A man in the Australian state of Victoria wanted to catch a giant crab spider with a glass food ... every time Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to float income tax rises next month as she attempts to stick to the government’s fiscal rules. A freeze on income tax thresholds is currently being discussed in ...

The sheer scale of Earth's plastic problem has been laid bare in a new study. Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of ...

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean - dubbed "The Hoff Crab" when it was discovered in 2010 - is the first species in its family to show different claw characteristics between sexes. The ...

Google has decided to discontinue its goal of hiring more employees from underrepresented groups and is reassessing some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Google’s move aligns ...

As the drumbeat of layoffs at major tech companies slows but does not cease, a mass of Google workers has joined a new campaign pushing for job security at the Bay Area giant. By noon on Tuesday ...

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Two giant holes in the Sun could create impactful space weather for Earth in early February. Recent NOAA satellite images show two coronal holes, areas on the surface of the Sun with cooler plasma.

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources. By Nico Grant Reporting from San Francisco The Trump ...

Not many creatures on Earth can pull off keeping a pride of curious lions at bay. But lions don’t want to get their soft noses pinched by a crab’s forceful claws any more than we would. The video ...