Category: Science
Savage Megalodon Attack Millions of Years Ago Preserved in Ancient Tooth
Millions of years ago, an ancient sperm whale had a very, very bad day when a megatoothed shark – possibly the fearsome Otodus megalodon or its ancestor Otodus chubutensis, the largest…
How Will Delta Evolve Next? A Scientist Predicts What The Future Could Look Like
The COVID-19 pandemic is a dramatic demonstration of evolution in action. Evolutionary theory explains much of what has already happened, predicts what will happen in…
The Chronicles of a Campus Security Guard During COVID
It was a Sunday dawn when we noticed an image of a penis had been painted on the gate opposite the labs. As a campus…
Please, Please Like Me! Social Media Poses Unique Danger to Kids, Experts Say
In March, Buzzfeed reported that Facebook is designing a version of Instagram for kids under age 13. Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app that’s owned by…
Would It Be Fair to Treat Vaccinated Covid Patients First?
Around the world, hospitals and clinicians have broadly agreed that both Covid and non-Covid patients should have the same triage principles applied, that care shouldn’t…
Thousands of New Radio Signals Have Been Detected From Nearby Cosmic Sources
A powerful radio telescope staring at a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way has detected thousands of hitherto unknown radio sources. In the direction of…
How to Paint Like Rembrandt, According to Artificial Intelligence
For years, curators have attempted to use the latest technology to help modern audiences connect with centuries-old art — and the paintings of Dutch artist…
For The First Time, a Tortoise Has Been Filmed Going in For The Kill… Very Slowly
In what amounts to perhaps the most unhurried act of animal predation ever caught on camera, researchers have filmed for the first time a giant…
So Hey Here’s a Tortoise Hunting and Eating a Baby Bird
In the case of the giant tortoise, its hunting behavior seems to be a collision of ecological quirks. Terns nest in trees on Frégate Island,…
Can Science Explain Near Death Experiences?
This article appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Discover magazine as “Death Defying.” Become a subscriber for unlimited access to our archive. At the end of Plato’s Republic,…