NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered a unique dark, jagged rock called Skull Hill while exploring the rim of Jezero Crater. The rock stands out from its lighter surroundings and scientists believe it may have been transported from another location. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU)…
Amazing new footage shows a pair of blood-sucking parasites attached to the head of a deep-sea ratfish. In a video posted to Facebook by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, two copepods — tiny crustaceans — are positioned on either side of…
Video: Tourist Travels Without Paying Rent For A Year — Here’s How She Did It Traveller Hayley Learmonth travelled around Australia for free, pet sitting and driving service vans to different destinations, saving her $15,000. One of the passengers on…
An interactive map developed by the University of Cambridge analyses coroners’ reports from AD 1300 and 1340 to establish where, when and how most murders occurred. Wikimedia CommonsStreets around Leadenhall Market, which was one of the most dangerous places for…
Researchers were preparing a project to build a business park in Creuziers-le-Neuf when they came across a vast 2,300-year-old necropolis covering 7,000 square feet. Flore Giraud/INRAP vase containing cremated remains found in the necropolis. Researchers first discovered the vast necropolis,…
Video: Florida man offers police a cocktail during car chase Body camera footage released by the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office shows the suspect offering a drink to officers before he was Tased and taken into custody. (Source: Highlands County Sheriff’s…
Chimpanzees have been recorded drinking alcohol together for the first time, suggesting that ancient ape habits may have provided the basis for social drinking in humans. Researchers have captured video of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) enjoying fermented fruit in West Africa…
The ice sheet that covered North America during the last interglacial period may have lasted longer than previously thought, which could spell trouble for New York City in a warming world. (Image credit: Photo collage by Marilyn Perkins; images by…
An illustration of a Dyson sphere surrounded by a star (Image credit: Marc Ward/Stocktrek Images/Getty) Dyson spheres, theoretical megastructures that advanced alien civilizations could use to envelop a star and extract its energy, have a serious flaw: They are horribly…
Only a small fraction of Florida’s Burmese python population survived the January 2010 cold snap. (Photo courtesy of Mark Conlin via Alamy) Fifteen years ago, a cold snap froze much of Florida’s wildlife, including many of the state’s invasive Burmese…