Researchers have identified a period of sluggish magnetic field flipping for planet Earth, some 40 million years ago – raising big questions about how long these reversals actually take, and how we might be affected by the next one.
Magnetic field flips are thought to happen fairly…
Here ε is the emissivity of the object—how effective it is as a radiator (0 < ε < 1), σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, A is the surface area, and T is the temperature (in Kelvin). Since we have temperature to the fourth power, you can see that hotter things radiate much more power than…
Extreme endurance running can damage red blood cells and accelerate ageing, according to a study.
Archaeologists have successfully excavated a section of a 17th century shipwreck that was uncovered by winter storms on the edge of a nudist…
Scientists have developed a new blood test to predict when someone is likely to show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, an advance that may…
A newly discovered Spinosaurus species has revealed that the iconic Jurassic Park predator might not have been fully aquatic but more like a…
The poisonous death cap mushroom gives the entire fungi kingdom a bad rap, and it turns out they’re not only spreading across continents, they’re rapidly evolving, too.
Eating just one of these ghostly white mushrooms, Amanita phalloides, can kill an adult – the toxins they contain are…
Household cats could help us understand how breast cancer develops in humans.
That’s according to the first study of multiple cancer types in…
A new Spinosaurus species has been unearthed from the Saharan desert, and its skull bears a magnificent crest never seen before on this kind of dinosaur.
Paleontologists have named it Spinosaurus mirabilis, meaning ‘wonderful spine lizard’. We heartily agree.
Construction workers in Cologne, Germany, have unearthed a significant Roman site dating back almost 2,000 years.
The accidental discovery, made…