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Neanderthals Survived In Ice Age Europe Thanks To Effective Healthcare

2 years ago

Neanderthals Survived In Ice Age Europe Thanks To Effective Healthcare

George Dvorsky

Suspicious Packages Mailed To Pentagon Contained Only Castor Beans, Not Refined Ricin

2 years ago

Suspicious Packages Mailed To Pentagon Contained Only Castor Beans, Not Refined Ricin

Tom McKay

Photosynthesizing Bacteria Found Thriving Thousands Of Feet Below Earth’s Surface

2 years ago

Photosynthesizing Bacteria Found Thriving Thousands Of Feet Below Earth’s Surface

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

2 years ago

Award-Winning Microscopic Video Of Growing Zebrafish Embryos Is Mesmerising

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Moths Caught Drinking Tears From The Eyes Of Sleeping Birds

2 years ago

Moths Caught Drinking Tears From The Eyes Of Sleeping Birds

George Dvorsky

New Story, Same Big Old Bird

2 years ago

New Story, Same Big Old Bird

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs

2 years ago

Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs

George Dvorsky

Would Perfect Memory Be A Burden Or A Superpower?

2 years ago

Would Perfect Memory Be A Burden Or A Superpower?

George Dvorsky

A Dog With Cancer Got A New, 3D-Printed Titanium Skull

2 years ago

A Dog With Cancer Got A New, 3D-Printed Titanium Skull

George Dvorsky

Check Out This Incredible Extinct Bird From The Cretaceous Period

2 years ago

Check Out This Incredible Extinct Bird From The Cretaceous Period

George Dvorsky

Extraordinary Evidence Suggests 558-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is The Oldest Known Animal On The Planet

2 years ago

Extraordinary Evidence Suggests 558-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is The Oldest Known Animal On The Planet

George Dvorsky

Dear Lord, Praying Mantises Can Actually Catch Fish

2 years ago

Dear Lord, Praying Mantises Can Actually Catch Fish

George Dvorsky

2 years ago

Watch A Moth Keep Its Balance While Being Pelted With Tiny Cannonballs

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Primate Relationships Are Messier Than We Thought, New Research Suggests

2 years ago

Primate Relationships Are Messier Than We Thought, New Research Suggests

George Dvorsky

Watch The Awesome Way In Which Plants Defend Themselves Against Threats

2 years ago

Watch The Awesome Way In Which Plants Defend Themselves Against Threats

George Dvorsky

Plan To Build A Genetic Noah’s Ark Includes A Staggering 66,000 Species

2 years ago

Plan To Build A Genetic Noah’s Ark Includes A Staggering 66,000 Species

George Dvorsky

Drama Over Shirtless Selfie In Houseplant Hobby Group Inspires Wave Of Plant Nude Trolling

2 years ago

Drama Over Shirtless Selfie In Houseplant Hobby Group Inspires Wave Of Plant Nude Trolling

Tom McKay

Toddlers And Chimpanzees Share A Surprising Unspoken Language

2 years ago

Toddlers And Chimpanzees Share A Surprising Unspoken Language

George Dvorsky

Fishermen Find 10,000-Year-Old Skull And Antlers Of Extinct Giant Elk

2 years ago

Fishermen Find 10,000-Year-Old Skull And Antlers Of Extinct Giant Elk

George Dvorsky

Bizarre Reaction To Antibiotics Gave Woman ‘Black Hairy Tongue’

2 years ago

Bizarre Reaction To Antibiotics Gave Woman ‘Black Hairy Tongue’

George Dvorsky

Scientists Have Discovered The First Known Omnivorous Shark

2 years ago

Scientists Have Discovered The First Known Omnivorous Shark

George Dvorsky

New Research Sheds Light On How Opium Poppies Evolved Their Powerful Painkillers

2 years ago

New Research Sheds Light On How Opium Poppies Evolved Their Powerful Painkillers

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

New Zealand Penguins Travel 2500 Kilometres For Food In Marathon Migration

2 years ago

New Zealand Penguins Travel 2500 Kilometres For Food In Marathon Migration

George Dvorsky

Stunning Fossils Show Ancient Parasitic Wasps Still Inside Their Unfortunate Hosts

2 years ago

Stunning Fossils Show Ancient Parasitic Wasps Still Inside Their Unfortunate Hosts

