Image on the cover is the second best photograph of Solar Eclipse. (Credit: Colleen Pinski) The total solar eclipse of August 2017 was a huge thing, and over 200 million Americans watched it. A lot of them were trying to … Read More
In what may be one of the most satisfying TV moments we can recall, a group of conspiracy theorists accidentally spent thousands of dollars to prove that, yes, the Earth is round. The scene is from a new Netflix documentary … Read More
According to worrying new research, scientists have discovered a strong new strain of fact-resistant humans that are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life. The study, conducted by the University of Minnesota, identifies a virulent strain of humans that … Read More
Ever feel like there’s just not enough time in the day? As it turns out, you may be onto something. The Earth is rotating faster than it has in the last half-century, causing our days to be slightly shorter than … Read More
About 41,000 years ago, something remarkable happened: Earth’s magnetic field flipped and, for a temporary period, magnetic north was south and magnetic south was north. Palaeomagnetists refer to this as a geomagnetic excursion. This event, which is different to a complete … Read More
The Earth seems to inhale and exhale in a new animation that shows how carbon is taken up and released as the seasons change. During the summer, the animated continents appear to deflate, indicating times and locations where vegetation is … Read More