Category: General

Humans have only visually explored 0.001 percent of the deep sea — it’s deep, dark, but full of life. 

In this exclusive Discover Magazine podcast episode, we speak with Dr. Katy Croff Bell, who is a National Geographic explorer and the founder…

The X-37B, the US Space Force’s secretive space plane, will soon take flight again.

On Monday, the Space Force announced that it will fly the small, Space Shuttle–shaped vehicle on the program’s eighth mission next month. The launch of the…

After 12,000 years of calm, a seismic outburst is brewing in northwestern Canada as an ancient geologic fault grows restless. The Tintina fault, which stretches across the Yukon Territory and terminates in the center of Alaska, has become so…

Sun, sand, waves, and relaxation. No responsibilities and little to do but enjoy…

Scientists have discovered a giant snail species living at a depth of around 6km in the…

Problematic planets

From sapphire waterfalls and lava rain to orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible. We look at 10 exoplanets that rip up the cosmic rulebook.

No more scars

Healing a wound without…

Holly is the Staff Writer for BBC Science Focus and looks after the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (distinction) in Geoscience (Space and Climate Physics) from UCL, and specialises in astronomy and earth sciences. Before joining Our Media,…

The decapitated remains of an infant discovered at the Gran Dolina archaeological site in…

Fast walking for just 15 minutes a day could significantly reduce the risk of early death – especially for low-income and Black individuals – according to a major new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Drawing on…