Why Bats Are One of Evolution’s Greatest Puzzles Can Scientists Save the World’s Tiniest Rabbit? The 50 Million-Year-Old Treasures of Fossil Lake Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is located on the North Western Panhandle of Nebraska. Photo by RobertWaltman/Getty Images One of the most unusual fossils ever to be found are strange tall structures recovered Read More…
The 100-meter Green Bank Telescope has precisely measured the timing of dozens of pulsars over the course of 15 years. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Contributing Writer Introduction Astronomers have found an extra-low hum rumbling through the universe. The discovery, announced today, shows that extra-large ripples in space-time are constantly squashing and changing the shape of space. Read More…
What NOT to do if You Get a Snake Bite by Avery Hurt You’re more likely to be struck by lightning than die from a venomous snake bite. But bites do happen. If you do find yourself on the business end of a snake’s fangs, here are a few things you need to know. What Read More…
‘Father of the cell phone’ says one day we’ll have devices embedded under our skin Key Points Future generations will have devices “embedded under the skin of their ears,” Marty Cooper, who is widely considered the father of the cell phone, told CNBC at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Such devices won’t need to Read More…
A group of cave divers is celebrating a milestone in their efforts to map out an unknown world beneath our feet. Blake Wilson (left) and Steve Cox (right) explore the incredible underwater world deep beneath the surface. On Jan. 7, divers with the Woodville Karst Plain Project found a connecting passage between the 38-mile-long Wakulla Read More…
Is it true that dogs can recognize a bad person just by smelling them? Oh, yes. From my own long experience as a dog owner, I have many instances to illustrate this, but here is just one of them. Freya (above) was a Keeshond. Bright, engaged, friendly, welcoming, and polite — but always quietly vigilant Read More…
