On our planet, it forms deep beneath the surface, usually under a volcano where magma can cool down and crystalize. To make ...

Even the little pinky, which looks like a contender for the most pointless appendage on the human body, does its job and does it well. Though all of the toes are used in keeping us balanced and moving ...

According to Starman, Komarov's final words were picked up by US radio outposts in Turkey, saying "This devil ship! Nothing I ...

The researchers suggest that the difference between the long-haulers and those who landed might be in their feathers; the ...

T he three Norths are moving on from their "historic" meet-up in England. After momentarily aligning over Britain for three ...

Whatever you call it, it is a staple of any nativity scene, just as much as the wise men who followed it, usually represented ...

The star of Eyes Wide Shut and The Mummy reportedly has lines he won't cross, even if it means he doesn't get to shoot a ...

That’s exactly what happened to an unfortunate graduate student named Donald R. Currey back in the summer of 1964, who ended ...

We've only known that sprites exist for marginally longer, as they were first photographed in 1989. Red sprites are ...

The story seems almost too perfect, and has probably been exaggerated for effect, but it’s delightful even without those bits ...

“Almost all other monogamous mammals either live in tight family units of just a breeding pair and their offspring, or in ...

Most recently, that includes some fossilized Diplodocus skin that has preserved evidence of melanosomes – specialized ...