The scientist is Neil deGrasse Tyson, and in the United States he is probably the most recognised face of science alive today ...

Tree cores pulled from some of the planet’s oldest trees have helped extend records of past weather.

Around 7:15 am on June 30 in 1908, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II, an object from space entered Earth's atmosphere over ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers have confirmed Taiwan’s tallest known tree: an 84.1-meter (276-foot) Taiwania fir they named “the Heaven Sword of the Da’an River.” A ...

On Saturday, at around 2:06 pm ET, a meteor streaked over the northeastern US and exploded north of Cape Cod Bay. The ...

June 30 marks Tunguska, Congo independence, and Soyuz 11, plus events from Hernán Cortés to Tower Bridge, Hitler’s purge, and ...

His instinct was to be skeptical. He was nearly certain the video was another fake. He chewed on his pencil and watched it ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) use is exploding. More than 50 per cent of new internet content was generated by AI in 2025, ...

Determined researchers have found East Asia’s tallest known tree in a secluded valley near one of Taiwan’s longest rivers. The team named the massive fir tree “Heaven Sword of the Da’an River” — a nod ...

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People reported seeing the glowing space rock or hearing or feeling its breakup from Delaware to Montreal. Experts estimate that it was about three feet wide and traveling at 75,000 miles per hour whe ...

Full-body defense does not always look the way textbooks say it should. In planarian flatworms, a newly identified cell type ...