Coronavirus lockdown measures have forced daily life to change, and that means humans are making less noise on Earth. With less traffic and other human movements, seismologists are noticing huge dips in the >>
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A tube that did nothing but eat and poop is your oldest ancestor
The ancestor of all animal life, including humans, was discovered in fossils from Australia. The tiny, worm-like creature had an opening in its front and one in its rear, with a gut in >>
Earth might have caught a new moon, and it’s super tiny
Many of the planets in our solar system have multiple moons, and some even have dozens of large objects cruising around in orbit around them. Earth, by contrast, has just one large moon. >>
Can this hideous fish solve world hunger?
When it comes to solving the world’s hunger problems, we often focus on maximizing crop yields and changes the food producers could make to better serve the ever-growing population of the planet. Researchers >>
NASA missed these 11 dangerous asteroids, but an AI caught them
There are lots and lots of space rocks hanging out in our solar system. Most of them will never pose a threat to our planet, but a very tiny percentage will indeed come >>
Watch as Earth loses all of its water in this new video
Earth is covered in water. It’s the big blue marble, and oceans dominate its surface… but what if they didn’t? What if Earth’s oceans were 100, 1,000, or even 10,000 meters lower than >>
A bizarre humming sound inside the Earth finally has an explanation
Scientists studying our planet have a pretty good idea of what goes on up here at the surface. Understanding what’s going on deep underground or in the depths of the Earth’s oceans is >>
Jupiter keeps flinging space rocks at Earth
Jupiter has long been credited with protecting the inner solar system from pesky asteroids and other objects that could potentially cause a problem for us here on Earth. That theory has come under >>