George Dvorsky

Tiny Tunnels Previously Unknown To Scientists Found Between The Skull And Brain

2 years ago

Tiny Tunnels Previously Unknown To Scientists Found Between The Skull And Brain

George Dvorsky

Scientists Find Evidence Of 1000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation In The American Southwest

2 years ago

Scientists Find Evidence Of 1000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation In The American Southwest

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Beetle Trapped In 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was An Early Pollinator

2 years ago

Beetle Trapped In 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was An Early Pollinator

George Dvorsky

E. Coli Bacteria Made This Image Of The Mona Lisa

2 years ago

E. Coli Bacteria Made This Image Of The Mona Lisa

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Black Widow Spiders Are Spreading Farther North Than Ever Before

2 years ago

Black Widow Spiders Are Spreading Farther North Than Ever Before

George Dvorsky

The World’s Fastest Creature Is Not What You Think

2 years ago

The World’s Fastest Creature Is Not What You Think

George Dvorsky

Here’s How An Absurd Primate Ended Up With Squirrel Teeth

2 years ago

Here’s How An Absurd Primate Ended Up With Squirrel Teeth

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Australian Birds Learn About Danger By Listening To Their Friends

2 years ago

These Australian Birds Learn About Danger By Listening To Their Friends

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Does Your Self-Control Fare Against Great Tits’?

2 years ago

How Does Your Self-Control Fare Against Great Tits’?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The ‘Scutoid’ Is Geometry’s Newest Shape, And It Could Be All Over Your Body

2 years ago

The ‘Scutoid’ Is Geometry’s Newest Shape, And It Could Be All Over Your Body

Jessica Boddy

Whale Sharks Can Live 130 Years, New Study Estimates

3 years ago

Whale Sharks Can Live 130 Years, New Study Estimates

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

3 years ago

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

George Dvorsky

Baby Snake That Lived Among Dinosaurs Found Preserved In Amber

3 years ago

Baby Snake That Lived Among Dinosaurs Found Preserved In Amber

George Dvorsky

Adorable New Shark Species Named After Trailblazing Marine Biologist Eugenie Clark

3 years ago

Adorable New Shark Species Named After Trailblazing Marine Biologist Eugenie Clark

George Dvorsky

Fur, Feathers, Hair And Scales May Have The Same Ancient Origin

3 years ago

Fur, Feathers, Hair And Scales May Have The Same Ancient Origin

George Dvorsky

Scientist Loses Distinguished Award After Acceptance Presentation Full Of Racy Photos

3 years ago

Scientist Loses Distinguished Award After Acceptance Presentation Full Of Racy Photos

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Crows Are Officially More Badarse Than Ravens, Citizen Scientists Report

3 years ago

Crows Are Officially More Badarse Than Ravens, Citizen Scientists Report

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A Tit, An Owl And Some Parakeets: Winning Pics From The 2018 Audubon Photography Awards

3 years ago

A Tit, An Owl And Some Parakeets: Winning Pics From The 2018 Audubon Photography Awards

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

New Translucent Spider Discovered Living In Muddy Indiana Cave

3 years ago

New Translucent Spider Discovered Living In Muddy Indiana Cave

Jessica Boddy

Neat Experiment Suggests Crows Are Even Better Toolmakers Than We Thought

3 years ago

Neat Experiment Suggests Crows Are Even Better Toolmakers Than We Thought

George Dvorsky

The Discovery Of Complex Organic Molecules On Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Is A Huge Deal

3 years ago

The Discovery Of Complex Organic Molecules On Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Is A Huge Deal

George Dvorsky

Canadian Music Festival On Hold Due To A Single Nesting Bird

3 years ago

Canadian Music Festival On Hold Due To A Single Nesting Bird

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A New NASA-Led Project Means The Search For Aliens Is Heating Up

3 years ago

A New NASA-Led Project Means The Search For Aliens Is Heating Up

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

3 years ago

What Happens When A Ghost Town Turns Into A Lab

Adam Clark Estes

Whoa, Check Out Zebrafish Eyes

3 years ago

Whoa, Check Out Zebrafish Eyes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Swamp Sparrows Display Evidence Of Centuries-Old Tradition In Their Songs

3 years ago

Swamp Sparrows Display Evidence Of Centuries-Old Tradition In Their Songs

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Extinct Giant Panda Lineage Discovered Thanks To DNA From 22,000-Year-Old Skull

