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The story of how tusks evolved from teeth

The presence of an enamel layer is one of the key distinguishing features between the two.

Three eyed fish found near nuclear plant in Argentina

If you’re a Simpsons fan, then you probably know about Blinky, the three-eyed fish found near the nuclear plant where Homer Simpson was working. As it turns out, the Simpsons were right yet again, as fishermen in Córdoba, Argentina caught a three-eyed wolf fish in a reservoir fed by a local nuclear power plant. As, […]

This 1912 newspaper article shows we've known about climate change for long time

People have been talking about man-made climate change for more than a century and we're still not listening.

This lizard-like robot can outperform Mars rovers

Here is a lizard-inspired robot that is as creepy and fascinating as real lizards, and wishes to explore Mars.

Apparently, boiling chicken in Yellowstone's hot springs is illegal

The real information you need to now on a Monday.

Hip-hop is slowly becoming a point of interest for academics and researchers

Some researchers are making a case for studying hip-hop.

How to best take a penalty kick? Science has some answers

Many competitions have been won and lost with penalty kicks.

The US Army Corp of Engineers' new cat calendar is so bad it's brilliant

Since the dawn of the internet, two things have always been in high demand: cool engineering and cats. Why not blend the two?

This ancient, 2,500-year-old love/grief letter is the most romantic thing

Love is beyond life and death, this ancient letter proves it.

Yes, a gun shooting blanks can still kill you -- and action movies are surprisingly dangerous

Blanks or not, guns should never be toyed with.

Repurposing wind power: How out-of-service wind turbines are giving new life to children's playgrounds

Old turbine blades cannot be recycled for energy production but they can be reused for fun and aesthetics.

This map shows the countries not using the metric system. Are you surprised?

There are only three countries that don't officially use the metric system.

Antarctica's amazing striped icebergs

Not all icebergs are white and pure.

We’re getting really good at making alcohol-free beer and wine. Here’s how it’s done

The advantages of tasty, alcohol-free beverages are easy to see.

Could pillows made from buckwheat help you sleep better?

The science isn't exactly conclusive, but there are some promising signs.

An 11-year-old graduated from university with a bachelor's in physics. He wants to make humans immortal

He even had time to drop out of one university and enroll in another.

An excuse to go 'Goblin mode' -- it's the new Oxford word of the year

Have you ever gone goblin mode?

Protests continue offline and online in China, as authorities try to squash and erase any trace of disobedience

A blank sheet of paper, math equations, and alpacas have become the unlikely symbols of the protests in China.

Over 1000 songs released in China have AI voices. Some have over 100 million streams

After competing with painters and illustrators, AI has started replacing singers in China.

Over 1 billion people believe in witchcraft -- especially in places with weak institutions

The real figure could be much higher.

Physics could bring a brand new, splashless type of urinal

We could all use some cleaner floors in public places.

AI algorithm could forecast when a bank bailout is actually worth it -- for the people, not the bankers

This would have really been handy in 2008 -- and it could be very handy next year.

Automation is driving wage inequality in the US

Automation is taking *some* jobs -- and this is driving further inequality.

You can now visit the Great Pyramid in Egypt from the comfort of your home

A digitized tour lets you visit the thousands-year-old chambers from your living room.

This clever algorithm may be what's driving rent prices so high

Algorithms are impacting our lives in a big way.

A political party headed by an AI aims to fight general elections in Denmark

The AI led party wants to grab the attention of the voters in the country who don't have any representation.

Christianity is rapidly shrinking in the US as more and more people are just not into religion

Within a few decades, Christianity may no longer be the dominant religion in the country.

A bored Chinese housewife created a compelling (but fake) alternative history on Wikipedia, fooling everyone for a decade

It's a type of forgery we've never seen before, and this novel-worthy fiction was created out of boredom and loneliness.

Bizarre cheating scandals are rocking the worlds of chess, poker, fishing, and tap dancing

From putting lead in fish to anal beads, the ongoing scandals have it all. Have a seat, we're going down the rabbit hole.

The best microscope images of 2022 are celebrated by Nikon's Small World awards

These photographs are simply amazing.

Chladni figures: the mysterious patterns in ‘The Rings of Power’ title sequence have some serious science behind them

Science meets fantasy.

Chess: how to spot a potential cheat

A few years ago, the chess website Chess.com temporarily banned US grandmaster Hans Niemann for playing chess moves online that the site suspected had been suggested to him by a computer program. It had reportedly previously banned his mentor Maxim Dlugy. And at the Sinquefield Cup earlier this month, world champion Magnus Carlsen resigned without […]

Japan's tallest residential building is a "vertical garden city"

Tokyo's new pair of green skyscrapers shows how to live in harmony with nature.

Who feels most threatened by more women's rights? Surprisingly, it's not older men

It's actually younger men that feel most threatened, a surprising new survey reports.

New house 3D printing concept blends concrete and wood for cheap, sustainable buildings

Would you print a house?

Sea urchin hats: Why these aquarium urchins are wearing dapper custom-made hats

They're as cute as an urchin can be.

Most fans don't know it but Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver exists for real. Well, sort of

After all, “whole worlds pivot on acts of imagination.”

How Victorian mourning paused rich intermarriages, paving the way for free education in Britain

When an influential queen went into mourning, the rich had to intermingle with the less rich -- which brought remarkable progress.

The world's oldest flower discovered in China

This article is part of our Fossil Friday series, where we present exciting, recent findings from the world of paleontology -- on a Friday.

Cutting-edge analysis reveals modern additions to historic dancing horse statue at Cincinnati Art Museum

This Chinese statue seems to have been repaired several times over the centuries.

The Voyager spacecraft celebrate 45 years from launch -- at over 10 billion miles away from Earth

I'm pretty confident I can't reach the party in time.

This stunning AI-generated picture won a fine arts competition -- and human artists were not happy at all

Is art still art if a computer made it?

This cafe in Japan has a unique feature: it nags you to get your writing done

Well, that's one way to fight procrastination.

Largest dinosaur fossil in Europe discovered by chance by a landowner in Portugal

Sometimes, doing yard work is very conducive to science.

Do you really know what's inside your tattoo ink? This study offers some clues

Researchers found that tattoo ink labels are largely inaccurate and may contain ingridients that are not listed.

Even astronauts can see it: the current drought in Europe as seen from satellite data

This drought is unprecedented in living memory, and is probably the worst such event in the last 500 years.

Fossil Friday: the world's first known predator discovered in Leicestershire, UK

It might not look like much today, but in its time, this animal was the height of dangerous!

War is stopping Ukraine from paying its debts – here’s how international powers can continue to support its recovery

The long-term economic outlook for Ukraine as it manages the effects of the Russian invasion

How friendships between rich and poor kids could lift people out of poverty

Climbing the social ladder is increasingly difficult in the United States -- one of the reasons why may be because rich kids aren't interacting with poor kids anymore.

Saudi Arabia plans to build a massive skyscraper that stretches for 75 miles and can host 5 million people

It's expected to cost up to a trillion dollars and house about five million people when fully completed.

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