science

Stunning NASA Time-Lapse Video Shows Earth Rotating Through A Full Year

NASA released the first video of Earth spinning for an entire year thanks to the only deep space satellite, Deep Space Climate Observatory.

22 Fascinating Facts About Nikola Tesla, History’s Greatest “Mad Scientist”

Often overshadowed by his one-time employer, Thomas Edison, Serbian-born inventor, engineer, and physicist Nikola Tesla is known mostly as the archetypical “mad scientist” behind breakthroughs like the AC induction motor and the Tesla coil. While Tesla indeed enjoyed a successful career as an inventor, his personal life was a different...

Scientists Finally Figure Out What Killed Off History’s Most Terrifying Shark

For decades, scientists have been unsure how a creature as ferocious as this could have met its end. Now they have an idea.

The Science Behind Music: 5 Weird Brain Reactions Explained

In First-Ever Australian Deep Sea Investigation, Researchers Discover Unbelievable Marine Life

A team of scientists recently explored Australia's deep sea — here's what they found.

Baby Twins Conjoined At The Head Survive One Of The World’s Most Difficult Surgeries

The Delaney sisters are craniopagus twins — a condition that occurs once every 2.5 million births. They've now been separated.

The Lost Eighth Wonder Of The World May Have Finally Been Rediscovered

The Pink and White Terraces of New Zealand were buried in a volcanic eruption 130 years ago. Now, researchers think they've found them again.

Someone Invented Recorded Sound Before Thomas Edison — We Just Didn’t Understand What It Was

Thomas Edison was long credited as the inventor of recorded sound — that is, until a 2008 discovery.

Prehistoric Baby Bird Found Incredibly Well-Preserved In Amber

A baby bird from the Cretaceous period has been preserved for tens of millions of years.

Oldest-Known Homo Sapiens Fossils Found in Morocco

The "cradle of mankind" is bigger than researchers thought.