The moon has been associated with a wide variety of superstitions across cultures, even if there’s nothing particularly noteworthy about it; far…
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Scientists simplify things to help us laypeople understand volcanoes. The reality, of course, is more complicated. Every volcano is unique. Volcanologists must…
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The last decade may have been amazing for scientific progress – as we made unimaginable strides in fields like bionics, space exploration…
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Estimates suggest that up to a billion animals perished. The human lives lost are steadily climbing to 30. Millions of hectares. Countless…
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The human body is a magnificent machine. Our anatomy is the result of millennia of adaptation to Earth’s changing environment, which has…
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Animal culling happens for a variety of legitimate reasons. When it is backed by science and carried out in a humane manner,…
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The rise of the killer robots might be justified. People can be really mean to machines—so much so that programmers are teaching…
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In 2018, John Allen Chau, 26, decided to do missionary work among the “uncontacted” people of North Sentinel Island in the Bay…
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Dogs aren’t just walking husks of drool and poop. Their brains aren’t just limited to the three commands of “sit,” “fetch,” and…
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Stereotypes have been around for as long as man and, for the most part, they aren’t negative. There are plenty of stereotypes…