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Photo: Pete_Flyer / Getty Images This 294-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserved Something Scientists Almost Never Find
We’re still discovering new things about the butts of creatures that died hundreds of millions of years ago.
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Photo: Archivo Administrativo, Museo Regional de Iquique–CORMUDESI / Science Advances Archaeologists Were Wrong About How These Famous Inca Child Mummies Died
No matter how bad it gets, at least we’re not Inca child sacrifices.
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Photo: Mike Korostelev / Getty Images Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why Orcas Are Punching Giant Sunfish So Hard They Explode
Orcas have always been scarier than sharks.
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Photo: Lan Zhang / Getty Images People With Aphantasia Can’t Visualize Anything. So How Do They Dream?
Among the visual aphantasics in the study, 46% said they always dream in pictures.
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Archaeologists May Have Identified the Earliest Known Scientist in the Americas
A wall at the Maya city of Xultun appears to preserve the name of Sak Tahn Waax alongside astronomical and calendar calculations.
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Earth’s Orbit Is Full of Hidden Space Junk, and Some of It Could Threaten Modern Life
Researchers found previously undetected debris near geosynchronous orbit, where critical communications and weather satellites operate.
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The Shroud of Turin Is Covered in Food and Animal DNA, New Study Finds
Researchers found human, animal, and plant DNA on the famous relic, but the results do not prove where it came from or who it covered.
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Scientists Just Found Ancient Human DNA Preserved on Prehistoric Cave Paintings
Researchers recovered genetic traces from rock art in Spain and Portugal, potentially revealing who created it thousands of years ago.
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Scientists Built a 3D-Printed Box That Can Keep Eyes Alive After Death
The device preserved retinal function for hours in pig eyes and may help bring whole-eye transplants closer to reality.
