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Scientists filmed a live goblin shark at nearly 700 metres deep in the Pacific.
In 2025, rare footage showed a goblin shark swimming freely at about 700 metres in the central Pacific, near Jarvis…
A tiny blue octopus the size of a golf ball was discovered at 1,800 metres deep in the Galapagos.
The animal, found during a deep-sea expedition, has an intense blue colour and a shape that surprised scientists. The…
About 74 percent of people may have a type of giant DNA hiding in their mouth.
Researchers at the University of Tokyo discovered Inocles, extrachromosomal DNA elements with an average of 350…
Interoception is described as the human body's hidden sixth sense.
Interoception is a network of internal neural pathways that allows the brain to coordinate breathing, monitor…
King Gustav III of Sweden used prisoners to test whether coffee was poisonous.
In the 18th century, the king ordered two condemned twins to drink coffee daily to prove whether it was harmful. The…
Point Nemo, in the Pacific, is the most isolated place on Earth and is 2,688 kilometres from any land.
Point Nemo is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, identified in the 1990s through computer simulations. Ocean…
The Dead Sea is about 418 metres below sea level.
The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth's land surface, located about 418 metres below sea level. Its high…
A 2,500-year-old statue was found buried face down under a Roman road in Turkey.
The statue, over 2.13 metres tall, was discovered in Sardis, the ancient capital of the Lydian Empire, during…
A 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy contained a scroll with Homer's Iliad.
Archaeologists discovered in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, a papyrus scroll with excerpts from Homer's epic poem placed on the…
The Amazon zombie fungus also lives inside mosses without causing harm.
The Ophiocordyceps fungus, known for infecting ants and altering their behaviour, was found living inside mosses at…
A new plant that does not photosynthesise was discovered in Malaysia.
Thismia aliasii, nicknamed the fairy lantern, obtains nutrients by parasitising fungi instead of photosynthesising…
Scientists discovered new rules about how planarians regenerate body parts.
Researchers at the Stowers Institute found that planarian stem cells follow precise rules to rebuild a head or an…
The ANKLE1 protein is the first human enzyme capable of detecting physical tension in DNA.
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong identified ANKLE1 as the first nuclease in mammals that responds to…
Exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b is shaped like a lemon and may contain diamonds inside.
The object, with the mass of Jupiter, orbits a pulsar and has an atmosphere dominated by helium and carbon, something…
A new technology allows the production of flexible, ultra-pure diamond films at scale.
The technique, developed by Chinese scientists, enables the creation of flexible diamond films with applications in…
Stanford researchers invented the first self-powered mechanical circuits that learn.
The circuits use a mechanism called Adaptive Directed Springs (ADS), which work like mechanical neurons capable of…
Electronic circuits made from living mushrooms can detect heat and have self-healing capacity.
Researchers bioprinted networks of living fungal mycelium onto stretchable electronics to create a self-sustaining…
A smart bionic eye prototype combines sensing, memory and processing in a single system.
The invention from RMIT University uses a molybdenum disulfide chip measuring 2 centimetres by 2 centimetres that…
The total weight of all ants on Earth exceeds that of all wild mammals and birds combined.
A 2022 study from the University of Hong Kong estimated there are about 20 quadrillion ants on the planet, with a…
Horseshoe crab blood is blue because it contains copper instead of iron.
The horseshoe crab uses hemocyanin, a copper-based protein, to transport oxygen. Unlike human hemoglobin, which…
The deep-sea fish Macropinna microstoma has a transparent head and barrel-shaped eyes.
This Pacific species has a transparent fluid-filled dome on its head, through which its green, tubular eyes are…
Human skin hosts about one billion bacteria per square centimetre.
The skin is the largest organ in the human body and is home to a vast community of microorganisms, including…
A person produces between half a litre and one and a half litres of saliva per day.
Saliva is essential for digestion, as it contains enzymes that begin to break down food. It also lubricates the…
Chocolate chip cookies were invented by accident in a bakery in France.
Ruth Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, invented chocolate chip cookies in 1938. She thought…