For 165 years, the giant fossil Prototaxites taiti puzzled scientists. Standing 26 feet tall, it may belong to an unknown branch of multicellular life, reshaping our understanding of early terrestrial ...

Deep beneath African deserts and Middle Eastern plateaus, scientists are uncovering a hidden world of tiny tunnels that should not exist, at least not according to any known geological process. Carved ...

Scientists have used AI to discover 25 previously unknown magnetic materials. The breakthrough could revolutionise tech, energy and sustainable materials research worldwide.

I keep coming back to the same unsettling thought: we may have just stumbled onto a form of life that does not fit any category biologists currently recognize. The discovery is forcing researchers to ...