George Dvorsky's posts

Chromium steel, commonly referred to as stainless steel, is thought to be a recent manufacturing innovation, but new…

NASA revealed new details about the Artemis moon landing program yesterday, including a detailed budget, project…

Notorious stinging trees from Australia cause agonizing pain that can linger for weeks and even months. New research…

Conservationists in Indonesia are celebrating the birth of two Javan rhinos—a species listed as critically…

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered seven well-preserved footprints belonging to humans. Dated to around…

The winners of the 2020 Ig Nobel Prizes have been announced, and the honored experiments include frozen knives made…

Earlier this year, conservationists in South Africa discovered two adult giraffes struck down by lightning, signaling…

Scientists should use magic tricks to better understand animal intelligence and perception, argue a team of…

On October 6, Christie’s will be auctioning off Stan—one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever…

The unprecedented discovery of a Jupiter-sized planet in orbit around a white dwarf star suggests it’s possible for…

Our minds were blown yesterday as a team of researchers reported on the discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere of…

Reindeer herders working on Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island in arctic Russia have stumbled upon an incredibly…

In a major announcement, a team of scientists is claiming to have detected trace amounts of phosphine in the…

New research, in which empirical data failed to jibe with theoretical calculations, shows just how much physicists…

Researchers have spotted physical abnormalities associated with a lack of genetic diversity in cougars living in the…

The prestigious Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has announced the winning photos…

As if we don’t have enough bad news to share right now, a tick species associated with bats has been spotted in New…

A surprising number of hillstream loaches—a family of Asian fish—are capable of walking on land using all four…

Scientists from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have produced the world’s first 3,200-megapixel digital…

New research suggests Hranice Abyss—the world’s deepest freshwater cave—is around 0.6 miles (1 km) deep, which is…