James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, ...

There's a huge possibility space in what sperm whales could be saying to each other. Dr David Gruber Plus, we’ve all seen the ...

A tiny single-celled amoeba has been found surviving and thriving in a volcanic stream at temperatures that would kill any other known complex organism. While simple bacteria and their cousins, ...

Astronomers are reporting the discovery of a retrograde planet around an M-dwarf star. This is a type of star smaller and ...

A chunk of the world’s oldest peace treaty has been unearthed at the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha in modern-day ...

Astronomers have found, for the first time, a microblazar in our own galaxy. The object is a miniature version of what happens when a supermassive black hole produces an energetic jet and shoots right ...

The rarest of rare lobsters, Casper will join a first-of-its-kind study to investigate curiously colored crustaceans.

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.

If you look closely at the Y chromosome – the male sex chromosome passed down from biological fathers to their sons – it looks as if something very strange happened around 7,000 years ago. In a ...

T here are four fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. They ...

The WHO and Africa CDC have pushed back against the DRC health minister's statements that the outbreak is "under control".

Scientists tracking changes to the Qaanaaq Ice Cap in northwestern Greenland have reported the loss of ice that would reach almost to the roof of a three-story building over 13 years. The report ...