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Shampooing Twice May Be Making Your Showers 27% Longer, Study Finds
Researchers found double-shampooing, repeated pauses, age, and water softness were linked to longer showers.
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How Rattlesnake Blood Could Help Scientists Build Better Antivenom
Researchers found combinations of rattlesnake blood proteins could block deadly viper venom in mouse tests.
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Flat-Headed Fossils Suggest Ancient Human Babies Were as Helpless as Ours
Fossil skulls suggest Homo erectus and “Hobbit” humans may have had helpless infants who needed intense care.
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Scientists Found a Hidden World of Fungi, Worms, and Tardigrades Beneath the Great Lakes
Researchers found 689 fungal species and tiny animals in ancient water pulled from deep beneath Michigan’s Antrim Shale.
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Universal History Archive/Contributor/Getty Images The Hiroshima Bomb Created a Strange Alloy Scientists Had Never Seen Before
Researchers found the silicon-rich alloy inside microscopic fallout particles preserved in Hiroshima Bay sand.
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Photo: Reinhard Dirscherl / Getty Images Archaeologists Thought These Cannibalistic Ancient Humans Ate Children. They Were Only Half Right.
So many discoveries around ancient kids suffering horrors lately.
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Archaeologists Used Lasers to Reveal Hundreds of Ancient Structures Hidden Beneath the Amazon Rainforest
A new LiDAR study found 396 previously unknown earthworks linked to the ancient Aquiry civilization.
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Scientists Found a Fossilized Food Chain From 100 Million Years Ago
Researchers say the Queensland fossil preserves evidence of a pterosaur eaten by an ichthyosaur later attacked by a larger predator.
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Humans May Have Hunted Female Mammoths More Than Males, Researchers Say
Ancient DNA from 521 mammoths suggests human-linked bone sites were mostly female, unlike natural deposits.
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Photo: AlxPortilla / Getty Images Scientists Warn the World’s Weirdest Orchid Could Be Loved to Death
Researchers say rare Dracula orchids are traded globally, raising concerns about whether wild plants are being protected.
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Photo: Stephen Frink / Getty Images New Studies Reveal Why You’re Seeing More Sharks at the Beach This Summer
Researchers say warming oceans are shifting shark habitats, including where some species migrate and raise their young.
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MIT’s New Breathable Hydrogel Could Be a Step Toward Self-Cooling Wearables
The lung-inspired material lets heat and sweat escape, helping wearable sensors stay reliable during exercise.
