The Wollemi Pine is an ancient tree, virtually unchanged since herbivorous dinosaurs last munched on them.

Deep-sea divers now know how to avoid "the bends." But decompression still poses a problem when studying marine organisms from the deep.

From Egypt to East Asia, ways of making mummies have varied. Sometimes, as a recent find reveals, mummification happens completely by accident.

What ever happened to "the most radical attempt in modern history to challenge the Western standard temporal reference framework?"

Extinct in the wild, the Franklinia tree is still cultivated in botanical gardens, private homes, parks, even cemeteries. It's also got an interesting Revolutionary-era backstory.

What would happen if the Earth's magnetic poles flipped? Earth’s magnetic poles have a long history of switching from North to South and back again. 

Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef is facing a threat from a massive outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish.

An unmanned Chinese probe will be exploring the moon's far side in 2018. The side that faces away from the earth differs significantly from the familiar face of the moon. So why are the two sides so different?

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rey and Kylo Ren share a telepathic bond forged by the Force, brilliantly illustrating Douglas Hofstadter's "Strange Loop" theory of the self.

Will cutting fewer forests, where tick hosts and their predators live, help curb Lyme disease? Scientists debate.