3 years ago

Extinct Giant Panda Lineage Discovered Thanks To DNA From 22,000-Year-Old Skull

Jessica Boddy

In The World Of Male Dolphin Alliances, Individual Names Identify Friends And Foes

3 years ago

In The World Of Male Dolphin Alliances, Individual Names Identify Friends And Foes

George Dvorsky

Fascinating Experiment By Australian Scientists Suggests Bees Understand The Concept Of Zero

3 years ago

Fascinating Experiment By Australian Scientists Suggests Bees Understand The Concept Of Zero

George Dvorsky

Stick Bugs Could Be Thriving By Getting Pooped Out Of Birds

3 years ago

Stick Bugs Could Be Thriving By Getting Pooped Out Of Birds

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Are Plants Conscious?

3 years ago

Are Plants Conscious?

Daniel Kolitz

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Rewrote The History Of Birds

3 years ago

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Rewrote The History Of Birds

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Smart Was T. Rex? And Other Dino Questions You’ve Always Wanted To Ask

3 years ago

How Smart Was T. Rex? And Other Dino Questions You’ve Always Wanted To Ask

George Dvorsky

Hippo Poo Is Suffocating Fish In East Africa

3 years ago

Hippo Poo Is Suffocating Fish In East Africa

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Lizards With Toxic Green Blood Are Super Freaky

3 years ago

Lizards With Toxic Green Blood Are Super Freaky

George Dvorsky

Does Earth’s Shifting Orbit Influence How Life Evolves?

3 years ago

Does Earth’s Shifting Orbit Influence How Life Evolves?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Hibernating Squirrels Could Ease The Organ Shortage Crisis

3 years ago

How Hibernating Squirrels Could Ease The Organ Shortage Crisis

George Dvorsky

Plants Complain To Their Friends When The Neighbourhood Gets Too Crowded

3 years ago

Plants Complain To Their Friends When The Neighbourhood Gets Too Crowded

George Dvorsky

What Scientists Saw When They Put A Crocodile In An MRI Scanner And Played Classical Music

3 years ago

What Scientists Saw When They Put A Crocodile In An MRI Scanner And Played Classical Music

George Dvorsky

Mistletoe Somehow Survives Without Protein Needed By All Other Multicellular Life

3 years ago

Mistletoe Somehow Survives Without Protein Needed By All Other Multicellular Life

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females For No Apparent Reason

3 years ago

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females For No Apparent Reason

George Dvorsky

Gorgeous Photo Of Martian Landscape Is Just The Beginning For ExoMars Mission

3 years ago

Gorgeous Photo Of Martian Landscape Is Just The Beginning For ExoMars Mission

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Winning Wildlife Photo Disqualified Because Of Suspected Fake Anteater

3 years ago

Winning Wildlife Photo Disqualified Because Of Suspected Fake Anteater

George Dvorsky

Scientists Kept Disembodied Pig Brains ‘Alive’ For 36 Hours, And It’s Testing Our Conceptions Of Death

3 years ago

Scientists Kept Disembodied Pig Brains ‘Alive’ For 36 Hours, And It’s Testing Our Conceptions Of Death

George Dvorsky

Flies Love To Ejaculate, Experiment Finds

3 years ago

Flies Love To Ejaculate, Experiment Finds

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Rare Mutation Among Bajau People Lets Them Stay Underwater Longer

3 years ago

Rare Mutation Among Bajau People Lets Them Stay Underwater Longer

George Dvorsky

New Species Of ‘Exploding Ant’ Discovered In Borneo

3 years ago

New Species Of ‘Exploding Ant’ Discovered In Borneo

George Dvorsky

This Glitter-Filled Algae Is A Living Opal

3 years ago

This Glitter-Filled Algae Is A Living Opal

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Mutated Plastic-Munching Enzyme Accidentally Created During Lab Experiment

3 years ago

Mutated Plastic-Munching Enzyme Accidentally Created During Lab Experiment

George Dvorsky

These Male Hummingbirds Manipulate The Sound Of Their Flying To Attract Mates

3 years ago

These Male Hummingbirds Manipulate The Sound Of Their Flying To Attract Mates

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Astonishing Zika Virus Images Were Made With a Nobel-Prize Winning Technique

