T. rex teenagers were more lightly built and faster than the much larger, lumbering, bone-crushing adults they would grow into. Two 6-foot-tall dinosaurs, nicknamed “Jane” and “Petey,” have been confirmed as Tyrannosaurus rex teenagers with years of growth ahead of…
A night of revelry can mean an uncomfortable day after. Debaucherous evening last night? You’re probably dealing with veisalgia right now. More commonly known as a hangover, this unpleasant phenomenon has been dogging humanity since our ancestors first happened upon…
We live on a strange planet. In a solar system of fiery, poisonous hellscapes, icy slush balls and ballooning orbs of gas, Earth is the only planet teeming with sentient, oxygen-breathing life-forms. It is also the only world in the…
Black holes are dark spots in the fabric of space-time, incredibly dense singularities with such strong gravity that nothing can escape their clutches. They spend their time doing one thing: gobbling up matter. Get close enough to a black hole,…
NASA captures first-ever photo of two supersonic shockwaves interacting. Two U.S. Air Force craft were traveling so fast — quicker than the speed of sound — and so close together that the shock waves emanating from the craft began to…
When you rip open presents this Christmas, you’re taking part in traditions, some pagan, that stretch back thousands of years. When you gather around the Christmas tree or stuff goodies into a stocking, you’re taking part in traditions that stretch…
A wild, wild world Ants that eat ants, cockatoos that head-bang, and clams that eat their way through stone — one thing’s for sure, the animal kingdom can be really wild. This year, scientists stumbled upon all sorts of creatures…
Climate change is happening, it’s real and it’s our fault. The evidence is overwhelming — our planet is changing faster than it ever has before. Here are 10 stories from the past year demonstrating how Earth’s climate has gone completely…
Zooming through space Big rocks, small rocks, dust and astronauts — these are just a few things that hurtled through the inky darkness of space over the past year. Sometimes, objects came crashing to Earth, but we couldn’t always tell…
In 2019 astronomers discovered the obliterated core of a heavy metal planet rotting around a dead star because nature is BRUTAL. If a bunch of exploding stars hadn’t forged the universe’s heaviest elements billions of years ago, there would be…