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Make a caramel crocodile. Take her head and pull her until her neck extends a good few feet from her body. If you squint, this could be what a strange looking Triassic …

Enlarge / Scientists at Northwestern University have developed the first mechanical simulation of a rat whisker inside its follicle, to better understand how that sensory information is communicated to the brain. Rats, …

The stars die in fire and fury. They tremble and shake, erupting from their guts into space; When the star explodes and the violence ends, a magnificently glowing cloud of star guts …

The solar storm that appeared as ‘a great fire’ in 1582 could hit Earth AGAIN this century, causing billions in damage and destroying power grids around the world, experts warn A solar …

The Swedish space agency canceled a geoengineering experiment to determine whether covering the sun with aerosols could reverse global warming. Funded by Bill Gates, the project fueled fierce opposition from environmental groups. …

From our point of view on Earth, the moon appears small. But if you got on a spaceship, put on a spacesuit, and went on an epic moonwalk, how long would it …

About 66 million years ago, a huge asteroid crashed into what is now Yucatán, plunging Earth into darkness. The impact transformed the rainforests, giving rise to the kingdom of flowers. Today’s rainforests …

The Chinese orbiter Tianwen 1 took this picture of Mars on March 18 from a distance of about 11,500 kilometers (7,100 miles). Credit: CNSA China’s Tianwen 1 spacecraft, in orbit around Mars …

Dr. Sebastian Rosier at Pine Island Glacier in 2015. Credit: Dr. Sebastian Rosier Researchers have confirmed for the first time that the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, …

Skokholm Island from WTSWW. Credit: Lucy Griffiths The fortuitous finds of prehistoric stone tools and pottery shards, collected from a rabbit hole by the guardians of Skokholm Island, have surprised experts and …