Culture
Genetic study reveals previously unknown European lineage during the Ice Age
A previously unknown lineage of Europeans survived the coldest parts of the last ice age, only to vanish when Europe went through a warm spell start…
Economy
Oil prices rise slightly due to ample supply and hopes for higher demand
Oil prices settled up slightly on Wednesday as signs of ample supply, including growing U.S. crude inventories, offset growing hopes for higher deman…
Internet
This facial recognition website can turn anyone into a cop — or a stalker
Despite the controversy surrounding Polish-based facial recognition software PimEyes, an extensive test of the search engine shows that it has tro…
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…
