Quite simply, I would never! The list of actors who I think should be leading films is considerably longer and more diverse.

Strange glassy blobs strewn across the Australian desert are evidence of an ancient meteorite impact that scientists hadn't ...

Earth's mantle is so gooey, it takes eons for material that has been displaced by the weight of ice sheets to flow back. And ...

Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to ...

These floating barriers hold back the Antarctic Ice Sheet’s expansive ice flows, and their disappearance directly ties to ...

New peer-reviewed research reporting strange lights in the pre-space-age sky is sparking curiosity and controversy ...

“What do you think?” asked my colleague Marcus Eriksen, who counts paleoartistry, science education and environmentalism as his other mainstays alongside paleontology. “You’ve got the back half of a ...

Scientists used radar to find hidden layers under Antarctica’s ice, revealing ancient sediments, buried landscapes, and warm ...

As recently as the 1990s, when the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the Arctic region were measurably thawing under the ...

For decades, astronomers have been puzzled by a mysterious glow of gamma rays emanating from near the center of the Milky Way. Two theories have emerged: either the light was the result of dark matter ...

THE ROMANS built pipes from it. Sixteenth-century women coated their faces in powders containing it. And until a phase-out began in the 1970s it was added to petrol to make cars run smoothly.

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...