The Rising Star cave system is a tangle of tunnels located within South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind, which is one of the richest known fossil hominin sites in the world. In 2013, researchers exploring the narrow passages stumbled upon what they believed to be a burial chamber in an area known as Dragon’s Back. Burial […]
What’s Found Under Greenland’s Kilometers Of Ice?
Around 80 percent of Greenland is coated in a thick ice sheet, beneath which lie all kinds of mysteries. Along with long-lost mountains and rocky canyons, the world under Greenland’s ice sheet provides scientists with some invaluable insights into the distant past of our planet. The island of Greenland is the world’s largest island, measuring […]
Homo Naledi Documentary Adds Fuel To Already Heated Scientific Debate
A documentary about the exploration of possibly the most astonishing archaeological site of close human relatives makes the biggest assertions yet regarding Homo naledi, the deeply puzzling species found there. If true, the claims made by the team excavating the site would transform how we see ourselves and our place in the evolutionary tree. Many […]
Skinwalker Ranch – Bastion For The Paranormal Or Hoax?
There is a place in Utah, America, which is a veritable cornucopia of the strange and unusual for those who believe in such things. The so-called Skinwalker Ranch boasts stories of everything from unexplained animal mutilations, monstrous bullet-proof cryptids, and shapeshifting humans to UFOs and even ghosts. It’s a medley of paranormal and paranoid content […]
How Often Should You Be Showering?
In the last few weeks, the debate on how often you should shower has been rearing its potentially unwashed head into the public domain. But how often should you be entering the wet room? People have different bathing routines. In a Vanity Fair video, the castmates all played a game about whether they knew each […]
Silicon Chips Powered By Human Brain Cells Secure National Security Grant
The world has taken one step closer to a biological computing breakthrough, as a research project at an Australian university has secured funding from the country’s National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants Program. The project will see a team attempt to grow 800,000 human brain cells onto silicon chips, with capabilities that could revolutionize […]
Biblical-Era Destruction Of Jerusalem By Babylonians Reconstructed By Ancient Fire Analysis
The destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BCE is considered one of the most important events of ancient times and has left a lasting impact on world religions to this day. However, while the Bible describes how the invaders “set fire to […] all the houses of Jerusalem,” scientists are only now beginning […]
People Are Just Learning How Asparagus Actually Grows
Asparagus is a pretty famous vegetable as vegetables go, notorious for giving you green smelly pee. But now the humble spears have reached popularity again as people are just learning how these little green stalks actually grow. For those not in the know, the genus Asparagus contains around 300 species but the best known is […]
Long COVID Is Still Affecting Some People’s Brains Two Years After Infection
New research from Kings College London has shown that people with long COVID symptoms such as brain fog still experience cognitive difficulties two years after their original infection. Since the pandemic, people have been reporting impaired cognitive ability months after being infected with COVID-19. These claims have been made by individuals, but have also been […]
Is It Really Hotter Now Than Any Time In 100,000 Years?
As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures into context and asking: When was it ever this hot before? Globally, 2023 has seen some of the hottest days in modern measurements, but what about farther back, before weather stations and satellites? Advertisement Some […]
China’s Groundbreaking 10,000-Meter Journey Into The Cretaceous System
Scientists in China have begun digging a 10,000-meter (32,808 feet) hole into the Earth, the deepest ever attempted in the country. Digging down through 10 layers of rock, the team hopes to reach rocks from the Cretaceous Period, the layer known as the Cretaceous System, which dates back up to 145 million years. The project, […]
What Is “Sundowning” And Why Does It Happen To Many People With Dementia?
The term “sundowning” is sometimes used to describe a tendency for people living with dementia to become more confused in the late afternoon and into the night. At the outset, I should emphasise the term “sundowning” is overly simplistic, as it’s a shorthand term that can encompass a vast number of behaviours in many different […]
Half A Century After He Hit It, Alan Shepard’s Golf Ball Was Found On The Moon
On February 5, 1971, Apollo 14 touched down on the Moon. As well as equipment for attempting to determine the internal structure of our satellite, and to measure the composition of the lunar atmosphere, the astronauts took with them a six-iron golf club head and some golf balls. The head had been attached to the […]
The First Moon Landing Hinged On A Single Word To Save It From Disaster
A few years ago, a man named Jack Garman passed away. You might not have heard of him, but he had a pivotal role to play in the Apollo 11 lunar landing. And it culminated in a single word that meant the landing could go ahead. Back in 1969, John “Jack” Garman was working at […]
College Math Instructor Explains An Easier Way To Add And Subtract Big Numbers
A recently resurfaced video by a college math instructor has introduced people to an easier way of adding and subtracting large numbers. Howie Hua shared the trick with his followers on Twitter, explaining that it is sometimes easier to add and subtract by going left to right, rather than right to left as taught in […]
A Sixth Person Appears To Be Effectively Cured Of HIV
Doctors have claimed yet another person with HIV appears to be in long-term remission, meaning they are effectively “cured” of the dreadful virus. Known as the “Geneva Patient,” the man is the sixth person with HIV to be declared in long-term remission. The news of the sixth patient was announced by the Hôpitaux Universitaires de […]
Just What Australia Needed – A New Venomous Snake, And It’s Fast
A new venomous whip snake just dropped, although really it is an old one that no one noticed before, mistaking it for familiar species. The desert whip snake (Demansia cyanochasma) has been scientifically distinguished from other whip snakes for the first time. If you’re thinking this is another reason to never visit Australia, or at least […]
Two New Minerals Never Seen Before On Earth Extracted From Huge Meteorite
A space rock found in Somalia has been found to contain at least two minerals not found before in nature and only previously known to have been produced artificially. It’s not quite the asteroid that gave Wakanda its vibranium, but for geologists, it might be even better. Since these discoveries were made using a single […]
If You Listen Carefully, You Can Hear A Bee Ejaculate
It’s 2023 and high time you knew that you can hear bees ejaculate. The “pop” of bee copulation is caused by the explosive way in which they transfer sperm, and if it makes you uncomfortable you should know that the male drone is left feeling a lot worse. Drones, which are male bees, come into […]
JWST Might Have Seen Cosmic Diamonds In The Early Universe
Carbon-rich dust grains have been detected in the first billion years of the cosmos for the first time. The discovery is another important insight into what the universe was like during its infancy, although it is currently not clear what kind of molecule the researchers are looking at. In the recent universe, up to roughly […]
