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Hiccups aren't just a human quirk—they're a shared trait among mammals like dogs and wolves.
Take a little break and enjoy the festivities all over again, all thanks to Jeff Cremer and his trusty drone.
Can you spot the goats? Oh and... can you explain the goats?
MGM Studios will remember Rasputin forever. After all, he caused them to lose a legal battle that changed the film industry forever.
When you think about security passwords, your mind probably goes to lengthy, complex combinations; especially when we’re talking about something that can kill billions of people and start a worldwide nuclear holocaust. But things can sometimes be surprising. For 15 years, from the Cuban Missile Crisis through much of the Cold War, the launch codes […]
NASA’s New Horizons mission revolutionized our view of Pluto, revealing a vibrant, geologically active world full of surprises.
When man piss in wind, wind piss back, a modern Confucius states. In this line, the city of Hamburg ingeniously sought to address its growing public urination problem in the city's busy party center by painting walls with hydrophobic paint. Next time an unsuspecting person wants to take a load off in Hamburg's St. Pauli neighborhood, he might be in for a surprise - it'll splash back at him.
Even ExxonMobil, a symbol of fossil fuel dominance, is urging climate action, underscoring the tension between Trump’s policies and industry realities.
The gist of it is simple: "ignore the trolls".
Between 1945, when the second world war ended, and the start of the 2010s, average life expectancy and mortality rates in high-income countries improved continuously. But from around 2012, in the UK and in several other countries like the US, Germany and the Netherlands, the rate of improvement slowed, stopped, or even went into reverse. […]
Proposed legislation stirs debate over affordability and fairness in higher education.
A walnut's rugged shell conceals a labyrinth of chambers and partitions, revealed in mesmerizing detail through CT scanning.
Cash buyers have several advantages -- and on average, they pay significantly less.
Despite promises that AI would reduce racial bias, these models seem to only perpetuate it.
They're some of the most unusual creatures in the ocean.
From "LOL" to "FOMO," online lingo is shaping how we communicate.
A hidden detail in Michelangelo’s "The Flood" may reveal a woman with breast cancer, adding a shocking twist to the iconic Sistine Chapel masterpiece.
Just like a number of creatures, wood can fossilize too.
If you think it's tough to sleep on land, try sleeping in the sea.
With the 2024 U.S. election on the horizon, AI-generated content is flooding social media, blurring the lines between authentic and synthetic content.
The COVID-19 pandemic may be over, but its effects linger in ways that reshape daily life.
"It is a dangerous precedent that hits us all," said fired journalists.
I pride myself on being a science fiction buff. Asimov, Clark, Wells, Jules Verne — there’s a reason why we’ve all come to love these classics. What makes people so fond of science fiction, though? One may argue that it’s these novel’s uncanny ability to dwell the human mind and foresee things that are yet […]
More to opportunities for crime, and loss of cohesion within communities are contributing to increased crime rates.
There's a lof of chemistry wisdom in this "fool's gold."
Niagara doesn't completely freeze, per se. But big chunks of it
This tongue-twister of a mineral has extraordinary uses, including nuclear disaster cleanups.
This is a picture of a chicken embryo being fed through fluorescent-labeled blood vessels from the yolk.
The geology of the ocean floor is truly spectacular — perhaps even more than land geology. Unfortunately, it's really hard to study.
A binary system of a red giant and white dwarf is creating a spectacular show in R Aquarii.
Many chemical reactions are surprising, but this one is something else.
"If change is the only constant in nature, it is written in the language of geometry."
In the year 2,000, a Chinese dealer purchased an unusual-looking rock weighing around a ton. He cleaned it off, removing 20 kilograms (44 lb) from it, and then took the rock (a gleaming mass of crystals and iron) to a Gem and Mineral Show in Tucson, Arizona. At the show, Dr. Dante Lauretta, a professor […]
Immigration pays off, especially if you're interested in science and math.
North Korea has not one but two facilities for processing weapon-grade uranium.
This was the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States since Maria in 2017
All major supermarkets and retailers that sell groceries, such as Kroger, Walmart and Costco, give large amounts of food to food banks and pantries. In 2022, retailers donated close to 2 billion pounds of food across the United States, which amounted to US$3.5 billion that year. The estimated value of donated food was a little […]
Smiling seals and crash-landing birds raise awareness for conservation through comedy.
It marked the first major overhaul of the U.S. corporate tax system in over 30 years, but did it improve the economy?
Ireland’s iconic table mountain has a fascinating geological history.
The disoriented baby birds can easily get lost and drawn into towns.
After becoming virtually extinct in California, wolves are making a comeback.
It's not money, it's not fame or glory. It's all about healthy relationships. Enjoy this masterful TED talk!
“A tiger is a large-hearted gentleman with boundless courage and when he is exterminated – as exterminated he will be unless public opinion rallies to his support – India will be the poorer by having lost the finest of her fauna.” So said Jim Corbett, a man whose fate was bound to that of the […]
A fragment of whale rib found in a North Carolina strip mine is offering scientists a rare glimpse at the interactions between prehistoric sharks and whales some 3-4 million years ago, during a period called the Pliocene.
These are perfectly cubical salt crystals, spotted at Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat, located in Bolivia.
Here's one productivity hack no one talks about: check your spreadsheets.
Algorithms have been manipulating you for a while. It's time to manipulate them back to find positivity and happiness.
Well there's a lot of good science already this early in the year, but hey - let's relax a little bit and look at this big guy just having fun in the snow - this is footage of a giant panda seeing snow for the first time in his life.
Geology meets archaeology in this stunning site.
