A gene mutation has been identified in bed bugs for the first time, and it could explain why these little beasties are on the ...

At just 300 light-years away, it’s one of the closest large gas clouds ever detected near Earth, and takes up as much sky as a typical constellation.

“Over the 4 day course of the viewing and funeral ceremony, the Pope’s chest ‘exploded’ due to build-up of gas in the chest ...

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Other than that, however, those with situs inversus totalis – that is, a mirror-image transposition of all organs – have ...

This was a primary nuclear explosion test site for the Soviet Union and its radioactive legacy is still present today.

The first giant virus to be identified, called Mimivirus (short for microbe mimicking virus ), was discovered in 2003 inside ...

The scholar who identified the message has now found several others, which show that the Luxor Obelisk still has something to ...

Even if human Martians are given protective space suits and sturdy underground shelters, this radiation is likely to still take its toll. As such, cancer rates on Mars are likely to be higher on Mars, ...

In some rare cases, fields of drumlins can be flooded with water due to rising sea levels, creating a collection of so-called ...

Mermithidae refers to a family of nematode worms known to parasitize various arthropods (that’s your crunchy invertebrates, like insects, arachnids, and crustaceans). Most of these nematodes target ...