In the lab, they’ve displayed astonishing prowess for getting through obstacles, including overcoming strong natural aversions to reach a goal. Yet, they can’t do much of anything on their own. It’s ...

A trio of divers off the western coast of Norway had a close encounter with a drifting gelatinous blob — a squid's egg sac as big as an adult human. A video captured and shared on YouTube on Oct. 6 by ...

Two continent-size blobs of hot — and possibly molten — rock can be found deep underground, about halfway to the center of the Earth, according to a new study. These curious structures — each of which ...

When a huge, unidentifiable, gelatinous blob weighing 13 tons and measuring 41 feet long and 19 feet wide washed up on a beach in Chile in July, 2003, many speculated that it was the remains of a ...

A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic points to a weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, researchers report.

The "coming of age" of galaxies and black holes has been pinpointed, thanks to new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. This discovery helps resolve the true nature of ...

There’s been a huge development for people who may someday swallow a battery, Lego, coin, doggy toy, or even an AirPod (one guy found out that even after passing through his digestive system, it still ...

Two massive blob-like structures deep in Earth’s mantle are revealing a bigger picture about geological phenomena like volcanoes and plate tectonics. One blob lies deep beneath the African continent, ...