For any member of the Homo lineage, half a million years on Earth can be considered a pretty good innings. Most of our human ancestors
The last year has been tense for anyone even vaguely interested in aliens or unidentified foreign objects (UFOs). From US congressional hearings on UFO sightings and
The mystery of a 200-year-old bottle has been solved. It turns out, it wasn’t a vessel for booze, but a “witch bottle” filled with pee
Enaiposha, also known as GJ 1214 b, is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Orkaria, located just 48 light-years from the Solar System. It was
Was blood a factor in the demise of the Neanderthals? New research is showing that Homo sapiens underwent huge changes in their blood groups after
In the Netflix documentary series Life On Our Planet, chapter six is devoted to birds and their evolutionary success since other dinosaurs died out in
This week on Break It Down: a new timeline shows exactly when and how the eruption of Vesuvius spread, chimps have been observed going to
Since the 1950s, Pittcon has stood as a cornerstone of laboratory science. Its roots trace back to Pittsburgh, where two visionary societies – the Society
Who would have thought the subject of handwriting could be contentious? But, it seems this topic is dividing scientific opinion. Last year, the journal Frontiers
With 200 billion trillion (ish) stars in the universe and 13.7 billion years that have elapsed since it all began, you might be wondering where
Scientists studying one of the largest pterosaur fossils ever found and identified have concluded that these animals were likely more diverse in the Jurassic than
They say we learn something new every day – and sometimes, discovering that something comes in the form of an adorable video of a pregnant
The Trump administration continues its deluge of executive orders that directly affect science and research, just days after being sworn in. Following the executive orders
In the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, after the death of a pharaoh, embalmers would remove the brain matter of their ex-ruler via the nose.
Not all penises in the animal kingdom are made the same, from those colored blue to those with four heads, there is some weirdness out
For anyone who is not a fan of eyes, look away now. We had a curious thought: what would happen if you accidentally got too
Call in the forensic experts, for a crime has been committed (albeit, 76 million years ago). That’s according to an “exceptionally uncommon” fossil of a
