A "black hole bully" is smashing a nearby neighbor with powerful x-rays and gamma rays—something that has never before been seen—scientists have announced.
National Geographic has not discovered ancient giant humans, despite rampant reports and pictures. But we have discovered how the hoax started—and perhaps why people believe.
From a mysterious meteor in Peru to a glowing deep-sea squid off Japan, find out which extraordinary finds from the past year struck a chord with our readers.
Tom and Jerry fans may finally have the key to why the combative cartoon mouse went sappy in the seventies, thanks to Japanese experiments with nasal cells.
Soon after human ancestors began walking upright, female vertebrae started to evolve to help pregnant women keep their balance as their babies grow, a new study says.
The first footage of the endangered Mongolian long-eared jerboa in its natural habitat—the Gobi Desert—could help save the endangered mouse relative by bringing attention to it.
