Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world, with approximately 840 languages still spoken today – that’s over 10 percent of
The first human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, became FDA-approved back in 2006. Since then, HPV vaccines have become a part of the national immunization schedule
NASA has issued a statement on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered asteroid with an over 1 percent chance of hitting Earth within the next
A team of scientists believe they’ve hit on a new quick and easy tool that could help diagnose children with autism. Using a 1-minute video
Hold onto your hats folks, it’s super pod time! Off the coast of California, in Carmel Bay, Risso’s dolphins have been seen traveling, leaping, and
In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx brought back to Earth 121 grams of material from asteroid Bennu. This is the largest sample ever collected and brought back
The Stevns Klint (Cliffs of Stevns) in Denmark are perhaps best known for providing evidence of the dinosaur-ending Chicxulub impact, but now, this geological site
During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, two Jewish outlaws stood trial for a series of crimes including the freeing of slaves without paying the required
Temperatures are achingly cold in the stratosphere over the Arctic, which can only mean one thing: it’s perfect conditions for psychedelic skies filled with rainbow-colored
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Over 7,000 years ago, a prehistoric chemist concocted a poisonous potion, carefully applied it to the tip of an arrow, and placed it into a
The image of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of massive elliptical galaxy M87, changed the world. It was the first-ever direct image
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced that the Doomsday Clock has been moved forward to 89 seconds to midnight. This is the closest
For the first time, scientists have created a bi-paternal mouse – that is, a mouse with two male parents – which survived until adulthood. The
Ever asked someone a question with the sole intention that they ask you the same question back? Turns out there’s a name for that: “boomerasking”.
Nature is capable of some pretty incredible phenomena and even a few mysteries. That’s become all the more apparent recently at Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana,
Tuberculosis (TB) is often thought of as a disease of the past, or one that is confined only to certain countries – but a recent
