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Learn more about the Bootids meteor shower, why it is so unpredictable, and what's in store for June 2026. Summer is officially here in the Northern Hemisphere. While we have only just experienced the ...

Learn more about tourism in Antarctica and how we may be leaving more of a carbon footprint on this pristine place than we ...

Learn how bacteria, oxygen, and layers of minerals locked fragile molecules inside a Cretaceous pterosaur fossil from Brazil instead of destroying them. The bacteria that began consuming a pterosaur's ...

Learn how a hidden manuscript was identified as Mozart's earliest known lesson notes and found to contain previously unknown compositions. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart counts as one of the most influential ...

Learn how a seismic wave from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake reactivated plate boundaries beneath Japan and exposed a new earthquake hazard. The magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake shifted Japan eastward ...

Learn what makes the Australian box jellyfish so venomous, what happens when it stings, and which first-aid steps matter most ...