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Below the Indian Ocean, there's a giant "gravity hole" over one million square miles in size. Scientists may have figured out why it exists.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

For over 100 years, scientists have been puzzling over a blood-red liquid seeping out of a glacier in Antarctica. Until now.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Devastating wildfires in Canada have continued to burn, and its smoke is already hitting the United States for a second wave this year.
Climate Change

By Frank Landymore

A part of the summit of a mountain in the Alps has collapsed, the likely result of permafrost thawing, dramatic footage shows.
Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

As much as 80 percent of the Himalayas' glaciers could vanish by the year 2100 if global temperatures rise by four degrees Celsius.
Climate Change

By Sharon Adarlo

The Hunga volcano's eruption blasted through seawater, creating the perfect conditions for the most intense lightning storm ever observed.
Science & Energy

By Frank Landymore

Over less than 20 years, humans extracted so much groundwater that it changed the tilt of the entire planet.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

An unexpected herd of 40 goats wandered through a Texas development, munching on lawns and landscaping as they went.
Science & Energy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An orca repeatedly slammed into a yacht sailing in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland earlier this week.
Science & Energy

By Frank Landymore

Upside Foods and Good Meats received a grant of inspection from the USDA, allowing their lab grown meat products to be sold to consumers.
Science & Energy

By Frank Landymore

Netflix Camera Boat Attacked by Swarm of Furious Sharks
Science & Energy

By Sharon Adarlo

Rising global temperatures and pollution levels might have one particularly unexpected side effect: dog bites.
Climate Change

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Orcas Are Apparently Attacking Boats Almost Every Day Now
Biology

By Noor Al-Sibai

By using a technique known as error mitigation, IBM scientists believe they've worked around the uncertainty that plagues quantum processors.
Physics

By Frank Landymore

A yacht captain whose vessels have twice been attacked by the same pod of orcas has some interesting ideas about these killer whales.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have confirmed through genetic testing that an 18-year-old female crocodile impregnated herself without a male mate.
Science & Energy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The gigantic "Chonkasaurus" snapping turtle, which captured hearts online, has once again been spotted on the Chicago River.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists are saying that a certain ingredient found in Monster Energy drinks could be a potent anti-aging longevity supplement.
Energy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Our primate predecessors may have enjoyed masturbation for millions of years before we ever entered the picture.
Science & Energy

By Frank Landymore

Furious Orcas Throw Around Yacht “Like a Ragdoll”
Science & Energy

By Frank Landymore

Smoke from especially dire wildfires in Canada has swept across the East Coast, leaving an ugly and hazardous haze over cities like New York.
Climate Change

By Frank Landymore

It appears that one of our ancestral species had burial rituals that included the carving of symbols hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

There are staggeringly tall mountains inside the Earth that rival Mount Everest. Scientists are puzzling over their origin.
Science & Energy

By Sharon Adarlo

A US Air Force Colonel described a simulation in which an AI drone went rogue, but the military claims this was taken out of context.
Military

By Frank Landymore

Scientists say they've successfully transmitted solar energy gathered in orbit down to the Earth's surface.
Solar Power

By Frank Landymore

By using X-rays, scientists can more precisely detect and measure atoms in ways that other imaging techniques can't on their own.
Science & Energy

By Frank Landymore

German startup Proxima Fusion recently grabbed millions to build a reactor that looks like a twisty French cruller doughnut.
Nuclear Fusion

By Sharon Adarlo

A beluga whale, suspected of being a "Russian Spy," was seen far from home and experts say he may be looking for friends or a mate.
Biology

By Sharon Adarlo

King Charles III is a committed environmentalist — so much so that he's reportedly sacrificing his servants' body temps for his cause. Brave!
Climate Change

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People were shocked when the waters of Venice's Grand Canal became neon green. Investigation revealed it was due to a non-toxic chemical.
Environment

