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Astronomers may have found the surprisingly elusive medium-sized black hole
The discovery hints that “intermediate mass” black holes may be peppered throughout the universe.
Local languages are dying out and taking invaluable knowledge with them
Rare, rural vocabularies hold the keys to centuries-old questions about nature, human migration, and more.
The strange and ethereal bigfin squid just showed up off the coast of Australia
There have only been a dozen sightings of Magnapinna squid over the past 30 years.
Australia’s horrific fires may permanently change the country’s landscape
Climate change has altered the rules irrevocably.
A small coronavirus breakthrough could aid in the search for a vaccine
With viral proteins, scientists can start to develop antigens over many months.
These adorable sharks have evolved to walk across the seafloor
They’re also champion hitchhikers.
This 43-mile-wide crater is 2.2 billion years old—making it Earth’s oldest meteorite impact
Billions of years ago, the strike might have helped end an ice age.
Heat and drought are causing feral camels to overrun communities in Australia
More than 5,000 animals were culled to curb the damage, but the wildfires aren’t to blame.
We know wildfire smoke affects our health, but the long-term consequences are hazy
The dose of exposure is important—the worse the pollution, the greater the health effects.
Australia’s government needs to take drastic action to prevent future fires—and so do the rest of us
Dispatches from the front lines of climate change.