The researchers were most interested in comparing how well the two groups performed a move they referred to as a “slam start” ...

In fact, their poop piles are so dense that they show up on satellite images. And the guano stains aren’t just in the spots ...

One of Egypt’s most iconic reminders of the Old Kingdom is the Great Sphinx, which was carved right out of the Giza Plateau’s limestone bedrock, a collection of ancient seabed sediments that ...

The forensics-heavy CBS crime procedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation may have gotten a bad rap. After its premiere, prosecutors started complaining about the “CSI effect”—jurors demanding ...

Human vision is imperfect. Our eyes do not always represent the world exactly as it is. We have blind spots. We see after-images. We are tricked by optical illusions. But some of these imperfections ...

GLP-1 medications are marvels at melting off the pounds, but once you stop taking them, the weight comes back. It’s a dynamic that’s familiar, and frustrating, to anyone who’s tried to lose weight.

Just like us, our cells can get old. But while these senescent cells stop dividing, they linger on, which is one reason they’re sometimes called “zombie cells.” Zombie cells aren’t functionally inert, ...

City pigeons have been around since Neanderthals roamed Europe. They served as a valuable food source back then, whereas now they’re decried as a messy nuisance. In fact, some cities have imposed ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

What has hairy feet, legs dotted with eggs, and a mouth loaded with tentacles like a Sarlacc from Star Wars? That’s how researchers from the University of British Columbia describe seven such ...

Our digital age presents a paradox, says Icelandic sociologist Vidar Halldorsson. Though humans are more connected and accessible to one another in a global and immediate way, our ability to actually ...

Imagine you’re suddenly transported to the wilderness, hundreds of miles from civilization, with nothing other than what you’re carrying with you right now. The way you view your personal effects ...