The elusive kittens were documented sitting under a bush in the Moroccan Sahara last April
Joe Jutras' 2118-pound squash makes him the first person to earn the record for largest pumpkin, longest gourd and heaviest squash
Still in its trial run, the China's FAST radio telescope has already identified two new pulsars and perhaps a dozen more
Alfred Nobel–yes, that Nobel–commercialized it, but inventor Asciano Sobrero thought nitroglycerin was too destructive to be useful
Without turning over a stone, geologists imaged the subsurface supply for this iconic geyser
The DNA of the durian, it turns out, is very complex and optimized for producing a wretched stench
More than 100 hippos have been found dead over the past week
After fruitless hunts for a Liberian songbird, DNA analysis suggests that the species is not new
A story of pollution hides in the grime of museums' birds specimens
The sixteenth-century debate over how to determine longitude had a lot of participants—and one woman
Though the ivory trade was banned internationally in 1990, the UK permits the sale of items crafted before 1947
It's a complicated but ingenious way to catch a meal
The supernova provided proof to Galileo, Kepler and others that the heavens were not fixed–although they were wrong about what caused the bright star
The creatures are likely drawn to the area by the high concentrations of duck poop
Figuring out what they were was just the beginning of a field of research into prions and prion diseases that's still growing
The vibrant aurora lit up the night sky over the city of Kyoto, Japan, some 250 years ago
The full moon closest to the equinox rises soon after sunset, casting a glow early evening that helps farmers bring in their crops
On a small Icelandic island, a massive piece of art will track Earth's wobble in space
With cryo-electron microscopy, tiny living molecules can be seen in their natural states
Skin cells, tape worms and fuzzy mold are among this years top photos
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