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Researchers suspect this fungus could help us with space exploration.
Here is a lizard-inspired robot that is as creepy and fascinating as real lizards, and wishes to explore Mars.
It's a world first that could signal the future of air warfare.
Bronze Age people used long straws to share beer from the same vessel.
Plastic debris from the seafloor show no sign of breaking down.
You’ve probably seen ads promoting gas and oil companies as the solutions to climate change. They’re meant to be inspiring and hopeful, with scenes of a green, clean future. But shiny ads are not all these companies do to protect their commercial interests in the face of a rapidly heating world. Most also provide financial […]
Researchers process close to 40 years of satellite photos to find correlations in beach width and climate cycles
In the fight against cancer, we need all the help we can get.
As an undergraduate, on a tour of Europe, I happened to step into the church where Saint Valentine’s head was kept. The tour guide told us a (likely fictitious) story about Saint Valentine performing forbidden marriages for persecuted Christians under the Roman emperor Claudius Gothicus (possibly 269-270 AD). Valentine was then imprisoned and beheaded in […]
CBD will prove to have a place in people’s medicine cabinets – but not until the medical community has established the right form to take and the right dosage for a given medical condition.
It absorbs polluted water and then releases safe water
This would allow us to stop using live volunteers on future studies.
It’s all about using them more efficiently, the researchers said
Yet again, researchers show that a low-calorie diet keeps people younger. But it's not clear why this happens.
Water really is a strange liquid.
How did they get so big in such a "short" time?
Bioprinting has come a long way, but there's still much ground to cover.
We can learn from history and maybe not do the same mistakes.
They are a common occurrence in summer and are also influenced by pesticides
This kind of thing doesn't happen very often, so archaeologists dealt with it carefully.
The impact of vegan diets on our pets’ health produces heated debate from people on both sides.
We have a beef with this type of "science".
They also found a shield, also likely for the person to defend themselves from evil.
The letters had been archived in France and mistakenly placed in another section of a library
They hunted big crab specimens when the tide was low and then cooked them, much like modern humans.
Jupiter has one-upped Saturn for now.
A delicacy and tasty, high-protein vegetarian alternative to chicken. Be wary of what you eat from the woods, though.
Even in the wild, sons tend to leech off their mothers.
It could be a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions coming from concrete.
AI increases the chance of detecting lung nodules, which also sometimes hint at lung cancer.
This 11,000 year-old scene is quite the artistic roller coaster.
The new fossils discovered in China is helping scientists bridge the gap between therapods and birds.
No fortune telling required.
The slow death of passwords seems imminent in the face of more convenient biometric authentification.
They keep expanding when they should be doing the exact opposite
Dystopian much?
It’s not necessarily good or bad for climate change, the researchers said -- but it will improve our climate models.
"The doctor will hear you now."
Yet another reason to spend more time with our feline friends.
The website has a big impact on the planet, and it's probably more accurate than you think. But it's not perfect.
Pollution and
These aren't your average pots and bowls.
It's been described as "stop-motion water".
This challenges the idea that Vikings were stealing animals in England
The world needs a good terminator, and seems like now we have one.
Today's plants are likely poorly equipped to withstand rising aridity unless they come preadapted.
The discovery of forgotten photos is helping archaeologists piece together prehistoric burial practices.
The Stone Age tool manufacturing workshop produced standardized handaxes, showing our earliest ancestors were much more forward thinking than we might have thought.
For years, the term “junk food” has been used to refer to foods considered bad for you, and not very nutritious. But junk can mean different things to different people. Official dietary guidelines have used more palatable terms such as “discretionary foods”, “sometimes foods” and “foods high in sugar, salt and fat”. But these labels […]
Martin Pistorius spent years trapped inside his body while being aware of everything around him.
