Tom is a writer in London with a Master's degree in Journalism whose editorial work covers anything from health and the ...

P resident Donald Trump has unveiled his plan to build a "Golden Dome" missile defense system to shield the US from attack, ...

D enisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains is the only spot on the planet that’s known to have been lived in by Denisovans, ...

Known as plasticrusts, the phenomenon was first reported in 2016 by Portuguese scientists who spotted unnaturally colored rocks on the idyllic island of Madeira off the northwest ...

Three candidate compounds have been identified in chili peppers that could be used to lower the heat of spicy food.

It’s one of the three largest coastal boulders known to be moved by such forces, and the only one this size that started on a ...

The Sulawesi coelacanth ( Latimeria menadoensis ), meanwhile, remained undiscovered until scientists came across one at a ...

T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...

Alicella gigantea is basically a big, pale shrimp-like creature that lives in the deepest depths of Earth’s oceans. It has ...

“Dumbo octopus are a rare and unusual species that live on the seafloor. They reproduce and grow slowly, are very soft and ...

Nestled underneath the corpus callosum, in the middle of the brain, a tiny, pine-cone-shaped gland sits and spits out ...

O striches have four kneecaps. There’s a little factoid for you. Two legs, but four kneecaps. Think it’s bananas? Rightly so, as we’ve never found knees like these in any other animal.