Israel’s Defenses Stop Nearly Every Missile. Is That Why Iran Keeps Launching Attacks?
Missile defense tech is so advanced that Iran knows its attacks will be thwarted, avoiding an all-out war. But what happens ...
A Dead Body Was Thrown In a Well 800 Years Ago. Turns Out It Was a Medieval Biological Weapon.
Scientists just uncovered the truth behind “Well Man,” and proved he was a lot more than just a poor unfortunate soul.
Meet ‘Chonkus,’ the Algae Trying to End the Climate Crisis
An international team of scientists (including experts from Harvard University) have described a carbon dioxide-hungry algae ...
New Science Could Save the Maple Syrup Industry From a Sticky Situation
A technological revolution has transformed the ancient tradition of sugar making—with big implications for local economies and ecosystems imperiled by climate change.
Nuclear Fusion Has Stumped Scientists for Decades. Here’s How We’ll Finally Unlock Its Limitless Energy.
If we figure out how to harness this effectively and efficiently, this is it. This is the end. This is the solution,” an ...
This Ancient ‘Lion Cavern’ Mine Is the Origin of the Stone Age's Favorite Color
Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that time, ...
Experts Just Found A World War II Submarine That Was Missing for 80 Years
The British HMS Trooper submarine was lost in 1943 with 64 men on board. A Greek-based underwater recovery team located the ...
NASA Devised a Wild Plot to Capture an Asteroid and Save Humanity. It Almost Failed
The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.
This One Molecule Could Be the Source of All Life on Earth
All life on Earth is based on the element carbon, but scientists aren’t sure what initially supplied all that carbon to our ...
The Amazon Swallowed A Colony Centuries Ago. Archaeologists Just Found It.
Modern LIDAR observations have finally revealed its long-lost location, hidden amongst the jungle’s dense foliage.
Tame Your Lawn With 30% Off This Greenworks Electric Lawn Mower on Amazon
The self-propelled mower takes the strain out of mowing your lawn by doing the hard work for you. With temperatures dropping ...
Scientists May Have Finally Found the Origin of One of History’s Most Important Inventions
For an invention so world-changing as the wheel, scholars know surprisingly little about its origin story—but there is no ...