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Mount Etna’s Fiery Eruptions Are Visible From Space
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured an image of the volcano’s glowing lava
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New Study Restructures the Dinosaur Family Tree
Detailed analysis of dino fossils suggests that Tyrannosaurus and its relatives may be on the wrong side of the tree
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Blind People’s Brains Rewire Themselves to Enhance Other Senses
New study finds marked differences between the brains of blind and sighted people
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San People of South Africa Issue Code of Ethics for Researchers
This much-studied population is the first indigenous people of Africa to develop such guidelines
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Ancient Crustacean Named After David Attenborough
The name, ‘Cascolus ravitis,’ is an allusion to the legacy of the beloved naturalist
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Wildfires Have Already Charred Over 2 Million Acres This Year
The fire season has gotten off to its fastest start in over a decade, with massive grass fires charring the southwest and plains states
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Mathematician Emmy Noether Should Be Your Hero
She revolutionized mathematics, and then was forgotten because she was a woman
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Flirtatious 100-Million-Year-Old Damselflies Found Frozen in Amber
Scientists are learning about how insects evolved from their ancient come-hither dance
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Watch Declassified Nuclear Bomb Tests Online
Weapons physicist Greg Sprigg has spent five years declassifying, digitizing and reanalyzing film of the U.S.’s 210 open air nuclear detonations
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This Magnetic Map Shows Earth as You’ve Never Seen It Before
Behold a new, super high-res view of Earth’s magnetic field
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Mars May Have Had a Ring in the Past and Could Have One in the Future
The red planet’s moon may have broken apart into a ring of debris and reformed several times over the planet’s history
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The Sea Turtle That Ate 915 Coins Has Died
Her death comes two weeks after vets tried to save her life with a seven-hour surgery
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Repeat Bleaching Destroys Massive Swaths of the Great Barrier Reef
Rising ocean temperatures have taken a toll on the World Heritage Area
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How the Remarkable Tardigrade Springs Back to Life after Drying Out
A particular protein helps these these tiny critters survive dehydration for over a decade at a time
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High-Pressure Pockets Cause Fiery Blast at Mount Etna
Ten people were injured in the surprise blast
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At 1.6 Billion Years Old, These Fossils Could Be the Oldest Complex Life
Three types of ancient red algae-like fossils captivate scientists, but many questions remain
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Don’t Get Too Excited About That Viral Goldfish “Wheelchair”
The contraption, though surely built with the best intentions, may do more harm than good.
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Doctors Warn That Climate Change Makes People Sick
Medical associations join forces to sound the alarm on climate change and human health
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Check Out the Most Detailed Tornado Simulation So Far
A supercomputer created a simulation of the F5 “El Reno” tornado which devastated part of Oklahoma in 2011
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