Could the human species split in two over time due to evolutionary pressures as predicted by science fiction writer H.G. Wells? While the idea is fascinating, the science is flimsy.

Scientists are revisiting what it takes to wipe out many species at once. And they think it might be happening again, right now.

Scientists use satellite data to discover where the world’s most intense thunderstorms are found.

The secret of dazzling goaltending in hockey is not to scatter your gaze all over the place but to keep your eyes on the puck, which the best goalies do far better than novices.

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Scientists have found that the 100 life-size statues, which make up British Sculpture Antony Gormley's 'Another Place' art installation, on Crosby Beach, UK, have become a haven for a settlement of a particular breed of barnacle - Elminius modestus.