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Siberian Mammoth Statue Gets a Christmas Makeover

Siberian Mammoth Statue Gets a Christmas Makeover

The Salekhard mammoth, ready for Christmas Just below the Arctic Circle, a roadside mammoth statu...
Potential for Alien Life Found on Saturn Moon Enceladus

Potential for Alien Life Found on Saturn Moon Enceladus

Enceladus' plumes may hold evidence of microbial life. (source: NASA) A new potential source of a...
What is a Paleontologist?

What is a Paleontologist?

Peter Larson and Sue Hendrickson alongside her T-Rex find. (source: Black Hills Institute of Geol...
The Mummified Baboon from the Land of Punt

The Mummified Baboon from the Land of Punt

Mummified baboon. (Source: The British Museum) After the societal breakdown of the First Intermed...
Don’t Miss the Geminids Meteor Shower!

Don’t Miss the Geminids Meteor Shower!

A composite shot of 2014's Geminids shower. (Source: NASA) From November 19 to Christmas Eve, the...
New Island Erupts into the Japanese Archipelago

New Island Erupts into the Japanese Archipelago

The island forming off Iōtō (Source: Japanese Self-Defense Forces) Across its vast archipelago, J...
Listen to the New Beatles Song!

Listen to the New Beatles Song!

The Beatles' rooftop concert, their final live performance. (source: Apple Corps) Over half a cen...
The Quakers, Benjamin Franklin, and the Jersey Devil

The Quakers, Benjamin Franklin, and the Jersey Devil

"Mephistopheles in the Sky" by Eugène Delacroix, 1828, a possible inspiration for the Jersey Devi...
The Real-Life Dracula Shed Tears of Blood

The Real-Life Dracula Shed Tears of Blood

Vlad the Impaler In searching for inspiration for his vampire count, Bram Stoker selected Vlad I...
Where Does the Werewolf Come From?

Where Does the Werewolf Come From?

Antonietta Gonsalvus who had hypertrichosis, one possible origin of werewolf mythology It is a co...
A Short History of Halloween

A Short History of Halloween

A wicker man, described by Julius Caesar in Commentaries on the Gallic War Tracing Halloween’s or...
The Trilobite Diet

The Trilobite Diet

A digital reconstruction of the trilobite's gut contents Trilobites hold a prized position in the...
Retrieved Asteroid Material Arrives on Earth!

Retrieved Asteroid Material Arrives on Earth!

The mission's capsule, having landed in Utah (NASA) Yesterday on September 24, an asteroid touche...
The Ancient History of Man's Best Friend

The Ancient History of Man's Best Friend

Canis lupus familiaris The relationship between dogs and humans stretches across thousands of yea...
The Animals That Thrive in Cities

The Animals That Thrive in Cities

A Red-crowned Parrot in Coahuila, Mexico Conventional wisdom has it that urban centers are biolog...
The Best Way to Steal a Banana

The Best Way to Steal a Banana

A vervet monkey Competition is the law of the land in the animal kingdom, but it is not the only ...
The Supercomputer Tackling the Climate Crisis

The Supercomputer Tackling the Climate Crisis

Geoengineering would change the atmosphere to reflect solar radiation The National Center for At...
Nature’s Laboratories

Nature’s Laboratories

Two tortoises on the Galápagos Islands. (Source: Magnum Photos) Natural selection is a slow proce...
Turkey’s 22 Underground Cities

Turkey’s 22 Underground Cities

A staircase in Derinkuyu. It was 1963, and a Turkish farmer had a strange problem: his chickens k...
Animals Took to the Streets During Covid Lockdowns

Animals Took to the Streets During Covid Lockdowns

A band of mountain goats walking the streets of a Welsh town during a Covid lockdown. (Source: Ge...
Looking Back at Deep Blue

Looking Back at Deep Blue

Part of Deep Blue on display. (Source: Smithsonian) For all the talk of the current boom in arti...
The First Musical Instrument

The First Musical Instrument

The ancient archeological record is littered with tools and weapons, means of survival in the pal...
A New Theory of Humanity's Origins

A New Theory of Humanity's Origins

Despite popular depictions, humanity likely didn't originate out of one population. (Source: Warn...
There’s Another Way to Count

There’s Another Way to Count

Addition isn't the only way to count numbers. Here’s a simple question: what number is halfway be...
Why is This Debunked Evolutionary Theory so Persistent?

Why is This Debunked Evolutionary Theory so Persistent?

The AAH suggests our ancestors were once partially aquatic. (Source: Renato Bender) About five mi...
Revisiting the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis

Revisiting the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis

Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat by Simon de Myle. Across many of the world’s religions, a story crops ...
A New Origin for Dragon Folklore?

A New Origin for Dragon Folklore?

An Edo period painting of a dragon from Japan. At the bedrock of folklore studies is one underlyi...
Why Do Astronauts Live So Long?

Why Do Astronauts Live So Long?

Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, pictured in 2017 for the 48th anniversary of the moo...
The Ocean Below Our Feet

The Ocean Below Our Feet

The deep mantle diamond (Credit: Tingting Gu)Early science fiction narratives are replete with jo...
5 Tips for Hunting Meteorites

5 Tips for Hunting Meteorites

A recent meteor seen as a fireball over the English Channel. (Source: ABC) 2023 has already been ...
Can You Solve This Bioethics Dilemma?

Can You Solve This Bioethics Dilemma?

A bust of Hippocrates, who the Hippocratic oath is ascribed to. (Source: Getty) You’re working i...
The Secrets of an Empire Hiding in a Tree

The Secrets of an Empire Hiding in a Tree

The ruins of Hattusa, the Hittite capital city. (Source: Encyclopædia Britannica) Written records...
The Kingdom Inside a Mummy

The Kingdom Inside a Mummy

The Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, a part of the same complex as the embalming workshop. (Source:...
Humans and Dolphins Make a Great Fishing Team

Humans and Dolphins Make a Great Fishing Team

A bottlenose dolphin, similar to the ones that aid fishermen in Brazil. (Source: Australian Geog...
Is a "Shadow Biosphere" Hiding on our Planet?

Is a "Shadow Biosphere" Hiding on our Planet?

A tardigrade, a microscopic animal. If a shadow biosphere exists, it would be at this miniscule l...
Earth's Core is Slowing Down, But Don't Worry!

Earth's Core is Slowing Down, But Don't Worry!

A visualization of the Earth's magnetic field, generated by the iron inner core. (Source: NASA) 3...
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