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50 Rare Dinosaur Footprints Found on Scottish Island
The prints date to the Middle Jurassic period, which has yielded relatively few dinosaur fossils
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Meet Icarus, The Most Distant Star Yet Detected
The blue supergiant lies 9 billion light-years away
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Why Orange Snow Fell Over Eastern Europe
It had to do with storms in North Africa
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China’s Tiangong-1 Finally Crashes Back to Earth
Most of the craft likely burned up as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere
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California Coffee Companies Must Display Cancer Warning Label, Judge Rules
Despite the ruling, the links between coffee and cancer remain unclear
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Scientists Thought All Galaxies Had Dark Matter, but They Just Found One Without It
The find defies the assumption that the mysterious matter is necessary for galaxy formation
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Chilean Government Investigates Whether the Atacama Mummy Was Illegally Exhumed
Outraged at the recent DNA analysis of the child, the Chilean science community calls for ethical evaluations of the work
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Oldest Known Human Footprints in North America Discovered on Canada’s Pacific Coast
In a new paper, archaeologists describe 29 footprints that date to the end of the last ice age
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Baby Sea Turtles Spotted on Mumbai Beach for the First Time in 20 Years
Though conservationists are celebrating the apparent success, the creatures may not be as rare as once believed
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Mummy Found Inside 2,500-Year-Old ‘Empty’ Coffin
The coffin had been listed as empty for nearly 160 years while stored at the University of Sydney’s museum
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Scientists May Have Identified a New Human Organ
It is called the interstitium, and it consists of fluid-filled cavities that can be found throughout the body
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Why Washington State Is Phasing Out Atlantic Salmon Farming
The move will bring an end to three decades of non-native fish farming in the region
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Why Are Whales So Massive? It’s All About Energy
Marine mammal size is a delicate balance between chowing down and chilly waters
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A Male Orca and Its Mother Worked Together to Kill a Newborn Calf
It is the first time that infanticide has been observed among killer whales
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NASA Clean Room Storing Meteorite Samples Is Contaminated With Fungi
Contamination of the not-so-clean room could meddle with results
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Why This Elephant in India Is Blowing Smoke
It’s likely the puffing pachyderm is eating ash-covered charcoal as a form of self-medication to flush out toxins
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Elusive Deep-Sea Anglerfish Seen Mating for the First Time
The male clamps down onto his female partner, their tissue and circulatory systems fusing together for life
Researchers Solve the Mystery of the Atacama ‘Alien’ Mummy
The unusual skeleton sparked rampant speculation, but DNA is helping scientists tease apart the true tale
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Much Larger and Chunkier Than We Thought
A new study shows the patch is not just microplastics. Fishing gear and large pieces make up 92 percent of the trash
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A new study looks for traces of the devastating volcanic event in a poem composed in approximately 961 A.D.
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