Researchers at ETH Zurich have found traces of arsenic in particulate matter, clouds, and rainwater. Using new optimized measurement techniques, they have identified various ways
This week on Break It Down: unexpected and unexplained structures have been discovered hiding under the Pacific Ocean, the oldest equatorial dinosaur fossil in the
We’ve all heard some variation of this rumor: the average person “eats” eight spiders a year. And this isn’t a reference to the FDA’s standards
This coming Monday (January 13), grab your telescope, layer up in every piece of clothing you own, and head outside. Why? Because it’s lunar occultation
A cave shelter near Paris already known to host unique Palaeolithic art also appears to hold a three-dimensional map or model of the area around
In the quest to find the world’s oldest ice, scientists have successfully drilled a 2,800-meter (9,186-foot) long ice core, reaching where the Antarctic ice sheet
Quick! Think of a color. Now think of a number between one and 10. What did you choose? If a common factoid is to be
The oldest equatorial dinosaur in the world, and North America’s oldest dinosaur, has been described in a new study. Dating back 230 million years, the
As wildfires continued to rage on the outskirts of Los Angeles and beyond on Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a video posted to
When we consider 3D space, there are only two classes of particles: bosons and fermions, each having unique features that make them stand apart. But
The animal kingdom can get pretty weird when it comes to sex and relationships. Different creatures have evolved all sorts of methods to pass on their
Mammalian ears are pretty damn strange. For humans, they’re a bit unsightly, they’re made of cartilage yet somehow sneak in three bones, and they get
One of the largest collections of human and animal bones ever seen in a Roman feature in Britain has been discovered inside a ritual shaft
A bunch of evidence has shown that ketamine could be used in therapy for depression, although how it achieves this remains somewhat unclear. In a
Saber teeth such as those that belonged to apex Ice Age predators were superbly shaped for puncturing prey and subduing them, a new study has
Quantum computers are the next major leap in computing, bringing the peculiar properties of quantum mechanics to the operations of computers. They run on qubits
If asked about the specifics of a random day in their life, most people would struggle to answer without flicking back through a journal, or
