LoginAncient Bird Swallowed 800 Rocks and Choked to Death, Scientists Say
“When birds are sick, they start doing weird things.”
“When birds are sick, they start doing weird things.”
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“When birds are sick, they start doing weird things.”
Voyager 2 Caught Uranus on a Bad Weather Day in 1986, Study Finds
Hold the jokes—this is serious news.
This Might Be the Biggest Thing in the Universe That Spins
Space is packed with all sorts of weird and unexpected stuff, but this humongous, spinning string-thing raises a whole new set of questions.
This Microbe ‘Plays Dead’ in NASA Clean Rooms, and We May Have Sent It to Mars
18 years ago, a sneaky bacteria infiltrated some of the cleanest places on Earth. Scientists finally know how.
Flight Radiation Reached 20-Year High During Recent Solar Outburst, Scientists Confirm
And as Airbus reminded us last week, we're not ready.
Literally a Map Showing All the Buildings in the World
Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.
Scientists Created the Blackest Fabric Ever, Then Made a Dress
The “ultrablack” fabric could soon become part of cameras, solar panels, telescopes, and more.
Astronomers Have Found 6,000 Exoplanets—but This Could Be the First Known Exomoon
After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar system—and it's an absolute giant.
That Plate You Just Dropped Followed a Weirdly Predictable Rule You’ve Never Heard Of
An elegant new equation identifies the surprisingly orderly, mathematical way in which things break, shatter, and fall apart.
