For over a century and a half, life expectancy has steadily increased in the wealthiest countries. Spectacular climbs in longevity…
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Milestone: Carbon-14 discoveredDate: Feb. 27, 1940Where: Berkeley, CaliforniaWho: Martin Kamen and Samuel RubenOn this day in 1940, two scientists discovered…
Theory shows that stars can collapse directly into black holes without first exploding as supernovae. In fact, this should be…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has snapped stunning new photos of giant “spiderwebs” zig-zagging across the surface of Mars. One of these…
When Neanderthals and modern humans first got together, they preferred pairings between Neanderthal men and human women, a new study…
The newly commissioned Vera C. Rubin Observatory has issued 800,000 astronomy alerts in just one night — a staggering number…
The patient: A 64-year-old woman in New South Wales, AustraliaThe symptoms: The woman was admitted to the hospital after experiencing…
If like us, you enjoy immersing yourself in natural history documentaries, such as the BBC’s Kingdom, when traveling it can…
Scientists have unveiled the largest, most-detailed-ever map of the chaotic gas clouds at our galaxy’s center. The resulting image could…
Tigers will soon roam Kazakhstan for the first time in over 70 years as conservationists undertake a gargantuan effort to…