3 years ago

How Astonishing Zika Virus Images Were Made With a Nobel-Prize Winning Technique

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Bizarre Fish Hides A Nasty Switchblade On Its Cheek

3 years ago

This Bizarre Fish Hides A Nasty Switchblade On Its Cheek

George Dvorsky

Director Of ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat At Controversial Food Producer Leaves To Start New Company

3 years ago

Director Of ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat At Controversial Food Producer Leaves To Start New Company

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Superb Antarctic Veggies Are A Tasty Preview For A Menu On Mars

3 years ago

These Superb Antarctic Veggies Are A Tasty Preview For A Menu On Mars

George Dvorsky

You’ve Never Seen Herpes Like This Before

3 years ago

You’ve Never Seen Herpes Like This Before

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Fossilised Ichthyosaur Was Pregnant With Octuplets When She Died

3 years ago

Fossilised Ichthyosaur Was Pregnant With Octuplets When She Died

George Dvorsky

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

3 years ago

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

George Dvorsky

Dark Splotches On Venus Could Be Signs Of Life

3 years ago

Dark Splotches On Venus Could Be Signs Of Life

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

3 years ago

Watch Sea Turtles Awkwardly Try To Use Their Flippers As Arms

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Simulation May Finally Explain Why Knuckle Cracking Makes That Awful Sound

3 years ago

Simulation May Finally Explain Why Knuckle Cracking Makes That Awful Sound

George Dvorsky

Mother-Son Orca Pair Commits Infanticide In Oceanic Shakespearean Drama

3 years ago

Mother-Son Orca Pair Commits Infanticide In Oceanic Shakespearean Drama

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

More Than 140 Whales Are Dead After Mass Stranding In Australia

3 years ago

More Than 140 Whales Are Dead After Mass Stranding In Australia

George Dvorsky

First-Ever Footage Of Anglerfish Mating Is As Horrifying As You’d Imagine

3 years ago

First-Ever Footage Of Anglerfish Mating Is As Horrifying As You’d Imagine

George Dvorsky

‘Alien’ Mummy Found In Atacama Desert Is Actually A Tiny, Mutated Human

3 years ago

‘Alien’ Mummy Found In Atacama Desert Is Actually A Tiny, Mutated Human

George Dvorsky

Parents Are Still Reluctant To Give Peanuts To Infants, Despite New Guidelines

3 years ago

Parents Are Still Reluctant To Give Peanuts To Infants, Despite New Guidelines

George Dvorsky

Ancient Human Groups Mated With The Mysterious Denisovans At Least Twice

3 years ago

Ancient Human Groups Mated With The Mysterious Denisovans At Least Twice

George Dvorsky

What’s The Filthiest Animal?

3 years ago

What’s The Filthiest Animal?

Daniel Kolitz

Florida Wildlife Officials Are Killing Invasive Iguanas By Smashing In Their Skulls

3 years ago

Florida Wildlife Officials Are Killing Invasive Iguanas By Smashing In Their Skulls

George Dvorsky

These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have A Profound Case Of Evolutionary Déjà Vu

3 years ago

These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have A Profound Case Of Evolutionary Déjà Vu

George Dvorsky

Termite Armies Send Their Oldest Soldiers To Die First

3 years ago

Termite Armies Send Their Oldest Soldiers To Die First

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

First Observation Of Rigour Mortis In Worms Could Help Us Understand Death By Old Age

3 years ago

First Observation Of Rigour Mortis In Worms Could Help Us Understand Death By Old Age

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

More Evidence That Dogs ‘See’ The World With Their Powerful Noses

3 years ago

More Evidence That Dogs ‘See’ The World With Their Powerful Noses

George Dvorsky

How Do You Hear Without ‘Ears’?

3 years ago

How Do You Hear Without ‘Ears’?

Daniel Kolitz

Termites Are Finally Being Recognised For What They Really Are: Social Cockroaches

3 years ago

Termites Are Finally Being Recognised For What They Really Are: Social Cockroaches

George Dvorsky

Huge Advancement In MRI Tech Captures Teeny Molecules With Incredible Resolution

3 years ago

Huge Advancement In MRI Tech Captures Teeny Molecules With Incredible Resolution

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

New Species Of Tardigrade Discovered In Japanese Parking Lot

3 years ago

New Species Of Tardigrade Discovered In Japanese Parking Lot

George Dvorsky