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About 74,000 years ago, the Toba volcano located north of the island of Sumatra put the human race in check. However, now the reality may be very different.

Surely you know someone who has a birthday on the same day as you. The curious thing is that, according to several UN studies, there is a specific day of the year on which many people are born: what could be the reason?

Bezos' plan for the first private space station has just surpassed four key milestones requested by NASA to ensure the vital conditions of future astronauts and visitors.

A group of English researchers argue that molecules found on Earth and important for life originate in phenomena involving gravitational waves.

An unsolved scientific problem gives the title to the hit Netflix series, which portrays a utopian China and humanity's first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence.

Few creatures cause as much fear and fascination as snakes. Perhaps that is why snake "catchers" became a pressing need for the Australian community.

A study analysing stars that were born from the same molecular cloud shows that 1 in 12 stars may have swallowed a planet during its lifetime.

The EHT collaboration recently published a new image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. In the image, it is possible to map the magnetic fields.

There is much more water on our satellite than previously believed. New perspectives are opening up for lunar research and colonisation.

Intense rainfall followed by a drought in West African nations that produce cocoa has seen the price of the ingredient soar to record levels, surpassing $10,000 a tonne. This effect of climate change could make easter eggs more pricey.

ESA's Mars Express probe reveals a fascinating image near the north pole of Mars, showing sand dunes interspersed with layers of dusty ice in the Planum Boreum.

Meteorological phenomena in the stratosphere are making long-term weather forecasting in northern Europe easier, according to new research. Find out more here!