Category science

The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader’s iconic helmet from “Star Wars.”

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire.

United by Fire lays out key insights from the two largest blazes in Colorado history, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires of 2020.

With an abundance of features and a very reasonable price, the Swift SW200 DL Compound Monocular Microscope is a brilliant all-rounder.

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

Amid doubts over a common decongestant, evidence suggests the placebo effect can still help people suffering from a cold.

Researchers identified genes that could explain why some assisted reproductive technologies, like IVF, carry a higher risk of growth and metabolic issues in offspring.

Tobacco products are attracting fewer U.S. teen and tween users than at any other time in the last 25 years. The latest numbers come from the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey, or NYTS. It collected data from January to May…

The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star made of mysterious “fuzzy” matter.

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet’s mantle. These anomalies are surprisingly similar to sunken chunks of Earth’s crust but appear in seemingly impossible places.