The effects of the explosive 1986 disaster can still be seen in nearby crops.
Follow Father Christmas around the globe this Christmas Eve with NORAD’s Santa Tracker
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 65th Anniversary of tracking Santa’s annual yuletide journey.
Do we need a COVID-19 vaccine for pets?
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Chicken-size dino with a furlike mane stirs ethics debate
About 110 million years ago in what is now Brazil, a pint-size dinosaur cut a flamboyant figure with a display of filaments resembling mammalian fur and narrow, bladelike structures erupting from its shoulders. Now it’s in the spotlight for another reason: questions about how it fell into the hands of […]
Newly discovered fungi turn flies into zombies and devour them from the inside out
Discovery of exoplanet’s bizarre orbit may help us track down Planet Nine
14 years of Hubble Space Telescope data finally confirm HD 106906 b exoplanet’s orbit, with exciting parallels to what we expect from Planet Nine
Angel, devil and blood-red heart appear at Martian south pole
It’s summer in Mars’ southern hemisphere, and strange structures are crawling out of the ice.
ISRO successfully launches its 42nd communication satellite aboard PSLV rocket
Ötzi the Iceman may have scaled ice-free Alps
During or just before the life of the Copper Age wanderer, many high peaks in the Alps were ice-free.
Shrine of decapitated heads suggests violence against foreigners in ancient Mexico
Fifteen hundred years ago, Mexico’s Teotihuacan was a multicultural metropolis, enlivened by the diverse dress, foods, and dialects of its immigrant groups. Artifacts show the city of more than 100,000 depended on a steady stream of foreigners, who brought skilled labor and exotic goods from across Mesoamerica. But after Teotihuacan […]