My family tree doubles at every past ancestor generation and continues branching back into the past. At what point does it ...

A chain of weaver ants can easily outpull just about any other creature, pound for pound, making them one of the most formidable teams in the animal kingdom. Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), which ...

The Killings at Parrish Station is a terrifying cosmic horror six-parter, which starts back in 1987 when two detectives find mangled bodies at an outback radio research station. TV columnist Bethan Ac ...

What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away from us? (continued) Eric Kvaalen Les Essarts-le-Roi, France. The moon moves away as it receives angular momentum a ...

Tim Winton's Juice gave Alison Flood the appetite for more post-apocalyptic science fiction. Returning to Cormac McCarthy's scorched landscape was tough – but worth it ...

Three massive black holes have been discovered in a galaxy located in the early universe, 12.5 billion light years away. This has left astronomers surprised that such a complex system could have ...

Feedback is a little nonplussed by an experiment that involved wearing (or not wearing) compressing shapewear, and then playing cards ...

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Readers dig into whether it’s best to have fewer big cubes or lots of small ones – and offer up their services to test it out ...

Besieged by confusing and contradictory advice on which diets are healthiest for us, Chris Simms enjoys a clear-eyed view from evolutionary anthropologist Daniel Lieberman in his new book ...

In an election, how can you make sure that everyone's votes are counted but also kept entirely secret? Quantum mechanics may ...

Two research teams have independently created devices within which sound waves could be separated by frequency, creating the ...