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
California bees may be fish, but Colorado elephants are not people. At least, that’s the ruling of the state’s Supreme Court, who this week decreed
The world’s largest iceberg – A23a – continues to move along its collision course with the remote British island of South Georgia. If previous iceberg
A nasal spray therapy for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (MDD) has now been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use on its
Failure to find the oldest dinosaur fossils may be because the areas in which they first evolved are now generally hard to explore like the
West Greenland’s lakes have undergone an alarming change. Within just a couple of years, thousands of its great blue lakes have turned brown and become
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the scolding lava, ash, and gas that poured from its entrails converted the Roman city of Pompeii into
