MH370 is believed to have been hijacked when it disappeared nearly six years ago – but one of the biggest mysteries is how the hijackers did it so quickly. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en…
The giant orange “corpse flower” is in bloom for one week only. (Plug your nose.) Proving that 2020 is going to be a year of mixed blessings, conservationists in Indonesia have discovered the largest-ever blooming flower — on a parasitic…
WATCH the bizarre moment during University Challenge that had viewers questioning whether they were “hallucinating” and sent Twitter into meltdown. In the video University Challenge presenter Jeremy Paxman makes a quick costume change as he asks a question in a pantomime…
An unidentified form of viral pneumonia has struck several dozen people in the Chinese city of Wuhan, sparking concerns that the country may be facing an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Back in 2002 and 2003, SARS…
Archaeologists had some trees removed so that the palace excavation could go forward. Now, scientists may plant new trees to protect the delicate ruins. Archaeologists have found a Maya stone palace that dates to more than 1,000 years ago, according…
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…