People like to say we have more computing power in our pockets than NASA used to get to the moon, but even that understates things. The Apollo guidance computer had a measly four kilobytes of RAM, ...

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

In 1960, a paper published in Science offered a grim prediction: the rapidly exploding human population would reach infinity on Friday, November 13, 2026, resulting in the extinction of humankind.

If the operators of Jurassic Park were going for verisimilitude, they wouldn’t have just included flashy dinosaurs. There were plenty of tiny protomammals scurrying around at the time, as well. Now, ...

The traditional Neanderthal stereotype might be that of a club-wielding caveman, but they actually had some pretty sophisticated technology. Our archaic cousins fashioned all manner of delicate ...

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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 ...

There’s a bit of a mystery surrounding obesity. Even though it’s a risk factor for a whole host of health problems, it also seems to offer some mortality benefits. For example, obese individuals ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...