Category: Science
A Fleeing Black Hole Was Found Leaving a Trail of Newborn Stars in Its Wake
A trail found in the gas surrounding a distant galaxy could be the smoking gun pointing to a runaway supermassive black hole. Based on an…
We’ve Forgotton The Potential Horrors of What a Nuclear Winter Would Be Like
Under the shadow of the Cold War, many in the world feared the impending prospect of a nuclear winter. According to a new report, our…
There’s an Amazing Link Between Zebra Stripes And How Our Fingerprints Grow
Nobody on Earth has fingerprints quite like yours. Even if you happen to have an identical twin, the swirling arrangement of ridges on your hands…
Policymakers, tourists look beyond ecotourism
This story was originally published in our Mar/Apr 2023 issue. Click here to subscribe to read more stories like this one. Across Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, pools of…
An Expert Explains How People Can Be Mistakenly Declared Dead in Today’s World
An 82-year-old woman who was recently pronounced dead at a New York nursing home was later discovered to be alive by funeral home staff. This…
‘On Demand’ Male Contraceptive Pill Could Switch Your Sperm Off For a Day
If women have the ‘morning after’ pill, could men one day have an ‘hour before’ pill? A new drug candidate renders male mice infertile within…
What Do The Reconstructed Brains of 125-Million-Year-Old Spinosaurs Tell Us?
You might imagine that the spinosaur mind was one-of-a-kind. Trampling through the British Isles as many as 125 million years ago, it makes sense to…
What Are UAPs And What Do We Know About Them So Far?
This article was originally published on Oct. 26, 2022 and has been edited to include recent information on UAPs and unidentified objects. A 16-member crew…
The New Best Place To Look For Alien Life: The Photosynthetic Habitable Zone
Exoplanet hunting is evolving from a science searching for exotic new worlds into one that is attempting to better understand these planets and to characterize…
Sketches Hint Leonardo da Vinci Grasped Gravity a Century Ahead of Newton
Isaac Newton is credited with first formulating a theory of gravity in the latter half of the 17th century – apparently inspired by an apple…