Next week, world leaders will head to Dubai for the Conference of the Parties—the United Nations’ annual climate meeting—to finalize the first “global stocktake,” assessing progress toward the Paris Agreement’s goals. The...
Scientists have solved the mystery of one of the animal kingdom's most disproportionately large penises thanks to a Dutch retiree recording bat sex in a church attic.The serotine bat does not use...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.For a pathogen to make us sick, it must overcome a lot. First it has to enter the body, bypassing natural barriers such...
Parents in the US regularly give children as young as preschoolers the supplement melatonin, despite a lack of evidence to support its safety or effectiveness, new research reveals.A survey of parents found...
“So far today has been incredibly successful, even with the RUD of the Super Heavy booster,” said Kate Tice, SpaceX’s quality systems engineer on the company’s webcast.But before Starship could reach orbit,...
At 5:29 am on the morning of 16 July 1945, in the state of New Mexico, a dreadful slice of history was made.The dawn calm was torn asunder as the United States...
It’s hard to believe that just four decades ago, we had no idea whether planets existed outside our solar system. Scientists discovered the first exoplanet in 1992, and since then our understanding...
Beachgoers at Bingil Bay on the east coast of Australia got a shock on Halloween as an ominous, dark shape splashed about in the water.Onlookers initially thought it was a shark's fin...
