What if the Persians had defeated Alexander the Great?
Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched from the Balkans to India in just 13 years, when…
Science news this week: Killer squirrels and an unexpected amulet
Killer squirrels, backyard fossil finds and a 124th birthday party for a giant crocodile are just…
'Mirror life forms' may sound like science fiction, but scientists warn they could be deadly to humans and destroy the environment
When you look in a mirror, the reflection is fundamentally you, but with a perfect reversal of all…
Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video
A disturbing new video shows 13 years of melt at the Greenland Ice Sheet. The video was stitched…
SpaceX launching 30 satellites on Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission early Dec. 21
SpaceX plans to launch 30 satellites to orbit early Saturday morning (Dec. 21).
A Falcon 9 rocket is…
Space2Sea Antarctica: A student journalist's expedition to bottom of the world begins
Space2Sea Antarctica marks the inaugural voyage in a series produced by FUTURE of SPACE (FoS). This…
Scientists discover 2 stars orbiting our galaxy's supermassive black hole in lockstep — and they could point to a type of planet never seen before
Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of…
Syphilis originated in the Americas, ancient DNA shows, but European colonialism spread it widely
The outbreak of a mysterious disease ravaged Europe in the late 15th century, shortly after…
Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snow is likely in these US states according to NOAA climate data
The countdown to the holidays is on, and if you’re dreaming of a white Christmas, NOAA has a…