The blue sky above the Earth is so integral to the human experience we don't often question it, but there is a scientific explanation as to why the sky is blue.

The blue sky above the Earth is so integral to the human experience we don't often question it, but there is a scientific explanation as to why the sky is blue.

“Hi there Gina, hope you’re having a great day,” said another exactly two weeks later. “My name is Christine, I am a land buyer. I’m reaching out to see if you have any plans to sell the lot.” The text was signed by “Twin Acres.” Twin Acres is not a registered real estate broker….

There are plenty of claims about the “best” sleep position – for example, it’s often thought that sleeping on your left side aids digestion.
This idea comes from basic anatomy: the stomach sits to the left, and its outlet (the pylorus) tilts slightly to the right, connecting to the small…

A new sunscreen made using the pollen from Camellia flowers will not only block harmful UV rays from the sun, but will cool wearers down too,…

Some ant queens can produce offspring of more than one species – even when the other species is not known to exist in the nearby wild.
No other animal on Earth is known to do this, and it’s hard for even scientists to believe.
“It’s an absolutely fantastic, bizarre story of a system that…

Tiny bones locked in stone for millions of years have finally told their sad story.
The 150-million-year-old fossils belong to a pair of pterosaur hatchlings, both of whom appear to have perished in a spectacularly violent weather event, paleontologists have now discovered.
What makes this…

It’s not hard to find stories of animals getting tipsy. A moose in Sweden was found with its head stuck in a tree after being seen staggering around, eating fermented apples.
Elephants in Botswana getting drunk on marula fruit. My pet rat, who would knock over my home brew and then lick up the…

Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study.
Fine particles in the air can contribute to…