Increased wildfires caused by climate change could lead to 30,000 more smoke-related deaths per year in the U.S. by 2050 than today's death rate. (Photo: James Andrews/Getty Images)
The Mertsalov Palm has nothing to do with botany. It's a 3.53-meter-tall sculpture of a palm tree, forged by Donetsk blacksmith Alexey Mertsalov from a solid steel rail in 1895. The palm soon became a symbol of the Donbas. So…
Recent photographs of Comet Lemmon show it glowing with a rare greenish tint, likely caused by a certain chemical in its gaseous coma. (Photo: Dimitrios Katevainis, CC BY-SA 4.0) A newly discovered comet, dubbed “Lemmon,” is poised for a close…
You have probably seen birds sitting calmly on high-voltage wires more than once. And the logical question is: why don't they get electrocuted? After all, the voltage there is huge! In fact, there is no magic here, just a little…
It's a particularly taboo topic (Photo: Getty Images) Depending on your culture, marriages between cousins may be either common or extremely taboo. The difference of opinion on the issue became particularly clear this week after the NHS England Genomic Education…
(Image credit: Getty Images) Jump to: Fitness goals The correct device Data exchange Pleasure Imagine this: you eagerly buy a new smartwatch. At first, you simply can't put it down—wearing it day and night, tracking your every move, and checking…