How The Theopetra Cave Managed To Bring A 7,000-Year-Old Teenager Back To 'Life'
The remains of living creatures, sometimes dating back thousands of years, can receive remarkable restoration through modern 3D technology.
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What Were The Only Human Remains Recovered From The La Brea Tar Pits?
The La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles have been the subject of curious tourists as well as research scientists for decades, excavating relics of the distant past.
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Why Alaska's Snow Crab Shortage Is So Scary, According To Scientists
Whether or not you are partial to a delicious plate of crab legs, you should be concerned about the sudden dramatic decline of Alaska's snow crab population.
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The Most Endangered Rivers In America
There are plenty of environmental issues that cause dire but more localized problems. So it often is with rivers. Here are the most endangered rivers in the US.
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Researchers Are Stumped At The Staggering Amount And Speed Of The Energy Emitted By A Black Hole
A black hole 665 million light years away is spitting bits of a star back out, and the material is moving faster than it typically does when this happens.
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This Washington Town Has Unique Infrastructure To Make Squirrels' Lives Easier
There's a popular theory that all life on the planet is in some way interconnected, from the smallest insects to the largest whales -- including squirrels.
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How Truly Massive Is The World's Heaviest Pumpkin?
There exists out there a mindset which would suggest that in all things, at all times, bigger is better, especially when it comes to growing produce.
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The Heaviest Recorded Neutron Star Is Heavier Than You Think
Gaze into a clear night sky, and the pinpricks of light are dazzling, even awe-inspiring. Research tells us they are far more than twinkles in the darkness.
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Japan's Unique Tree Growing Technique That Could Help Solve The Climate Crisis
The world's climate crisis seems to be ratcheting up every year. Japan's unique tree-growing technique could help solve the problem.
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The Earth's First Mass Extinction May Have Taken A Bigger Toll On The Environment Than We Thought
Extinction is a word with such finality about it -- species of life on Earth that have disappeared, for whatever reason. And not just dinosaurs, either.
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The Appearance Of One Messy Galaxy Revealed Its Distant Past
New developments in technology have allowed human beings to learn more and more about the far reaches of space without ever leaving Planet Earth.
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Why People Think Celebrities Die In Threes, According To Science
There's a long-standing observation that life occurrences come along in a pattern of threes, especially when it comes to the deaths of celebrities.
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Just How Deep Under Water Can A Human Go?
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, and so do some human beings -- sometimes soaring to incredible heights, sometimes descending to extreme watery depths.
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The Real-Life Spider Named After One Of Hagrid's Pets From Harry Potter
Who says science and art have to be at odds? For one discovery, that certainly wasn't the case, as the two worlds collided — twice — to inspire one another.
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We've Been Wrong About How Snakes Eat Their Prey This Whole Time
Everybody knows how snakes eat really big prey, swallowing it whole -- they're able to basically unhinge their jaws and open really wide. Except they don't.
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Why The Name Of The Bonobo Ape Might Actually Be Meaningless
Shakespeare famously asked what's in a name, and while a rose by any other name might smell as sweet, the name of a species of primate is more complicated.
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What Happens To Your Body After A Jump Scare, According To Science
There are those who are quite content to live a life without dramatic ups or downs -- as little drama as possible -- and then there are fright fans.
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How A Rare Diamond Revealed Unknown Secrets About The Earth's Crust
As researchers continue to explore the mysteries of the universe, near and far, new information and insights are gathered to aid our understanding.
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The Scientific Explanation Of Why People Love To Be Scared
Some people love horror films, thrill rides, and haunted houses, but there is a scientific explanation of why people love to be scared.
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How Likely Is It To See A Full Moon On Halloween?
The two seem to go together remarkably well, at least in art and story -- Halloween night graced by a full moon -- but how common is it really?
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What Is The Science Of Identity Foundation?
The Science of Identity Foundation, an obscure religious organization from Hawaii, has been pilloried in the press in recent years. So what is it?
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Who Is Chris Butler, The Elusive Founder Of The Science Of Identity Foundation?
The Science of Identity Foundation, who some say is a cult, was started by the elusive founder Chris Butler, but who is he?
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Why French Scientists Believe Mars Could Have Hosted Life Billions Of Years Ago
French scientists believe Mars could have hosted life billions of years ago, but they think that life form snuffed itself out. Here's why.
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Swedish Blood Banks' Perfect Reason For Why They Give Donors An Update On Their Sample
No matter the type involved, we all need blood, and sometimes, we need more than we already have. That's when generous blood donors can save lives.
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How A Theoretical Boltzmann Brain Could Prove Something Comes From Nothing
Physics is full of interesting theories and thought experiments. Here's how a theoretical Boltzmann Brain could prove something comes from nothing.
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The Scientific Progress That Stephen Hawking Never Stopped Warning Us About
The scientific progress that Stephen Hawking never stopped warning us about would either be the "best or worst thing" to happen to humanity, he said.
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Why The US Government's Chicken-Turkey Hybrid Failed
Something there is about the human intellect that seems to believe that anything, no matter how good, can be improved by adding something else.
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