In terms of biological aging, the body appears to shift gears three times during our lifetime, 2019 research suggests, with 34 years, 60 years and 78 years as key thresholds. In other …
Read More »An exploding star 65 light-years away from Earth could have caused a mass extinction
Life was trying, but it wasn’t working. As the late Devonian period progressed, more and more living things went extinct, culminating in one of the largest mass extinction events our planet has …
Read More »Scientists finally know how an ancient reptile with such an absurdly long neck lived
Make a caramel crocodile. Take her head and pull her until her neck extends a good few feet from her body. If you squint, this could be what a strange looking Triassic …
Read More »One of the earliest types of stone tools could date back 2.6 million years, new data shows
Finding out when the first human species first developed and used stone tools is an important task for anthropologists, as it was such an important evolutionary step. Surprisingly, the projected date of …
Read More »Scientists found a key neurological switch that makes human brains so big
What do humans have that separates us from non-human primates, our closest living relatives? One of the biggest differentiators, scientifically speaking, is the size of our much larger brains, and now, we’ve …
Read More »Flu vaccines are linked to a decline in COVID-19 infections, and scientists aren’t sure why
The flu vaccine is not the same as the COVID-19 vaccine. If it were, the world would be in a very different place right now. Still, a new study published by health …
Read More »Vase fragments from an alien world may be buried deep within Earth
They are among the largest and strangest structures on Earth – huge and mysterious patches of dense rock that lurk deep in the lower parts of our planet’s mantle. There are two …
Read More »Sperm whales learned to dodge harpoons and taught the skills to others
Sperm whales taught each other to avoid harpoons after it began hunting them 200 years ago, according to a new study. Released by the Royal Society on Wednesday, the research was based …
Read More »We finally know how sperm ‘remember’ and transmit non-DNA-coded traits to embryos
Mammalian studies have shown that ‘memories’ of various environmental effects, such as diet, weight, and stress, are passed down from parent to child, despite the fact that these states are not encoded …
Read More »Ocean creatures mysteriously swim in circles, and scientists don’t know why
A small-eyed shark circling its prey is a classic scene known to many ocean lovers. Except this captivating circular behavior isn’t all that it seems, according to a new study that has …
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