How The Great Plague Impacted Isaac Newton's Scientific Career
Newton was studying at Cambridge University in 1665 when there was a bubonic plague outbreak. How did this affect his scientific career?
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Ancient Amber Captured Something Surprising About This Spider
Recently, researchers published surprising observations discovered while studying ancient Burmese amber and the trapped spider inside.
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Why You Should Avoid The Amazonian Giant Centipede
The world's largest centipede, the Amazonian giant centipede, is found in the tropical forests of northern South America and the southern Caribbean islands.
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What Science Has Discovered About Venus' Clouds
Last fall researchers discovered phosphine, also called hydrogen phosphine, in the Venusian atmosphere. Maybe the planet's clouds could support microbial life.
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The Sad Story Of The Man Struck By Lightning 7 Times
It's a distinction likely no one would want. Both terrible and fascinating, Roy Cleveland Sullivan holds the world record for "Most lightning strikes survived."
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Will The Milky Way Galaxy Last Forever?
It will be many more tens of billions of years until every last star in the universe winks out, and our own Milky Way becomes nothing but a black panorama.
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Here's What Would Happen If Mars Suddenly Exploded
There's not a lot of research into what would happen if Mars exploded. So here is a thought experiment involving the hypothetical situation of Mars blowing up.
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Why Some Scientists Predict Comets Might End The World
Earth's lifetime is not infinite, as the Blue Marble will eventually be swallowed up by the Sun millions of years into the future. If we make it that long.
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What Is The Milkdromeda Galaxy?
The starry backdrop of the sky changes over time, and the constellation in the sky on the vernal equinox (September 21) changes about every 2,150 years.
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Why Some Believe The World Actually Ended In 2012
In 2019, a man named Nick Hinton posted a Twitter thread explaining why he believes the world might have ended in 2012.
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Most Dangerous Lizards And Turtles In The World
Reptiles are a notorious subsection of the animal kingdom that has produced some of the most deadly creatures on Earth, including turtles and lizards.
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What Is Dark Matter And Is It On Earth?
According to NASA, dark energy is estimated to make up around 68% of the universe, while dark matter is 27%. The remainder, less than 5%, is "regular" matter.
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Most Dangerous Surgeries You Can Have
Having surgery can be a scary experience, no matter how minor the procedure. While all surgeries have an inherent risk , some are more dangerous than others.
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Here's What Would Happen If Ticks Went Extinct
As many venture out onto winding nature trails and clamber into hayrides for seasonal thrills, one of the few things that could put a damper on it is parasites.
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The Truth About The New 'Hobbit' Creature That Was Discovered
Our understanding of the evolution of mammals, after the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, has itself evolved over time.
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How Sloths Are Able To Stay Healthy With Their Lack Of Movement
You have to wonder: With their slowness, and alleged chronic health and survival issues, how do sloths stay healthy? Despite hardly moving at all?
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Here's How An Octopus Regrows Its Arms
Octopuses are fascinating creatures that are incredibly intelligent. According to scientists, they have 130 million neurons, most located in their eight arms.
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This Is The Hottest Place On Earth
Death Valley previously held this record but new evidence has emerged proving there's a lot more bubbling on Earth's surface than we originally projected.
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What You Might Not Know About The Giant Japanese Hornet
In 2019, the first record of the Asian giant hornet in the United States was found in Washington state, as well as nearby Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
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Here's How NASA Paid Homage To Galileo Galilei
NASA decided to pay tribute to the great astronomer, Galileo Galilei, by naming one of its spacecraft after him.
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The Truth About The 'Broken Arm' Of The Milky Way
Scientists know that the Milky Way is a spiral-shaped galaxy, and in the arm of one of these spirals, lies a "break" that was discovered in August 2021.
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Why Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks We'll Never Go To Mars
Astronomer and author Neil deGrasse Tyson is on the record as saying humans will probably never go to Mars -- except when he says they will.
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The Mystery Of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Beyond Saturn's rings and the craters of the moon, no feature in our solar system is as widely recognized as Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
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The Real Reason Snake Venom Is More Valuable Than Gold
According to the World Health Organization, there are over 3,000 species of snakes in the world, but only 600 of them are venomous.
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What Would Happen If Your Brain Was Split In Half
As each half of the brain has a greater specialty than the other, disconnecting them can lead the now independent organs to perceive the world very differently.
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Here's What Makes Poison Dart Frogs So Dangerous
Hailing from the rainforests of Central and South America, the poison dart frog is a colorful amphibian that mostly lives on the forest floor.
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Is This The Largest Creature Ever To Walk On Earth?
In recent months, paleontologists have unearthed not one, not two, but three new dinosaur species, and one was the largest to ever walk the Earth.
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