This week, the earliest runestone ever to be reliably dated may have been carved by a woman, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived some 1.4
Quantum computers hold the promise to revolutionize so many different aspects of science. They can tackle problems that even the most powerful supercomputer wouldn’t be
We’ve all been there: you’re standing in the cereal aisle of the supermarket, staring up at countless near-identical boxes of multicolored hoops, frozen in indecision
Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the cosmic web connecting two galaxies in
Millions of years ago, our early ancestors roamed an area of Africa known as the Cradle of Mankind, scouring the landscape in search of perfectly
Electricity is extremely dangerous, but also extremely useful when we can contain it and send it from A to B. It turns out that we
Chances are you have a nighttime ritual that really isn’t doing you any favors. A 2022 poll by the National Sleep Foundation found that 58
This week on Break It Down: the world’s oldest runestone might have been carved by a woman in a language that predates the Vikings, asteroid
Spiders might cause some fear among arachnophobes, with their unusually high number of legs and scuttling way of moving, however, new research has found that
On the grounds of Emperor Nero’s grand palace, where legendary parties once shocked and amazed, archaeologists have uncovered a giant chunk of pure Egyptian blue
Researchers have developed a new slime-like material made of natural materials that’s basically something out of a sci-fi movie: it generates electricity when squeezed! This
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has just collected its 26th sample, named “Silver Mountain”, and NASA has confirmed not only does it have curious textures “unlike
How do you let someone know you’re interested in them romantically? Perhaps a nice dinner, a cheeky DM. Science has even weighed in on the
Researchers have developed a way to grow human-sized tooth-like tissues in the mouths of pigs – this may be a lot to chew on, but
Few debates are more heated than whether to keep your cat indoors or let them meander around the neighborhood. Unfortunately for free-roaming fans, a new
Lurking in the cooling canals of a Florida nuclear power plant, an unlikely population of American alligators has taken up residence and continues to thrive.
Animal intelligence is a complex and hotly debated topic; there’s even some debate about the sentience of certain species and their ability to think. However,
