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A photograph of an amateur volcanologist standing barefoot on the lava fields of Vanuatu’s Mount Yasur has won the Portraiture category of the Open competition of…
QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Bartica, Guyana [6.4073096658, -58.62373473]What’s in the photo? A trio of waterways merging into a striking “half-and-half” riverWhich satellite took the photo? Landsat…
QUICK FACTSName: Lady of ElcheWhat it is: A limestone bustWhere it is from: Elche, SpainWhen it was made: Circa 400 to 350 B.C.On a hot summer…
Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a sprained ankle, surgery or car accident. Normally pain fades as the body heals. But…
Steve Fleming’s research is definitely “meta” — a Greek prefix indicating self-reference. He’s a cognitive neuroscientist at University College London who studies metacognition: what we know…
Priestesses of a mysterious cult in ancient Greece and Rome may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during their rituals, a new…
This month could be the best time to spot the northern lights for nearly a decade, as the combination of the “equinox effect” and supercharged solar…
quick factsWhat it is: HD 61005, a sun-like star nicknamed the “Moth”Where it is: About 117 light-years away in the constellation PuppisWhen it was shared: Feb.…
Elevators have a strange way of messing with your sense of gravity. The moment an elevator lurches upward, you feel it in your feet. For a…
When artificial intelligence (AI) is allowed to behave more like a human communicator, it becomes a more effective debate partner that reaches more accurate conclusions, scientists…
