It’s not that rare for the Moon to pass in front of Mercury, but it seldom happens when it is this easy to watch.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established in 1946 to prevent the collapse of several species that had been ...

As it turns out, the average individual releases 32 bum ghosts per day, although the researchers noted a wild degree of variation between the most and least active farters. At the bottom end, some ...

Strokes, tumors, and other injuries can trigger a deep culinary obsession.

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to public health, but these cryogenically frozen germs might be more of a help than a hindrance.

Yosemite National Park recently announced that the 2026 Horsetail Fall viewing period is projected to last from February 10 to 26, 2026. The natural light show lasts for just a few minutes when the ...

By 1768, just 27 years after Steller’s discovery, the sea cows had already gone extinct. It was one of only a small number of megafaunal extinctions at the time, one that marked the first marine ...

Those with a higher affinity for one color were less likely to change their mind when influenced by their peers.

Rather than promoting better quality sleep, pink noise and other ambient noises may harm sleep quality more generally.

These dips in the gravitational field are formally known as gravity anomalies, but they're more commonly called “gravity holes". The largest is found in the middle of the Indian Ocean, spanning over 3 ...

Nyasasaurus parringtoni may take the crown as the oldest dinosaur fossil known to science. It lived during the Middle Triassic around 243 million years ago, and left behind remains that predate other ...

In their latest forecasts, the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Service (CPS) states there’s a 50 to 60 percent chance of El Niño ...