Health
'Brain-eating' Amoeba Case Found in Florida Potentially Linked to Tap Water, Experts Warns
A person in Charlotte County, Florida, was recently sickened by a single-celled organism that can cause a rare, "brain-eating infection," p…
Culture
This medieval Norse sea monster was actually a whale, scientists say
A sea creature mentioned in 13th-century Old Norse manuscripts, which historians thought was a kraken-like mythological monster, is actually a whal…
Culture
Egypt Released Stunning Photos of a Newly Discovered 52-foot-long 'Book of the Dead' Papyrus
Egyptian officials have released photos of an ancient scroll, the 52-foot-long (16 meters) Book of the Dead papyrus recently discovered in Saqqara . …
Sci-Tech
Asteroid that formed Vredefort crater was twice as big as the rock that killed off dinosaurs
The largest asteroid ever to hit Earth, which slammed into the planet around 2 billion years ago, may have been even more massive than scientists p…
Sci-Tech
Wormholes Bend Light Like Black Holes Do — and That Makes it Possible to Find Them, New Study
If wormholes exist, they could magnify the light of distant objects by up to 100,000 times — and that could be the key to finding them, according t…
World
Light Pollution Spikes by 9.6% Annually, causing a Huge Impact on Wildlife and Humans
For most of human history, the stars blazed in an otherwise dark night sky. But starting around the Industrial Revolution, as artificial light increa…
Sci-Tech
Why Some Dinosaurs Evolved to Be Massive While Others Remained Tiny
The body size of some dinosaurs is not linked to their growth rate, according to a new fossil analysis that sheds light on why some like the mighty p…
Culture
4,500-Year-Old Temple of Mesopotamian Thunder God Discovered in Iraq
A digital reconstruction showing how the Sumerian temple at Girsu may have looked 4,500 years ago. (Image credit: British Museum) Archaeologists i…
Sci-Tech
Webb's Discovery of Massive Galaxies Challenges Early Universe Theories
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have observed six candidate galaxies with stellar masses as high as 1011 solar masses …
Culture
3400-Year-Old Skull Reveals Evidence of Early Brain Surgery
A recent study suggests that the skeletal remains of two brothers buried over 3,400 years ago in northern Israel, indicate that they had significant …
