Jupiter is the oldest planet in our solar system. Despite centuries of observation, this beautiful world remains mysterious. However, the gas giant is slowly starting to give up its secrets, thanks to high-tech telescopes and probes like the Juno spacecraft. The best finds from Jupiter are recent and otherworldly. This strange haul includes unique features,

A murderer is a person who unlawfully kills another person, right? Wrong! According to certain laws, a person does not need to kill another person before they can be arrested and charged with murder. In fact, they do not even need to be at the murder scene. These “murderers” are usually charged under controversial laws

New technologies and innovations linked to old ones are unlocking scientific mysteries in ways never thought possible. These revolutionary new techniques are allowing unprecedented insight into the natural world. Whether they reveal an obscure and unseen galaxy billions of light-years away or a cryptic message from millennia ago, these pioneering methods are game changers in

Death is always a tragedy to those who have lost someone close to them. Sometimes, though, it’s hard for the rest of us to keep a straight face, particularly when people die in a ridiculous way. And there’s no shortage of ridiculous deaths through history. The Victorians, who took death so seriously, must have struggled

Wood is used in the creation of lots of objects that we see around us, whether it’s the chairs that we sit on, the tables we eat at, or the shelves that we put things on. Then again, there are also plenty of objects that don’t contain any wood—at least, not usually. It turns out

Supposedly, prisons are built for punishment and rehabilitation. Unfortunately, as we are about to find out, this is not always so. In corrupt countries, only poor prisoners end up getting punished. The richer ones just pay their way through, living in fully furnished, air-conditioned cells complete with televisions, cell phones, microwave ovens, Jacuzzis, and prostitutes.

Nature can be so serious. Most of the time, an intense survival game plays out. Yet, it is the more indirect side of the natural world—the quirks—that keep scientists on their toes. From the biggest organisms on the planet that nobody ever sees to the Sun setting off explosives, nature seems to have a strange