O rcas are easily recognized by their jet-black bodies punctuated with striking white markings, most notably the “eye patch” ...

James is a published author with four pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange science, ...

A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from ...

The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...

From 1835 to 1954, a surge of dam building in North America and Europe nudged the poles toward the equator. During this ...

We spoke to the first author of a new study that could challenge much of what we thought we knew about Alzheimer’s disease.

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"These are the most scientifically accurate collection of hyper-real 3D models of human species ever put on TV that we know of,” said Al-Shamahi in a release. “They haven’t been seen in the flesh for ...

F or around four decades, the southwestern United States has been experiencing prolonged drought, but it’s never been exactly clear why. Now, researchers at Cornell University have identified the ...

"One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping lay the ...

Or, perhaps we should say, it’s the evolutionary leftovers of the "third eyelid". Now useless, it falls under the category of vestigial structures: things that can be found in an organism that ...

Camel Milk Could Be An Alternative To Dairy. Would You Drink It? There are lots of benefits to this milk, so it's nothing to get the hump over.