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New Photos Shed Light on Tiny Martian Moonlet
A space probe operated by the United Arab Emirates captured groundbreaking high-resolution images of Martian moonlet Deimos earlier this year. These first-of-their-kind observations could help identify...
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Christophe Profit Removes Safety Gear from Mont Blanc, Authorities Respond
Should high mountains remain the sole domain of those with the skill, fitness, and luck required to survive their rugged terrain? Or should those mountains be tamed to allow less skilled climbers to...
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2022 Tonga Eruption Spawned ‘Mega-Tsunami’ 85 Meters Tall, Rivaling Krakatoa
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) submarine volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, scientists immediately knew the explosion was a big one — perhaps the biggest in decades. But just where did the...
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DNA Unravels Origin of Ancient Picts
DNA-based research continues to shake long-held beliefs transmitted to us from early sources. The latest upset comes from northern Britain, where analysis recently published in Plos Genetics revealed...
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Does the Tasmanian Tiger Still Exist? It’s a Long Shot
Researchers say the Tasmanian tiger — also called the thylacine — probably went extinct much later than previously thought. The general scientific consensus is that the last of the striking animals...
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Pop Culture-Savvy Scientists Cheer Discovery of New Undersea Vents
It’s tempting to poke gentle fun at a group of scientists breaking forth in “audible gasps, hoots, and high fives” after discovering a new batch of hydrothermal vents along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. But...
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Couple Finds World-Class Fossil Trove in Welsh Field
What to do if you’re a paleontology power couple stuck at home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic? Sure, you could make some sourdough or learn the banjo. But if you’re Dr. Lucy Muir and Dr....
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‘Ships In Every Shadow’: Arctic Detective Uses Satellites to Search for Treasure
As the doomed men of the Franklin expedition abandoned their ships and set out across the windswept ice toward unlikely safety in 1848, they left a breadcrumb of artifacts behind them: personal items,...
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Pair Finish 2,800Km Expedition Along the Entire Length of Quebec
Simon-Pierre Goneau and Samuel Lalande-Markon have completed their winter journey from Quebec’s southernmost point along the Chateauguay River to its northernmost point at Cape Anaulirvik near the...
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Coffee, Heat, and Culture Shock: One Woman’s Cycling Journey Across Saudi Arabia
When Madeline Hoffmann loaded up her second-hand bicycle and began pedaling earlier this year, she had no idea she’d eventually wind up on a solo cross-desert journey in Saudi Arabia just as spring...
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Humpback Whales Take Spa Days, Study Finds
Skincare routines are all the rage these days (even Conrad Anker has one!), and our distant cetacean cousins are getting in on the action. For the first time, scientists gathered video evidence that...
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Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever: ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This Before’
Light from a fireball 100 times the size of the solar system, with a brightness of about two trillion times the sun’s, has reached Earth’s telescopes. The explosion — the largest cosmic blast ever...
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The Pamir Trail: A New Central Asian Trekking Gem Is In the Works
The Central Asian country of Tajikistan covers 142,326 square kilometers, more than 90 percent of which is mountainous. Trekking paths weave through the jagged landscape, and a vast web of shepherd and...
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For Four Indigenous Children Lost in Colombian Jungle, Fate Still Unknown
The Colombian government announced Wednesday the rescue of four Huitoto children 17 days after they vanished into the jungle following a plane crash. But contradictory reports and lack of photo...
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The Extinct Woodpecker That Just Won’t Die
Human beings have a tendency to eradicate other species without even knowing it. Yet for a few charismatic species, like the ivory-billed woodpecker, we see their ghosts in every lonely tree. The last...
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Scientists May Have Found an Antidote to the Death Cap Mushroom
Mushrooms are fascinating. They might taste like chicken, expand your mental horizons, or melt your insides, and there’s very little middle ground. Firmly in the latter camp is the death cap — a...
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Have Archaeologists Discovered a Lost Viking Stronghold?
Start excavating a site known as Hangman’s Hill, and you’re likely to find some interesting tidbits. Particularly if the hill in question is located on an island in the Baltic Sea — an area of...
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Will Steger Finishes First 500Km of Arctic Journey
Legendary polar adventurer Will Steger’s latest expedition is going swimmingly, according to his regular audio dispatches. The 78-year-old reached Great Bear Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories on...
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Traumatic Event Might Have Sparked Orca Boat Attacks, Scientists Suggest
On May 4, three orcas attacked the yacht Champagne off the Spanish coast. They damaged it so badly that the boat sank after the crew was rescued and the vessel towed to port. The incident is the latest...
View ArticleBleeding Cyclist Self-Rescues After T-Boning Bear
There’s an acronym for when a mountain biker finds himself flying over the bars — OTB. But how about when one takes a tumble over a bear? That would be — well, that would also be OTB. Cyclist Kevin...
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