A simple dinner could expose you to the same carcinogenic chemical as tobacco smoke
For a few weeks, people were yanking black plastic spatulas out of drawers and tossing them in the trash. A viral scientific paper had…..
Scientists analyze 763 dogs in nine regions of Ukraine and discover that the front is “producing” wolf-like dogs in a matter of months, claiming that this is natural selection, not genetic magic
War in Ukraine has filled screens with images of ruined cities and displaced families. What we rarely see is how the same conflict is…..
Microbes frozen since the Ice Age wake up and start devouring carbon in Alaska laboratories
Never-before-documented behavior: mice attempt to rescue their companions with actions similar to CPR
Science
A simple dinner could expose you to the same carcinogenic chemical as tobacco smoke
For a few weeks, people were yanking black plastic spatulas out of drawers and tossing…..
Scientists analyze 763 dogs in nine regions of Ukraine and discover that the front is “producing” wolf-like dogs in a matter of months, claiming that this is natural selection, not genetic magic
War in Ukraine has filled screens with images of ruined cities and displaced families. What…..
The Great Pyramid of Giza could be thousands of years older than we thought, according to a controversial study
Did the ancient Egyptians really build the Great Pyramid when your school textbook says they…..
Hundreds of marine fish have been glowing underwater for centuries… and no one had noticed
Fish have been glowing in the dark seas longer than humans have walked on land……
Never-before-documented behavior: mice attempt to rescue their companions with actions similar to CPR
Picture a lab mouse leaning over an unmoving companion, sniffing its face, grooming its fur,…..
At a depth of 100 meters underground in Albania, scientists have just discovered a thermal lake so large that it challenges our understanding of the world
Imagine standing in a quiet mountain valley near the Albania-Greece border. You see steam rising…..
Astronomers look back 11.1 billion years and see something that doesn’t fit: a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of control
A “monster” Milky Way twin is whipping up a cosmic storm 11 billion years ago…..
Humpback whales are making perfect bubble rings… and no one knows why
Curious humpback whales are blowing bubble rings at us. Is it a new kind of…..
Jupiter’s moon could be dead inside
For years, Europa has been the poster child for the idea of hidden oceans that…..
60,000-year-old poisoned arrows discovered in South Africa reveal that early humans mastered lethal chemistry long before agriculture or writing
Sixty thousand years ago, long before farms, cities, or written language, people in southern Africa…..
Mobility
If you have an AB 60 license in the United States, these four violations could cause you to lose it immediately and without the right to appeal
What began as a historic win for undocumented migrants in California is now entering a tougher phase……
China unveils the fastest bullet train ever built, reaching speeds of 450 km/h in tests and leaving Japan and Germany behind in the global race for the future of transportation
China has unveiled prototypes of a new CR450 bullet train that could soon become the fastest passenger…..
What many people install to protect their cars can now result in fines of $1,000 or even arrests
Energy
Wind farms in trouble: Sweden supplies electricity “as much as the lines can carry.”
Economy
The longest tunnel in Latin America took more than 10 years to build and now connects two key regions that were previously isolated by mountains
High in the central Andes, a new piece of concrete and steel is changing how…..
The United States and Japan want to spend $550 billion on synthetic diamonds, which says a lot about the problem with China
For most people, diamonds mean engagement rings and glittering store windows, not chip factories and…..
An iconic Chicago candy factory with nearly 100 years of history has filed for bankruptcy and could close permanently after losing millions
One of Chicago’s oldest candy makers has landed in bankruptcy court. Primrose Candy Company, a…..
China directly threatens Panama for canceling historic port contracts signed in the 1990s and warns that it will pay a high political and economic price if it does not rectify the situation
At the center of the latest clash between China and Panama sits the Panama Canal,…..
A renowned airline just accidentally discovered that it had a Boeing plane abandoned at an airport since 2012 and no one at the company had noticed for over a decade
We all misplace our keys or forget an old subscription. But an entire jetliner slipping…..
All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat
Every American who has ever had a Social Security number may now be living with…..
Goodbye to loans for non-citizens: the 2026 measure that could change the landscape of entrepreneurship in the US (and it’s not the first time this has happened)
A rule change in Washington, D.C. is about to hit many of the people opening…..
Chinese geologists make history: they discover a deposit buried 3,000 meters underground with more gold than South Africa’s reserves, which could be worth more than a country’s total GDP
Deep under the hills of central China, geologists say they have located more than one…..
The U.S. government shuts down again and millions of people fear for their Social Security checks, but the agency responds with six words that bring immediate relief
Millions of Americans who rely on Social Security faced new worries as the federal government…..
Millions of people could face fines of up to $680 for failing to meet the most important tax deadline of the year, which expired on January 31
The most important IRS deadline for wage and contractor forms has already passed, and millions…..
Technology
Environment
Microbes frozen since the Ice Age wake up and start devouring carbon in Alaska laboratories
Microbes that have been frozen in Arctic permafrost for tens of thousands of years are…..
For seven years, he collected more than 450,000 cans and bottles without knowing that this gesture would end up becoming the down payment on his first home
In Australia, an everyday recycling habit has turned into both a cleaner coastline and the…..
They spent the deadliest winter of the 17th century in a makeshift cabin eating whale blubber, not knowing if anyone would ever come back to rescue them
Almost four hundred years ago, eight English sailors spent a winter stranded on the shores…..
For the first time, an invasive species capable of destroying freshwater ecosystems in just a few months has been detected in Northern Ireland, and no one knows how to stop it
Tiny shellfish that most people would never notice have triggered a major warning in Northern…..
He created a lake to raise fish and installed cameras to monitor them, but ended up attracting eagles, deer, and owls to one of the continent’s most unexpected wildlife sanctuaries
It was supposed to be a straightforward farm project. Dig a five-acre lake, raise tiger…..
In 1940, a boy chased his dog through a hole in a tree and ended up finding a secret cave with more than 600 human paintings dating back 17,000 years that no one had ever seen before
In 1940, an eighteen year old and his dog squeezed into a hole beneath a…..
For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model of coexistence between nature and the law
In a remote corner of the Amazon rainforest, a tiny pollinator has just gained something…..
Alert in the forests: the unusual US plan to release 2,000 mice with paracetamol to curb a deadly plague
Picture 2,000 dead rodents, each carrying a small tablet of paracetamol, drifting into tropical treetops…..
