'It was unlike anything I'd witnessed before': Orcas seen headbutting a sunfish so hard that it exploded
In two encounters in the Gulf of California, one orca held a dead sunfish in place while another rammed it at high speed...
Most sewage spills in England may be illegal, new research suggests
Image source, Getty ImagesByJonah FisherEnvironment correspondentPublished1 minute agoMost of the sewage spills into Eng...
'Once we were like you': Striking reconstructions reveal the faces of 16 people from Roman-era Hungary
DNA analysis, 3D-printed skulls and forensic sculpture helped experts recreate people who lived near the ancient Roman f...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft awakens from yearlong hibernation to do unprecedented science beyond Pluto
NASA's record-breaking New Horizons spacecraft has awoken from a 321-day hibernation in "good health" as it resumes unpr...
China's record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket launches 9 satellites from a ship at sea (video)
Orienspace's Gravity-1, the world's most powerful solid rocket, aced its third-ever mission on Tuesday (July 21), launch...
What Were the Lotus-Eaters Eating?
In Homer’s epic, Odysseus’s men eat something so powerful that they forget about home. Which plants could have produced ...
5 disturbing things we saw after digging into the recent 'Dune: Part 3' trailer
Let's explore this latest look at Denis Villeneuve's epic close-out to his 'Dune' magnum opus
After nearly 30 years, NASA realized this near-Earth asteroid is actually a comet. The discovery may help us defend the planet some day
Astronomers discovered that a near-Earth asteroid is actually a comet that could help scientists identify more hidden co...
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Stripped of Endangered Status by Judge
The dunes sagebrush lizard, found only in the oil-rich Permian Basin, was classified as endangered two years ago.
NASA's Roman Space Telescope could reveal black holes ripping up stars. It's set to launch Aug. 30
NASA's next super telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, may leave nowhere to hide for black holes that viole...
Mice on 'godforsaken' frozen volcanoes eat toxic plants to survive conditions 'not remotely compatible with long-term human survival'
Researchers risked their lives to study Andean leaf-eared mice on the inhospitable peaks of the Puna de Atacama volcanoe...
Sacrificed Inca children died very differently than we thought, study finds
A new look at three children who died in the Inca human sacrifice ceremony known as Capacocha reveals their last few mon...