3+ day, 33+ min ago   (170+ words) The Bom Jesus set sail in March 1533, but it wrecked before it could return with its riches. Those riches took almost 500 years to resurface. “When I started, the artifacts were just sitting there collecting dust. They were deteriorating at a…...

3+ day, 24+ min ago   (235+ words) A surge in insect attacks is already underway, and mild winters are the culprit. “The forests that exist today aren’t going to be ones existing in 2040,” University of British Columbia’s senior author Jonathan Davies said in a press statement. “The…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (242+ words) He bought the taxidermied head at an antique store for $70. It just sold for $85,000. “It was quite a shock to discover we were sitting on something so special,” Andrew Stowe, an auctioneer and valuer at Auctioneum who eventually sold the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1712+ words) In 200 million years, there will be no borders–and possibly no humans. Pangea, the humongous landmass that joined together all seven continents into one mass during Earth’s prehistoric past, broke apart around 200 million years ago. In a fascinating twist of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (299+ words) Adding a whole new meaning to the phrase “soiled underwear.” Life begins with dirt. A vast majority of the food we eat originates with soil. Soil helps store carbon, acting as one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth. Soil…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (227+ words) The fish’s extreme lifespan could reshape how conservationists protect it. “Scientists have long recognized that lake sturgeon are among North America’s longest-lived freshwater fish,” MSU’s Scott Colborne, a co-author of the study, said in a press statement. “But the new…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (195+ words) The creation of Lake Mead in the 1930s flooded an old western town. Now, due to extreme drought, it’s slowly rising from the man-made lake. Of course, the entire purpose of the dam was to create an artificial lake in its…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (176+ words) Warmer river temperatures and dwindling water levels are causing nuclear disruptions across the continent. Warm river temperatures can usually recover quickly once heatwaves pass, but low water levels require more rain to return to ideal operating levels. And the latter…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (266+ words) A French expedition has set out to discover the environmental impact made by European countries dumping radioactive waste for 11 years. Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Few things are more dangerous to living beings than radioactive material. The…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (235+ words) Decades of tagging data suggest lake sturgeon could live well past 400 years old. “Scientists have long recognized that lake sturgeon are among North America’s longest-lived freshwater fish,” MSU’s Scott Colborne, a co-author of the study, said in a press statement....