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Unearthing the Strange, Magical World of Mushrooms in Northeast India
From finding a stunning new species of glow-in-the-dark mushrooms to wild stories of unfortunate locals experimenting with poisonous varieties, a new documentary film goes where few have gone before.
Scientists Have Identified 24 Possible 'Superhabitable' Planets
"We are so focused on finding a mirror image of Earth that we may overlook a planet that is even more well suited for life,” said the lead author of a new study.
We Have Failed To Meet Even a Single Target To Stop the Destruction of Nature, Says UN
In 2010, world leaders created a 10-year plan to save the planet. In 2020, not a single goal has been fully met.
The Moon is Rusting, and Earth Might Have Something to Do With It
Scientists were surprised to find an oxidised form of iron on our nearest celestial body that has neither air nor liquid water.
This Map Lets You See Where Modern Cities Were Millions of Years Ago
What is New Delhi today was a floating landmass south of the equator when the first dinosaurs lived on the planet.
An Ancient Supernova Caused a Mass Extinction on Earth, Scientists Believe
If the theory is confirmed with further work, it would show that stars that died hundreds of millions of years ago may have taken some Earthlings to the grave with them, forever altering the course of life on our world.”
Scientists Found Creatures So Inactive They Expanded Our Idea of Life Itself
“It looks like the majority of these organisms are living at energy regimes that are below what we thought was even capable of maintenance—just staying alive.”
Two Schoolgirls From India Just Discovered an Asteroid
Currently near Mars, it will fly past Earth in the distant future.
Astronomers May Have Seen Colliding Black Holes Spark Up For The First Time
Usually, when black holes collide, they create gravitational waves that may be detected from Earth. But now, a flare of light has changed that.
Scientists Have Discovered Vast Unidentified Structures Deep Inside the Earth
Scientists combed through nearly 30 years of earthquake data to probe huge and mysterious objects near the Earth's core.
What Caused the First Mass Extinction 445 Million Years Ago? Global Warming, Suggest Scientists
The event wiped out over 85 percent of all marine life on the planet.
Scientists Are Studying Areas of Earth Where Time Is Mysteriously Missing
In mysterious rock formations known as "unconformities," millions of years of Earth's history are missing. Now, scientists have the best idea yet as to why.