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Meteor ducks artwork inspired by Portugal meteor
The meteor ducks - ducks caught on camera witnessing a fireball fall in Portugal on May 20 - have now been memorialized via art.
May 28, 2024
Egyptian pyramids new finding: Just add water
Egyptian pyramids are marvelous constructions. But how could the ancient Egyptians transport the tons-heavy blocks there? Now, a new explanation.
May 23, 2024
Scientists discover a nitroplast, the 1st of its kind
Scientists announced the discovery of the first nitroplast, a nitrogen-fixing organelle. It's just the 4th example in history of primary endosymbiosis.
May 21, 2024
Will solar flares destroy modern civilization? Nah
David Wallace of Mississippi State University talks to Deborah Byrd about solar flares and the impact a big storm from the sun would have on Earth today.
May 19, 2024
The Egyptian sky goddess and the Milky Way
Watch an interview with astrophysicist Or Graur and EarthSky's Dave Adalian discussing how the ancient Egyptian sky goddess, Nut, is linked to the Milky Way.
May 18, 2024
Is AI to blame for our failure to find alien civilizations?
Is AI - artificial intelligence - the great filter that alien civilizations are unable to evolve beyond? The threat of AI and our own self-destruction, here.
May 16, 2024
Auroras on May 10-11 wowed millions! Pics here
Auroras last night from "extreme" geomagnetic storming - which came after a week of very high activity on the sun - wowed millions around the globe.
May 16, 2024
Liujiang skeleton re-dates earliest Homo sapiens in China
The Liujiang skeleton, a significant fossil in understanding early modern humans in East Asia, has been aged at 33,000 to 23,000 years old.
May 7, 2024
Media we love: The Big Ones, a book review
The Big Ones by Lucy Jones looks at some of history's most destructive natural events, how they changed our world and ways to prepare and recover.
April 12, 2024
How the ancients explained eclipses: gods, dragons and more
Learn how some of the ancients explained eclipses, from gods and goddesses to hungry animals to the glimmers of early science.
April 6, 2024
