Earth
Cambridge Scientists Explain How Europe’s Deadliest Plague Arrived — Because of Volcanoes
Between 1347 and 1353, it claimed the lives of millions of people.
A Mutation Helps the Turkana People Resist Dehydration
The Turkana people live in a very arid region in north-western Kenya. Natural selection has favoured a gene that facilitates…
The 2023 Earthquakes in Turkey Had Long-Distance Effects
The powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey in February 2023 triggered silent fault slips and mud volcano eruptions in Azerbaijan, over…
In Yellowstone Park, the Reintroduction of Wild Bison Revitalizes Ecosystems
Contrary to popular belief, the movements and intensive grazing of bison do not degrade prairies but rather enrich them by…
Climbing Everest at 5 Key Points
Four American researchers have analysed the data available on Everest climbs over the last thirty years.
In 2024, Air and Ocean Temperatures Break New Records
Sea and air temperatures reach record levels again in 2024
7 Tourist Attractions That Are Actually Completely Fake
Read this before you gloat about any of them on Instagram.
10 Misconceptions About Early Humans
They didn’t follow the paleo diet, weren't giants, and hardly lived in caves
5 Facts About Volcanoes
A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s surface from which magma, gas, and ash can erupt and escape.
12 Plants You Can Eat to Survive in the Wild
If you find something on this list, you won't go hungry.
6 Incredible Things Plants Can Do
They invented a prototype of the internet, the SOS signal, and mercenary armies long before humans did.
Why Coniferous Trees Don’t Shed Their Needles?
Winter and summer in the same color? No, it's not that simple.