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'Hunter-gatherers must have gazed in horror': What would...
In this adapted extract, from Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes, volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer looks...
Indian giant squirrel: The 'rainbow' rodent that is also...
Indian giant squirrels, with their extraordinarily colorful fur, are found in forests and woodlands of India.
Can humans sense wetness?
Yes, we know the feeling of getting stuck in a rainstorm. But can we really sense the wetness on our skin?
1.6-billion-year-old fossils push back origin of multicellular...
Researchers uncovered fossils of multicellular eukaryotes that are over a billion years old.
Europe approves LISA, a next-generation space mission that...
The new LISA gravitational wave detector, which will be launched into orbit in 2035, promises to detect cosmic collisions from the...
Devastating Roman-era plagues were ushered in by cold snaps,...
Periods of cold and severe plagues overlap in a new study of ancient Roman climate.
Scientists say their robot dinosaur could help explain...
The robot faced up against grasshopper prey. But did the dinosaur it mimics actually eat insects?
Iceland villages in danger of 'crack collapse,' ground...
The ground below the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík is so fissured and unstable following the volcanic eruption earlier this...