Marvel fans and movie enthusiasts worldwide are
mourning the sudden death of Hollywood star
Chadwick Boseman. The 43-year-old actor, best
known for his portrayal of T'Challa — the king and
protector of the fictional African nation of Wakanda in
Black Panther — passed away on August 28, 2020,
after a four year battle with colon cancer. The news...
Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin have
finally solved the mystery of a massive fossil that
has been sitting unlabeled and unidentified at a
Chilean museum for almost a decade. The relic,
which resembles a deflated football, is the
largest-known soft-shelled egg from a marine reptile
that inhabited Earth over 66 million years ago — a...
North America's relatively calm summer weather
ended last week when a powerful derecho swept
across the Midwest — from South Dakota to Ohio —
on August 10, 2020, and a rare firenado struck
Northern California on August 15, 2020. If you are
like most people, you have probably never heard of
either of the rare natural phenomena. Here is a bri...
Over the years, researchers have made numerous
attempts to make Harry Potter's invisibility cloak a
reality. While each version has been slightly better,
none have come close to the one donned by the
young wizard. Now, scientists may be able to get
some tips from an unlikely source — ultra-black
deep-sea fish that have evolved the capability to h...
SpaceX's first-ever passenger flight to the
International Space Station (ISS) ended successfully
on August 2, 2020, when Crew Dragon Endeavour
splashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of
Pensacola, Florida. After a series of safety checks,
the recovery teams unlocked the capsule's hatch
and quickly whisked the spacecraft's precious carg...
Male birds typically sing the same tunes as the rest
of their species because an unrecognizable song
defeats the two primary reasons for their crooning —
to establish and defend their territory and to attract
mates. While the songs, which are passed down
from generation to generation, may vary slightly by
region, any new compositions are typically limited ...
Scattered across the ocean bed, and often hidden
from the human eye, are hundreds, or perhaps even
thousands, of "blue holes." The massive underwater
sinkholes, which host a diverse biological community
— ranging from coral to sponges to sharks to sea
turtles — were formed thousands of years ago when
groundwater dissolved karst, a type of porous lime...
Even those not normally interested in astronomy will
find it hard to resist NEOWISE, the brightest comet
to grace our skies since the 1997 appearance of
Comet Hale-Bopp. The spectacular cosmic snowball
of frozen gas, rock, and dust has been visible to
those willing to wake up before dawn since early July.
However, it has now risen high in the evening skie...
Former US President Ronald Reagan's love for jelly
beans, which were a staple offering during his
8-year-term in office, is well-documented. However,
the country's 40th head of state also had another
guilty pleasure — ice cream, which he described as
"[a] nutritious and wholesome food." To give the
delicious treat the respect it deserved, on July 9, 1...
