The Glovis Leader just became the world's largest car carrier, hauling 10,800 vehicles across the ocean at once. What's inside this floating giant will surprise you.

Alligators live in bacteria-filled swamps and rarely get sick. The hidden chemistry inside their blood could help fight the superbugs that antibiotics can no longer kill.

California planned to install 30,000 solar mirrors for renewable power in the Mojave Desert until a group of desert tortoises showed up and said, "Not here!" ...

A University of Bath study of 36,000 people found that excessive optimism is linked to lower cognitive ability and poorer financial decisions. Here's what it means for you.

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Satellites revealed warm seawater pushing 6 miles under Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier with every tide, melting ice far faster ...

Police divers found an 8kg obsidian block near Capri's Blue Grotto, possibly the cargo of a 5,000-year-old Neolithic vessel — ...

Right now a short video is racing around the internet. It shows a traffic light in Europe slumping sideways, the coloured ...

A new genetic study reveals cheatgrass has split into 19 near-clonal forms across the West, each perfectly tuned to its ...

The indigo bunting crosses the Gulf of Mexico every night using the stars as a compass. The science of how this tiny bird ...

Tunnel boring machines can devour rock like a living creature. But the real surprise is what NASA and space engineers want to ...

Two massive planets may have once existed in early solar system before being ejected, leaving behind evidence in unusual ...