People today ring in the new year with parties, fireworks and Champagne toasts, but the ancient Egyptians also celebrated the…
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Middle children, rejoice: A new study finds that you’re more agreeable, honest and humble than your older and younger siblings.But…
Every year, scientists discover strange new things about the animal world — and 2024 was no exception. For example, this…
Nature has an unparalleled ability to inspire, awe and humble us, and 2024 was no exception.From haunting underwater whale graves…
We finally know how a fault that gave rise to Denali, North America’s highest mountain, first formed.According to new research,…
On Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will come closer than ever before to “touching the sun,” getting more than…
In 1974, Stephen Hawking put forward an intriguing idea: Using the principles of quantum physics, he predicted that even though…
The quickest, most accessible means of nature photography is “digiscoping”. The name is a portmanteau of “digital camera” and “spotting…
MIT engineers have created more than 8,000 electric vehicle (EV) designs that can be combined with artificial intelligence (AI) to…
In this excerpt from “Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life” (University of Chicago Press, 2024),…