Birch pitch is thought to have been used in prehistoric times as hafting material or antiseptic and tooth imprints suggest that it was chewed. Here, the authors report a 5,700 year-old piece of chewed...
Unusual gravitational activity has been found in the outer solar system. It could be a ninth planet but scientists now propose it’s a black hole. Continue reading: Why astrophysicists think ther...
Great whales absorb an average of 33 tons of CO2 each throughout their lives Continue reading: One Whale Is Worth Thousands of Trees in Climate Fight, New Repo...
Jerry Chun Shing Lee is sentenced to 19 years in prison for conspiring to share US secrets with China. Continue reading: Jerry Chun Shing Lee: Ex-CIA agent sentenced over China spying...
צוות בינלאומי בהובלת הסוכנות מצא לראשונה סוכרים ושיירי חומרים אורגניים על מטאורים שנחתו על הארץ לפני מיליארדי שנים, בטרם היווצרות החיים על הפלנטה | הממצא מאשר את הסברה שחלק מאבני הבניין החיוניות לחיים...
Continue reading: Gharial found breeding in Nepal after 37 years...
I was bewildered when I encountered a new social class at Yale four years ago: the luxury belief class. My confusion wasn’t surprising given my unusual background. When I was two years old, my mother ...
…and how the Fed should fix it Continue reading: Why the repo market went awry…...
University of Rochester researchers have designed a new kind of metal that can still float after it has been damaged or punctured. Continue reading: Bill and Melinda Gates are backing an ‘unsink...
Signaling and countersignaling are hidden methods of communicating with each other. We do it all the time as a way to “prove” we are who and what we claim to be. Continue reading: Signaling: The Langu...