20 Amazing women in science and math

She wrote the world’s first computer program — in 1837. She discovered ancient sea monsters buried in her backyard. She cancelled the chemical tearing our ozone layer apart. You might not know their names or faces, but these pioneering women…

This adorable animal spends its entire adult life pregnant

A swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolour) considers her life choices. Pregnancy can sometimes feel like it lasts forever, but for an Australian marsupial called a swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), pregnancy truly never ends.  Researchers recently discovered that female wallabies can conceive…

Why are deaths from coronavirus so high in Italy?

People stroll across the Piazza del Duomo, in front of the Duomo, in central Milan, Italy, wearing protective masks amidst the coronavirus outbreak, on Feb. 23, 2020. Deaths from the new coronavirus in Italy have soared in recent days, with…