Risk of Extreme Weather 'Doubles'

Extreme weather arising from a climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean will get much worse as the world warms, according to climate modelling.

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Near Asteroid 2004 BL86 Has a Moon

The 325m-wide object, known as 2004 BL86, swept by our planet at the very safe distance of 1.2 million km on Monday, and gave researchers a good view of its shape using radar imaging. As well revealing information on the space rock's rotation rate and surface properties, the pictures also identified the 70m-diameter moon.

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Secrets of the orchid mantis revealed – it doesn't mimic an orchid after all

In his 1879 account of wanderings in the Orient, the travel writer James Hingston describes how, in West Java, he was treated to a bizarre experience: I am taken by my kind host around his garden, and…

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Wake No More

For most teenagers, getting out of bed in the morning is a drag. But when Lloyd Johnson was 13 years old, he suddenly found waking up not just irritating, but agonizing and confusing. Sometimes he would open his eyes and already be in the car on the way to school — with no memory of showering or getting dressed. Other days, his family would drag him outside and pour water over his head to stir him, but still he’d remain asleep. His toughest mornings began when he woke up in an empty house...

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Newly discovered ‘Super Saturn’ has colossal ring system

Astronomers have found a planetary ring system with such enormous proportions, it makes Saturn’s rings look puny.

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The Wrists of Birds Reveal Evolution Undoing Itself

Contrary to earlier claims, a new study shows that evolution may be reversible

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Grounded

Cheryl Stearns was on a mission to collect her 20,000th skydive, until things down on earth got complicated.

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