By Sharon Adarlo

Ferocious feral chickens with "supercharged survival skills" have gotten out of control in Hawaii, The Atlantic reports.
Science & Energy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Rest in peace! A Dutch startup has created a $1,000 mushroom coffin that will biodegrade in less than two months.
Environment

By Sharon Adarlo

Electricity in the air can be harnessed — and the simple conductor film used to harvest this energy can be made from almost anything. 
Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers found that lab-grown meat's environmental impact may actually be "orders of magnitude" higher than retail beef.
Environment

By Victor Tangermann

The Florida Senate has passed a bill that would allow new roads to be paved with a radioactive mining byproduct.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Known as some of the animal kingdom's most complex social creatures, elephants in captivity appear to enjoy their interactions with humans.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists believe that killer orca whales in the waters off of Europe's Iberian Peninsula are teaching each other how to sink sailboats.
Science & Energy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA plans to use a device that "can vigorously spin occupants like laundry churning in a washing machine" to train astronauts.
Military

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bad news for New York: the Big Apple appears to be sinking a little bit each year under the weight of its iconic skyscrapers.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new 3D scan of the Titanic shows the tragic scene at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean in unprecedented detail.
3D Printing

By Noor Al-Sibai

Startup Rhea Space Activity has announced that it's planning to launch a mission to breathe new life into NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Military

By Victor Tangermann

In spite of breaking a world record, a Florida man who's been under the Keys for nearly two-and-a-half months is refusing to resurface. 
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Climate change is increasing water temperatures off East Africa and this has led to increased pirate attacks in the region.
Climate Change

By Sharon Adarlo

Microsoft just made a massive bet on nuclear fusion energy — and that bet has OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's name written all over it.
Energy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During what would have otherwise been a normal Chicago River kayaking trip, a local spotted something incredible — a giant snapping turtle.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have discovered a new type of tool-using insect, nicknamed the "assassin bug" for a creative — and deadly — hunting technique.
Science & Energy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A water recycling firm teamed up with a Northern Californian brewery to create the Epic OneWater Brew, a beer made from recycled greywater.
Environment

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists are horrified as ocean surface temperatures have continuously set new record-breaking highs over the last month.
Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

You can't make up Canada — especially when it comes to this phallic iceberg captured by a man from a hilariously-named town.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Like a moth to a lamp, humans have long thought we knew why bugs are so attracted to lights — but new research suggests we may have been dim.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Santorini is known as one of the most beautiful islands in the world — and the volcano that created it is far from dead, scientists warn.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

There’s a Serious Problem With Lab-Grown Meat
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

Lonely Parrots Love Video Chatting With Each Other, Study Finds
Science & Energy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Switzerland-based startup Energy Vault has broken ground on two huge gravity battery facilities in Texas and just north of Shanghai, China, CNET reports.
Energy

By Victor Tangermann

PSA for anyone planning a trip to Florida: massive, smelly globs of seaweed and algae calle Sargassum are currently headed toward the state's shores.
Science & Energy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An incredibly bright flash of light lit up the skies over Kyiv, Ukraine, late Wednesday evening — and experts are still hunting for an exact explanation.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so permanent and huge that living beings are migrating from thousands of miles away to get in on the plastic action.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Per leaked messages, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner is "all for climate change." He also asked a former tabloid EIC to influence German elections. Cool.
Climate Change

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of researchers has proposed a radical and potentially affordable solution that could solve the entire climate crisis in one fell swoop.
Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

As the European Space Agency was setting up to launch a rocket in French Guiana, an adorable little creature could be seen enjoying some rays of sunshine.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

The story of how classified military documents ended up on a Minecraft Discord server is blowing our puny minds — and feels fit for the silver screen.
Military

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have figured out where the Earth's water came from billions of years ago when our planet formed.
Science & Energy

By Victor Tangermann

It may be more likely than ever that the next mega-earthquake is going to happen in the PNW — and a hole in the bottom of the sea may provide clues.
Science & Energy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have long debated the source of ULXs, chalking their brightness up to optical illusions. A new study confirms that they're all that they appear.
Physics

By Frank Landymore