The day Japan came to a standstill is March 11, 2011. At 2:46 p.m., the country was hit by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded: a magnitude 9 in the Pacific Ocean, off the northeast coast. Forty minutes later, the second wave of the tragedy followed. A tsunami with walls of water over 10 meters high - nearly 40 in some places - inundated coastal cities and infrastructure.
In Kent, England, Inca, a German shepherd, did what no doctor had succeeded to do: by obsessively sniffing her owner Colleen Ferguson's breath, she pointed out a problem that no one knew how to diagnose. The woman, who did not smoke and showed no obvious symptoms, discovered a lung carcinoma the size of a golf ball, thanks to her dog's persistence.
In the rivers of Suffolk, in the east of England, there's more than just clear water. A team of researchers from King's College London and the University of Suffolk have made a discovery that has left the scientific community speechless.
On March 3, 2026, the yearly calendar reminds us how important it is to celebrate World Nature Day. Yet in order to establish a real contact with the earth, you don't need to go on trips to remote forests or specially landscaped green spaces, because any balcony - even the tiniest one, even the one overlooking a busy street - can turn into the setting of a real scientific investigation.
In the forests of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, researchers have measured the longest wild snake ever officially documented.
When we think of the great predators of Earth's history, our mind immediately turns to the Tyrannosaurus rex, a pop icon, a film and documentary star, the very embodiment of primordial force.
The story comes to us from Canada and stars Nora Keegan, who was just 9 years old when she began to ask herself a very specific question: are air hand dryers bad for children's ears?
On the beach of the Milazzo Tennis and Sailing Club, in the province of Messina (Italy), an unexpected guest has appeared, a creature that rarely shows itself.
Over 3,400 years old, the blade is still sharp, its geometric decorations are clearly visible, and in places, the surfaces still shine.
Levamisole is an active substance long used to combat infestations of intestinal parasitic worms such as roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides) and hookworms.