A Reddit user recently asked the question “what is the difference between taking paracetamol and Ibuprofen?”, revealing that a large number of other users also didn’t know the difference. While both are taken to relieve pain, paracetamol (known as acetaminophen in the USA, or the brand name Tylenol) and ibuprofen work quite differently. Paracetamol, one […]
Voyager 1 Sends Back Repeating Patterns Of 1s And 0s From Interstellar Space
Voyager 1 is the second-longest operating spacecraft in human history, losing out only to Voyager 2 which launched a few weeks earlier in 1977.* The spacecraft has traveled further than any human-made object, crossing the heliopause and heading into interstellar space. While doing this, it has continued to send back useful data to Earth, helping […]
Ultra-Rare Parrot With Only 7 Left In The Wild Gets Boost As Chicks Hatch
It seems every other day there is a conservation-related problem, with species being declared extinct and lost from the biodiversity of Earth’s natural world. Today however, we bring good conservation news from the bird keepers of Chester Zoo in the UK, where two incredibly rare Mitchell’s lorikeet chicks (Trichoglossus forsteni mitchellii) have hatched. The first […]
Ignore The Deathly Decay, Egyptian Tombs Perhaps Don’t Smell Too Bad
Taking a whiff of an ancient Egyptian tomb probably isn’t very high on your sightseeing bucket list, but you might be pleasantly surprised by some of the smells that can persist here (ignoring the thousands of years of dust and decay). New research has found that certain aromatic plants used in ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, […]
“Wave Of Death” Observed Spreading Across Dying Brains, And It Could Be Reversed
Researchers studying the effects of death on the brain have finally identified the sequence of events that lead up to the permanent cessation of neural activity. Not only do these findings shed light on the strange phenomena reported by people who have undergone near-death experiences, but they could also lead to new medical interventions designed […]
Science Has A Crack At Defining The Ideal Male Butt Shape
If you want to know what an esthetically pleasing male butt looks like, look no further. A new paper has the answer for you, showing the right proportions and angles for what is to be considered the most desirable masculine rear-end one can find. And we have to agree those are good butts. Plastic surgery […]
Get Pregnant To Treat Endometriosis, Patients Told, Despite No Evidence It Works
Patients with endometriosis around the world are still being given controversial advice to “treat” their condition by getting pregnant, despite a lack of evidence that it actually works, new data reveals. The survey of over 3,000 patients with a medical diagnosis of endometriosis was run by a team from the University of Adelaide, the University […]
SETI Haven’t Found Aliens So They Chatted With A Humpback Whale Instead
What do you do when your job is to talk to extraterrestrial intelligence, but no one has found any? Go have a chat with the nearest thing. A team from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute teamed up with whale researchers and had a 20-minute conversation with a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) named Twain. Many […]
After 23 Years Extinct In The Wild, Scimitar-Horned Oryx Make Triumphant Comeback
The scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), a species of antelope that was declared Extinct in the Wild by the IUCN, has been downgraded to Endangered. Conservation efforts to protect different species of animals usually take either an ex-situ approach, meaning the animal is looked after away from their natural environment, or an in-situ approach, meaning the […]
New Brown Dwarf Spotted By JWST Is Tiniest “Failed Star” Ever Discovered
Astronomers have announced the discovery of the smallest brown dwarf yet, an object weighing just three to four times the mass of Jupiter. Truly an incredible lightweight in the category of objects often referred to as failed stars. Brown dwarfs are not massive enough to start nuclear fusion at their core, and this object is […]
Methane Trapped In Permafrost Could Escape Its Icy Prison, Posing Climate Threat
Deep beneath the permafrost on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, a long-entombed threat is stirring. Although this may sound like the introduction to a horror movie, it is a reality that could have implications if it is ever released. Under the ice, millions of cubic meters of methane are trapped, but scientists have learned that this […]
The Horrific History Of Tooth Transplants
Transplants are an amazing feat of medical science. From kidneys to hands to eyeballs, various parts of the body can be transplanted from a donor into a recipient in need – but have you ever wondered why you never really hear about teeth from human donors being transplanted? It turns out the history of this […]
Cats Eat 2,084 Different Animal Species – Including Some Very Big And Strange Ones
Picture the perfect predator and you perhaps imagine a great white shark, a prowling tiger, or a sharp-eyed hawk. However, one of the most voracious predators on Earth is a lot closer to home: the domestic cat. New research highlights how free-ranging cats (including domestic and feral) have one of the most varied diets of […]
Solar Storms Can Cause Chaos For Trains, Flipping Red Signals To Green
A new study has found a slightly worrying problem with the rail network in the UK; its vulnerability to space weather. Solar storms are a pretty common occurrence – a moderate storm took place last week, for example, after a large hole opened up on the Sun’s surface. There’s nothing the Sun loves more than […]
A Third Of Men Are Open To Having More Than One Partner
If the idea of adding another partner to your relationship sounds pretty nice – after all, another person to bring you a morning coffee would be quite handy – then you might be interested to know you’re not the only one. A new survey of men in the UK has revealed that one in three […]
Celebrate Laboratory Science At Pittcon
Pittcon is the world’s largest and most comprehensive laboratory science event. Marking its 75th year of operation, the conference and exposition will be hosted for the first time on the West Coast, in beautiful San Diego, CA, from February 24–28, 2024. How did Pittcon begin? This rich and diverse conference and exposition has a fantastic […]
Vivid Colors Of Rare Half-Male, Half-Female Bird Captured In Incredible Footage
Move over, Bowie – there’s a new bilateral gynandromorph in town. In a Colombian forest, zoologists have captured footage of an extremely rare and vividly colored half-green, half-female, half-blue, half-male wild bird. The bird, a Green Honeycreeper, was spotted by amateur ornithologist John Murillo, who pointed it out to zoologist Professor Hamish Spencer, who happened […]
Here’s What Nostradamus Predicted For 2024
It’s that time of year again when news outlets begin publishing their big lists of things that 16th Century CE astrologer Nostradamus predicted would happen in the following year. Last year, predictions included everything from disaster on Mars to a “celestial fire on the Royal edifice”, which Nostradamus-enablers took to mean a meteor could set […]
Exclusive: Giant Skull Of 150-Million-Year-Old “Sea Monster” Emerges From UK Cliffs
A 150 million-year-old snout belonging to a predatory marine reptile was found by a fossil enthusiast while walking along the Jurassic Coast, UK. The chance discovery led to a retrieval mission of epic proportions as fossil experts scaled down a nearby cliff face in search of the rest of it. It wasn’t easy, but it […]
A Japanese Zoo May Have Accidentally Killed 75 Percent Of Its Squirrels
Inokashira Park Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, has launched an investigation after 31 of its 40 squirrels died over the course of a week, potentially the result of an accidental poisoning. According to a statement released by the zoo on December 11, keepers had given all 40 squirrels an anti-parasitic medication on December 4, alongside spraying […]
