Category Archives: discoveries
Ravens Are So Smart, One Hacked This Researcher’s Experiment
Researchers had to remove the bird because they were worried it’d teach the others. Continue reading Ravens Are So Smart, One Hacked This Researcher’s Experiment
The World’s Oldest Known Temple Was Home to a ‘Skull Cult’
The people of Göbekli Tepe loved carving headless humans into stone. Turns out they also loved carving human heads using stone. Continue reading The World’s Oldest Known Temple Was Home to a ‘Skull Cult’
Would You Let an Autonomous Colonoscopy Robot Inside Your Butt?
The Arctic Is Getting Greener But Its Caribou Are Dying
Some Indigenous communities rely on the caribou hunt. Continue reading The Arctic Is Getting Greener But Its Caribou Are Dying
Oh This Old Thing? It’s Just a Three-Foot-Long Shipworm
Oh This Old Thing? It’s Just a Three-Foot-Long Shipworm
This Solar-Powered Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
This could benefit people in arid climates and water-starved regions. Continue reading This Solar-Powered Device Sucks Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
We Have Strong Evidence Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Can Support Microbial Alien Life
Scientists find potential evidence of methanogenesis, a biological process, on Saturn’s moon Enceladus—which means methane-breathing aliens could be chilling there. Continue reading We Have Strong Evidence Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Can Support Microbial Alien Life
Here’s a Knot of Dark Matter Binding Two Galaxies Together
Check out the first composite image of a dark matter filament in our universe. Continue reading Here’s a Knot of Dark Matter Binding Two Galaxies Together