Here's your go-to source for debunking all the Fukushima fables
From "mutant" eels to fish "tumours", viral stories linking the Fukushima nuclear disaster to seemingly strange marine events are probably crowding...
3 years ago
Huge 170-million-year-old dinosaur footprints discovered in Scotland
When a pair of researchers went digging around on the Isle of Sky, they stumbled across hundreds of (massive!) sauropod footprints dating back some...
3 years ago
Need to identify a fossil? There's an app for that
Love fossils? Then you'll want to get your hands on the Digital Atlas of Ancient Life, a new app that lets anyone with an iPhone discover and classify...
3 years ago
Runaway hippo caught as flood rescue efforts continue in Georgia
Officials in Georgia have finally caught the hippo that escaped from a local zoo when heavy rains and flooding caused a break in her enclosure.
3 years ago
Is the water you're drinking REALLY dinosaur pee?
Is all the water you're guzzling down recycled dinosaur urine? Maybe. Or maybe not.
3 years ago
This bacteria-powered "living robot" is straight out of The Matrix
This symbiotic system created by artist Gilberto Esparza re-imagines the management of sewage in order to harness it as an energy source.
3 years ago
An evolutionary experiment is kicking off on this volcanic island - and scientists can't wait
A new volcanic island off the Japanese coast is giving scientists the rare opportunity to document how life begins to colonise barren land.
4 years ago
Timelapse shows the beauty and horror of Chile's Calbuco Volcano
The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted this week for the first time in four decades. It's blown twice since Wednesday, sending clouds of ash...
4 years ago
Life, lava lakes & everything: Using drones to uncover nature’s secrets
Unless you know a wingsuit-wearing daredevil prepared to fly into the crater of an active volcano, drones are the most phenomenally useful way for...
4 years ago
Svalbard’s glaciers are dying - and they're taking a fragile ecosystem with them
Svalbard is a sparsely populated Norwegian archipelago buried deep in the Arctic. It's a treeless, inhospitable place where the glaciers outnumber the...
5 years ago
Massive Solar Flare Lights Up The Skies
A massive, X-class solar flare (think of it as a monumental sun "burp") is promising to light up the skies of the Northern Hemisphere on...
5 years ago
Snoopy Island: Volcanic eruption creates a landmass that looks just like a loveable cartoon dog
Japan has a new island ... and it bears an uncanny resemblance to cartoon-canine Snoopy.
5 years ago
A volcanic whodunnit: Scientists crack the case of A.D. 1257 mystery eruption
The origins of a massive volcanic eruption that occurred around A.D. 1257 have been a volcanological mystery for decades. But a new study now claims...
5 years ago
Kitted out with sensors, seals help us track glaciers
They may be anything but athletic on land, but elephant seals are the picture of agility in the water ... and scientists are hoping to harness their...
5 years ago
5 animals & 1 superbug that can freeze, thaw & live
What extreme adaptations are necessary for survival when temperatures plummet below zero?
6 years ago
