An extinct monitor lizard that walked the Earth 49 million years ago had four eyes. A new analysis of fossils unearthed in the 1870s suggests the metre-long lizard species ‘Saniwa ensidens’ had two light-sensing organs in the top of its skull. The creature used these ‘third and fourth eyes’ as and a biological clock and …

It is enough to delight any dinosaur enthusiast – and has been found right here in Britain. Scientists have discovered close to 50 footprints on the Isle of Skye left behind by the world’s largest dinosaurs. The sharp-clawed, three-toed prints of meat-eating theropods and tracks of the long-necked sauropods were made in a muddy lagoon …

Quantum physicists are discovering facts about the world that we would never have thought to be possible. The scientific breakthroughs that have taken place in the last few years are as significant to our understanding of reality as Copernicus’s outline of the solar system. The problem? Many of us simply do not understand quantum physics. …

The first of two March 2018 full moons falls on the night of March 1-2, 2018. The second full moon of this calendar month will happen on March 31, 2018. By popular acclaim, the second of two full moons to occur in one calendar month is commonly called a Blue Moon. This Full Moon spectacle occurs when …

A Chinese space station called Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace,” is about to crash to Earth. The 9.4-ton spacecraft will fall from the sky around April 1, break up, and sprinkle debris over Earth’s surface. Objects as large as Tiangong-1 can tumble and “skip” off the atmosphere. These and other factors make advanced predictions of a …