In actuality, the peak mechanical power output of a horse is well over 12 horsepower. That figure comes from a duo of scientists who published a paper in the journal Nature way back in 1993, based on ...

O n April 29, 2017 a thin, dehydrated, and distressed orangutan was rescued after being captured and caged within Indonesian Borneo. While this is unfortunately not an unusual occurrence, the ...

We bring you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at this iconic mission with Dr Linda Spilker, from her first job out of ...

A derivative of the metal-organic complex ferrocene has 20 valence electrons in a stable configuration, overturning the ...

In August 1993, seven hikers climbed the popular tourist destination, Khamar-Daban mountain. Only one witness would survive.

It all boils down to the apparent brightness of an object, or in astronomical parlance, its apparent magnitude. There are ...

For any Gen Zers in the audience, a filing cabinet is an archaic piece of office furniture that was used by your ancestors in ...

"This raises a disturbing prospect—a Kardashev Type III metasociety may annihilate planetary systems as it expands to ...

The research, supported by the Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, shows that even an experiment with a clear mission in particle physics can often find something unplanned. This was also ...

The rare finding was made by a team at Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum, in the UK, who uncovered the surprisingly complete handprint on the bottom of a clay model sculpted into the shape of ...

The dogs were trained to distinguish between the oily skin secretions – or sebum – of people with Parkinson’s from those ...

A lligators aren’t picky eaters. Given half a chance, they will consume all kinds of fish, birds, turtles, small mammals, and ...