterious. But now we have photos.
Read MoreThe 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster left a lot of toxic debris. Russian scientists involved in designing the first lunar rovers were hired to help clean it up.
Read MoreA grain of sand is a pretty small thing. But, scientists have counted the number of sand granules on Earth and measured them against the number of stars.
Read MoreThere is only one mammal on earth that lays eggs while also being venomous, and that honor belongs to the dangerous and frightening duck-billed platypus.
Read MoreNuclear proliferation has been keeping people awake (and when they sleep, causing nightmares) for more than 75 years. Do nukes ever stop being nukes?
Read MoreIt's no secret that rocket engines are hot, but they're so hot that they produce enough heat to melt virtually anything. Here's how they do it.
Read MoreRavens and crows are some of the most intelligent birds. They exhibit a number of human-like traits especially when it comes to what is right and wrong.
Read MoreShooting stars are not uncommon to see over Earth. But, when one explodes over our planet it can cause a mighty boom, such as one did over the Bering Sea.
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