3+ week, 13+ hour ago  (367+ words) While we have a fairly good grasp on how humans have evolved up to this point, predicting how this evolution will continue is far more complex. What can we expect in the future? What will humans look like thousands of…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago  (204+ words) Neanderthals vanished around 40, 000 years ago. Why? That remains unclear. However, tiny brains grown in a lab in California might soon provide some answers. Why did Neanderthals disappear while Homo sapiens flourished and eventually dominated much of the globe? That's the…...

1+ mon, 13+ hour ago  (266+ words) What did Julius Caesar really look like? A Dutch museum has recently unveiled what they call a "hyper-realistic" depiction of the ancient Roman dictator. However, the shape of his skull has raised some eyebrows. There are several known portraits of…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (211+ words) An Italian research team has studied the microorganisms found in a painting that is four centuries old. Interestingly, while some of these organisms can damage the artwork, others may compete with them, helping to preserve the piece! The scientists revealed…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (365+ words) This is sophisticated Indigenous engineering," Amaral has said in describing the way past communities deliberately reshaped floodplain terrain to live there permanently." It points to a deep understanding of the landscape " and to settlement patterns that don't fit the old…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (589+ words) In the middle of Saudi Arabia's vast desert, something extraordinary is rising from the sand " a project so ambitious it feels more like a scene from a science fiction film than a real construction site. It's called The Line, and…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (261+ words) Dinosaur Provincial Park is globally renowned for Late Cretaceous fossils and is recognized by UNESCO for its outstanding scientific value. The fossil, believed to be that of a juvenile hadrosaur, was first spotted in 2021 by a volunteer named Teri Kaskie,…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (607+ words) Instead, the tools were found beside the remains of Paranthropus, a close but not-quite-human cousin, long thought to lack the wits or the need for such innovation. That's like finding out your neighbor's cat has been secretly driving to the…...