3+ hour, 29+ min ago   (453+ words) More than 3.5 billion years ago, Earth looked nothing like it does today. The air contained no oxygen, the oceans were acidic and filled with dissolved iron, and volcanoes dominated a harsh, barren landscape. Yet somehow, in this extreme environment, life…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (623+ words) Along the coast of South Africa, strange rocky formations quietly grow in places where life seems unlikely to survive. These structures, known as microbialites, look like ordinary rocks, but they are very much alive. Built layer by layer by communities…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (553+ words) African penguins living off the coast of South Africa have suffered a catastrophic population collapse over the past two decades, largely because they have been unable to find enough food to survive their annual molting season. A new study estimates…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (458+ words) In a breakthrough that could make clean energy more practical and affordable, researchers at Princeton University have found a way to use treated wastewater'rather than clean drinking water'to produce hydrogen fuel. The discovery could cut water treatment costs nearly in…...

3+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (656+ words) Many immigrant women working in the United States might be at risk of developing breast cancer because of chemicals they are exposed to at their jobs, according to a new study. This research, led by Silent Spring Institute and published…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (817+ words) Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as "dassies," are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no discernible tails. They spend much of their time sunning themselves on rocky outcrops. Another thing they sometimes do is drag their…...

11+ mon, 5+ day ago   (607+ words) There are plenty of types of stars out there, but one stands out for being just a little weirder than the others. You might even say it's strange. According to a paper from researchers at Guangxi University in China, the…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (678+ words) Astronomers may have found a star racing through our galaxy at an incredible speed'dragging a planet along with it! If confirmed, this would be the fastest-moving exoplanet system ever discovered, traveling nearly twice as fast as our own solar system…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (309+ words) Scientists are looking to sharks for inspiration to make airplanes fly faster and use less fuel. A researcher from the University of Mississippi believes that the way sharks move through water could help humans travel more efficiently through the air....