NASA's Telescope Spots a Nebula That Looks Like a Hamburger!
9 days ago
HH 30, the hamburger nebula
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
They say art imitates life, but this month,...
Can an Octopus’s Genome Help Scientists Chart Changes in Antarctic Ice?
14 days ago
An octopus (source: Tennessee Aquarium)
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
Octopuses are fascinating creat...
Defending a Meteorite in Court?
Forsberg and Zetterqvist with their meteorite find. (source: The Times)
Post Author - Ellis Nolan...
Explore Great Britain’s “Dinosaur Highway!”
A Megalosaurus track. (source: Oxford University)
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
No, this isn’t a stor...
Learn How This 400-Year-Old Company Makes Cymbals!
A Zildjian cymbal
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
Even if you’re not a musician, you’ve probably heard...
See Meteors in the night sky tonight!
Above: Composite image of the Geminid shower at its peak in 2014. NASA/MSFC/Danielle Moser, NASA'...
The Mystery of the Yixian Formation
Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the Yixian Formation
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
With new technologies...
Explore the Lost Cities of the Silk Road
Lidar mapping of Tashbulak, one of the lost cities discovered in Uzbekistan
Post Author - Ellis ...
Antediluvian: A Nuanced look at the Paleoart of Old
Some images from Mario Lanzas's Antediluvian
Post Author - J. Carlin Decker III
Dinosaurs and the...
Night of 100 Demons: Inside Kyoto’s New Yokai Festival
Some of the headliners of the Hakki Yagyō procession for the new KaiKai Yokai Sai in Kyoto. (sour...
Stay at one of the Beatles' Childhood Homes!
The Casbah Coffee Club
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
For fans of the Fab Four, having “A Day in the L...
Were There Subliminal Messages Recorded in Classic Rock Music?
Led Zeppelin (1971)
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
“I sing because I live with Satan. The Lord turns m...
Explore the Myths and Legends of Ghosts Haunting the Smithsonian!
Smithsonian Institution Building (aka the Castle)
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
No, this isn’t anothe...
Earth’s About to Get a Second Moon!
Earth’s solitary moon is getting a new friend
Post Author - Peter Bashaw
Beginning today, Earth w...
How Earthquakes Help Form Gold Nuggets
Large gold nuggets like this may owe their formation to earthquakes
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
Her...
Lunar Volcanism in the Time of the Dinosaurs!
Photos from NASA Orbiter show lunar volcanic activity during the Cretaceous PeriodPost Author - E...
The Stellar Object on its Way Out of Our Galaxy
A Binary Star System of Sirius A and Sirius B. Sirius B is a white dwarf, which is left over remn...
The Power of Neolithic Engineering
The entrance to Dolmen of Menga
Post Author - Ellis Nolan
When we think of the origins of science...
The Lost City of Hydrothermal Vents
A black smoker hydrothermal vent. (source: Schmidt Ocean Institute.)
Post Author - J. Carlin Deck...
How Did Prehistoric Sharks Gets so Big?
A great white shark on the hunt
Post Author - J. Carlin Decker III
Sharks have notoriously gotten...
The Distinctive Signal Found in All Music Across the World
Latyr Sy, a Senegalese percussionist and co-author of the study, performing a traditional song. (...
Giga-Goose: a New Fossil Discovery!
Genyornis newtoni paleo art by Jacob C. BloklandPost Author - J. Carlin Decker III
A new discover...
Coming Out of Their Shells: a New Look at the Undersides of Trilobites
An artist’s rendering of two species of trilobite in the instant before they were buried by volca...
Yasuke: a Cultural Icon in Japanese History
Sumō Yūrakuzu Byōbu, an anonymous painting from 1605. The man on the left is theorized to be Yasu...
The Search Beyond Our Sun: Exoplanets from the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope under construction before its launch in 2022. (NASA)
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Over 50 Years After the Conviction of Muhammad Ali: Looking Back On the Greatest's Biggest Challenge
Muhammad Ali offers no comment to the press, the day before his conviction on June 20, 1967
Post ...
A Brittlestar Specimen Fossilized During Cloning
A newly discovered brittle star, fossilized during its cloning process.
Post Author - J. Carlin D...
The Fish That Didn't Stay Extinct: The Story of the Coelacanth
The Coelacanth was a prehistoric fish that thrived in the waters of the Devonian period, over 400...
Homo Erectus: the First European
Stone tools found at Korolevo
Stone tools can tell us a lot, but perhaps most importantly, these...
Take a Leap this Leap Day!
Sunrise in Dülmen, Germany by Dietmar Rabich
Today is leap day, an extra day that occurs every fo...
60th Anniversary of the British Invasion!
McCartney and Lennon at the Coliseum show. (source: AP)
This week marks the 60th anniversary of t...
See New Pictures of WWII Code-Breaking Computer Colossus
Recently released picture of the Colossus. (source: GCHQ)
Britain’s Government Communications Hea...
The Dinosaur with 500 Teeth!
Nigersaurus, sporting its vacuum-like mouth. (Source: University of Chicago)
Across the Mesozoic...
Ded Moroz: the Other Santa Claus
Morozko by Ivan Bilibin (1931)
An urban legend has it that Santa Claus was invented by the Coca-C...
Siberian Mammoth Statue Gets a Christmas Makeover
The Salekhard mammoth, ready for Christmas
Just below the Arctic Circle, a roadside mammoth statu...
Potential for Alien Life Found on Saturn Moon Enceladus
Enceladus' plumes may hold evidence of microbial life. (source: NASA)
A new potential source of a...
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Amelia Earhart & The Women Who Soared
When Amelia Earhart touched down in Northern Ireland in 1932, she was instantly propelled to ...
How the Dinosaurs Got their Feathers
66 million years ago, the K/PG extinction event brought the Age of Dinosaurs to a violent end. Ho...
Paleoart: Bringing the Past to Life
What do you see when you imagine a dinosaur? Whatever image springs to mind owes itself to the wo...