The speed of light was a mystery for millennia, a fugitive constant that escaped measurement and understanding. Now among the most basic foundations of contemporary physics, it shapes our knowledge of space, time, and the very fabric of reality. Light’s speed is more than just a number; it’s a cosmic speed limit, a ruler for ...
In a marvelous twist of fate, a gigantic 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed Pennywise survived a horrific boat strike on the Atlantic side of Florida, only to reveal an astonishing secret during her medical examination. Because of her unusual size, veterinary equipment couldn’t be used on her, so she had an atypical CT scan at ...
The universe shouldn’t exist at least, not in a form that allows life. Yet here we are, thinking, questioning, and marveling at the cosmos. The fundamental laws of physics appear fine-tuned with eerie precision. Alter any one of nature’s constant gravity, the speed of light, the mass of an electron even slightly, and stars wouldn’t ...
Hiding in neat cucumbers meant for salads, sandwiches, and sushi, a quiet menace has crept into American kitchens. Federal health officials are racing to contain a multistate Salmonella outbreak connected to cucumbers grown in Florida a déjà vu of a 2024 crisis traced to the same farm as of May 2025. The FDA and CDC ...
The biggest iceberg in the world, a frozen behemoth the size of Cornwall, is breaking into thousands of icy fragments close to South Georgia’s wildlife-rich coastlines. After almost four decades of drifting from Antarctica in 1986, this “megaberg” is finally giving way to warmer temperatures; its soaring cliffs are collapsing in a show both amazing ...
For nearly a century, an enigmatic mummy sat quietly in the collections of the University of Turin’s Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (MAET), her secrets locked beneath darkened skin. Donated before 1930 with no archaeological records, her origins were a mystery until now. A recent study has revealed something extraordinary: a series of rare facial ...
Every time you wince from savoring ice cream or feel the sting of hot coffee, you are living a legacy 460 million years in development. According to ground-breaking studies, human teeth started as sensory armor on ancient fish, guiding them across the dangerous waters of the Ordovician period rather than tools for chewing. A study ...
Celebrated as havens of biodiversity, Brazil’s marine protected areas (MPAs) are under strict control meant to guard delicate ecosystems from human impact. Still, a novel study reveals a sneaky invader slipping past these defenses: microplastics. Little plastic particles have crept into even the most pristine, no-take reserves where fishing, tourism, and industrial activity are prohibited ...
For millions of years, enormous animals roamed across prehistoric environments, some as big as elephants and others sculpting caverns with claws the size of steak knives. These were the enormous ground sloths, a strange and remarkably varied group of mammals that once ruled the Americas before apparently going extinct. Now, a revolutionary study reveals how ...
For nearly four decades, a set of enigmatic fossils from British Columbia puzzled scientists so much so that they became the province’s official fossil emblem before anyone could definitively identify them. Now, after years of debate, paleontologists have finally unveiled the creature behind the mystery: Traskasaura sandrae, a bizarre 12-meter-long elasmosaurus with a Frankensteinian mix ...
