Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space.…
Month: April 2025
Earth’s crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet’s first outer shell, or “protocrust,” new research finds.This early…
Around 2,500 years ago, an elite Celtic warrior was gravely injured by an arrowhead, but his wound partly healed thanks…
Large language models (LLMs) are getting better at pretending to be human, with GPT-4.5 now resoundingly passing the Turing test,…
What it is: Mars and the moonWhere it is: The solar systemWhen it was shared: March 26, 2025Why it’s so…
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have found the most distant (and thus the earliest) massive “dead” galaxy…
The Vikings loom large in European history thanks to their impressive seafaring skills and penchant for raiding. For around three…
Left unchecked, the space around our planet could get so cluttered with debris that we might not be able to…
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a “major” 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was possibly…
Name: Dracula parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus)Where it lives: New GuineaWhat it eats: Figs, flowers and nectarWhy it’s awesome: The Pesquet’s parrot…