Both Neanderthals and modern humans started burying their dead at approximately the same time and in roughly the same place, according to the authors of a new study. Seeking to explain why the two groups suddenly decided to start interring corpses, the researchers suggest that burials may have acted as a means of marking territory […]
Being Cheated On In Your Relationship Linked To Chronic Health Issues
Finding out your partner or spouse is cheating is among the most painful experiences you can have, but new research suggests that pain can reach far beyond emotional anguish. The study found that people who’ve experienced infidelity are more at risk of chronic health problems, and that these can continue even when they’re in a […]
At Least 11 Donkeys Have Dropped Dead In Death Valley From Toxic Algae Bloom
At least 11 donkeys have been found dead in Death Valley National Park. While the region has been baked by scorching hot temperatures in its hottest summer on record, extreme heat is not believed to be the culprit (at least not directly). Advertisement The National Park Service (NPS) is currently investigating the donkey deaths, but […]
Mathematicians Just Discovered A Whole New Class Of Shape
As smart as we as a species are, Mother Nature almost always seems to have us beat. It’s true for things like brain surgery and robotics; it’s true for the race to swerve the heat death of the planet; and, apparently, it’s also true for advanced math. Advertisement “A central problem of geometry is the […]
Dead Trout Swimming And Pigeon Missiles – 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes Are Outrageous As Ever
The 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes have been announced, and once again prove that science can be funny, which only sometimes gets in the way of it being good. Advertisement Highlights this year include research comparing the movements of live and dead trout, and sober and drunk worms. Apparently, being drunk may harm a worm’s capacity […]
Self-Medicating Gorillas Use Same Antibacterial Plant As Traditional Healers
Finding new drugs isn’t an easy task, but new research in which wild gorillas were found to be eating the same plants used in local traditional medicine suggests the animal world may just hold the answers. Advertisement The team of scientists made this connection after spending time observing western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) living […]
If You Find Using Public Bathrooms Tricky, You Could Have Parcopresis
We humans tend to view pooping as a solitary activity. Unlike many animals, who void themselves without so much as breaking stride and use their waste in ingenious ways, most people would prefer not to discuss or even think about the topic when we’re not actually doing it. But when you’ve got to go, you’ve […]
Earthquakes And Piezoelectricity Could Trigger Gold Nugget Formation In Quartz
Gold nuggets may be the product of earthquakes repeatedly shaking the veins of quartz, thanks to the mineral’s unusual electrical properties. The idea is hard to prove, but evidence produced in the lab shows it’s plausible, and would explain anomalies that have been glossed over for a long time. Advertisement Gold is a very rare […]
Paralyzed Man With World-First Brain Implant Can Feel His Dog’s Fur Again
In 2023, a first-of-its-kind clinical trial used a brain implant and artificial intelligence (AI) to return movement and sensation to a man with quadriplegia. Now, a year on, it’s been announced that he can once again feel the fur of his family dog, Bow. Advertisement The pathways that connect the brain and body were severed […]
Leonardo Da Vinci Was A Master Perfumer, But Practically Nobody Knows About It
Leonardo Da Vinci was pretty much the definition of a Renaissance man, and not just by virtue of being a man who lived during the Renaissance. He was an artist, a scientist, a musician; a dick pic connoisseur and the creator of a mechanical lion that could walk several steps and then rip its own […]
13,000-Year-Old Campsite In North America Shows A “Way Of Life Lost To Time”
Some 13,000 years ago, wandering people set up a campsite in the Great Lakes region and returned to the plot each summer. The site is one the earliest ever discovered in this part of North America, revealing fresh insights into the population of the continent. Advertisement The humans belonged to a group known as the […]
California’s Wolf Population Doubles This Year With 30 New Pups Born
Following a rambunctious breeding season, California’s wolf population has rapidly expanded in the past year. At least 30 new pups have been born in the state this year, bringing the total number of known gray wolves in California to around 65. Advertisement As of 2024, there are seven known wolf families in California found across […]
What Is “Tired Light”, The Theory That Denies The Big Bang?
The idea that the universe is expanding was first proposed by Edwin Hubble in the late 1920s and has been repeatedly backed up by empirical observations over the past century. Despite this, an alternative notion known as the Tired Light theory won’t seem to fully go away, with some scientists clinging on to the idea […]
First Magnet-Controlled Prosthetic Hand Allows Amputee To Move Fingers With His Mind
In the newest breakthrough in prosthetic technology, researchers in Italy have unveiled a robotic hand that is magnetically controlled. There are no wires or electrical cables to be seen here – instead, the wearer directs the movements of the fingers with just their mind and the power of magnets. Advertisement The device has been taken […]
Greenland’s Climate-Driven Megatsunami Caused The Whole Earth To Shake For 9 Days
Last year, a landslide sent a wall of water 200 meters (650 feet) high rushing down a Greenland fjord. Thankfully, not only was no one hurt but hardly anyone noticed. Seismologists across the globe were confused by signals they had never seen before. Fortunately, a research station at the mouth of Dickson Fjord, while abandoned […]
The Infamous “Spiders On Mars” May Finally Have An Explanation
As we’ve explored the Solar System’s planets and moons using probes and orbiters, we have found and studied plenty of unusual features, from Jupiter’s “Great Blue Spot” to signs of something stirring beneath Europa’s ice. Advertisement One particularly striking feature, perhaps because it sparks our pareidolia, is the so-called “spiders on Mars“. Images taken of […]
Rare Isopod Filmed Swimming Upside-Down And Backwards 6,000 Meters Deep
Deep in the ocean lives an unusual isopod that’s known to swim upside-down while going backwards with the help of peculiar paddle-like legs as long as your fingers. Scientists recently captured several of these critters on camera, revealing for the first time their surprising snack of choice: sargassum. Advertisement Sargassum would seem an unlikely choice […]
Polaris Dawn Crew Makes History With First-Ever Private Spacewalk
Today, Polaris Dawn Mission Commander Jared Isaacman and Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis made history, becoming the first people to conduct a spacewalk on a private mission. Advertisement This morning, the four crewmembers sat inside their spacecraft and waited as the cabin depressurized. Once complete, they were protected from the vacuum of space by nothing but […]
Did Everybody Just Watch A Live Stream Of Billionaires Breaking Space Law?
Today at 6:12 am ET (10:15 am GMT), the crew of Polaris Dawn made history, becoming the first-ever private citizens to conduct a spacewalk. But they may have made history with another first; the first-ever livestream of a space crime. Advertisement In 1967, 111 countries around the world signed up to the Outer Space Treaty, […]
Shaking A Bottle Of Cola Doesn’t Increase Its Pressure. So Why Does It Explode?
Everyone is familiar with what happens when you shake up a bottle of soda and then open it up, or else hand it to an unsuspecting friend and let them open it up. Advertisement If you don’t, well it will explode everywhere. But the reason that happens may not be what you have been told. […]
