It’s a known fact that humans outlive most animals. But tortoises are definitely an exception, and one of them was actually able to reach the ripe age of 187…
Read moreAreader has a question, which seems like it'll be fun to discuss. "In space, an object in motion stays in motion right?" the IFLScience reader as…
Read moreAn 11-year-old boy who was born with congenital hearing loss has become the first patient to receive a new gene therapy procedure, and it’s allowed him to …
Read morePlanetary scientists believe they have found an enormous deposit of water ice near the Mars equator. Almost two decades ago, researchers discovered some peculi…
Read moreThe hunt is on to find meteorites from an object that hit the Earth’s atmosphere 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of Berlin over the weekend. Although bits of ro…
Read moreASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully shot a laser toward India's Vikram lander on the Moon. However, this was not the first shot in a new sp…
Read moreFollowing years of activism from Indigenous communities and environmentalists, the removal of dams along the Klamath River is allowing water to flow freely onc…
Read moreAn eight-year-old has broken new ground in two questions most Australians have pondered at some time: why do magpies swoop, and how do they pick their targets?…
Read moreToday, January 19, at 3:20 pm UTC, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has made history – not just for Japan, but for the whole world. Its Smart La…
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