500 million-year-old worm with 'shuriken' spikes named after gigantic 'Dune' sandworms
The newly discovered species was part of the phylum annelid, which is made up of segmented worms.
The newly discovered species was part of the phylum annelid, which is made up of segmented worms.
This summer, the CDC is expected to release guidelines for the use of doxy-PEP to prevent STIs. But what is it, and why is everyone talking about it now?
Lion manes are generally there to impress and intimidate — but not all males have them, and in some circumstances, lionesses are also known to sprout fuzzy facial hair.
From China's Heavenly Pit, which stretches down 2,172 feet, to the Devil's Sinkhole in Texas that is home to three million bats — here are some of the world's deepest known sinkholes.
Save on chargers, earbuds, printers & backup drives as you head back to college.
Superfast changes to the intensity of a jet blasting out from a small black hole have been detected for the first time.
The research looked at peaks in biodiversity loss and their relationship with atmospheric CO2, finding 50 events over the last 534 million years that can be considered mass extinctions.
A type of immune cell that travels from the gut to the eyeballs may help to explain why some people with glaucoma continue to lose their vision after treatment.
Ongoing excavations at Exeter Cathedral in England reveal a possible medieval crypt, empty tombs and more.
Researchers have confirmed the existence of an odd type of brain cell that other neuroscientists once thought might be only a technical quirk or error.
A Bronze Age arrowhead found in Switzerland was made using meteoric iron.
As many as 100 'shooting stars' per hour will be visible during the moonless peak of the Perseids on Aug. 12 and 13.
Brutus minted the silver denarius as a way to pay his troops in the aftermath of Julius Caesar's assassination.
"Flesh-eating" bacteria normally spread rapidly throughout the body. In this case, it took four days for the infection to reach both of a man's legs.
Astronomers reveal 'the final chapters of a star's life' in a stunning James Webb Space Telescope's image of the exploding Ring Nebula.
Using off-the-shelf consumer batteries, scientists stimulated insulin release from engineered human cells implanted in diabetic mice and restored the rodents' normal blood sugar levels.
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A skyscraper-size asteroid was revealed in year-old telescope data thanks to a new algorithm that could rock the way near-Earth objects are discovered.
For the first time, scientists have estimated the abundance of great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod.