Research by a Danish physicist suggests that the explosion of massive stars – supernovae – near the Solar System has strongly influenced the development of life. Prof. Henrik Svensmark of the ...

Some worker ants forage, some tend the nest, and some do something far stranger to defend their colony. A species lurking in the rainforest canopies of Borneo has evolved a last-resort tactic so ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. A star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was ...