June 12, 2019

There’s a Huge Ecological Problem About to Hit Us, and nobody knows what will happen

In the salt water marshes of southern California, a splashing killifish is easy prey for a hungry shorebird. Like a

The “original bitcoin” was this giant stone money on a tiny Pacific island

Bitcoin and the blockchain may seem like puzzling new technological concepts, but the central tenet of this cutting-edge cryptocurrency goes

Earliest evidence of people “smoking” weed found in 2,500-year-old Chinese pots

We know humans have been using cannabis for various purposes for thousands of years, but its history as a drug

A new paper just changed what we know about the ancestor of all animals

In the beginning, life was simple. Then, about half a billion years ago, biology got complicated. Identical cells shrugged off

The Sun could unleash a massive ‘superflare’ in the next 100 years, scientists warn

It was the year 2000 and scientists had never seen anything like it: astronomers reported evidence of “superflares” on distant

Heartwarming discovery shows dolphins are even more like us than we thought

Many comparisons have been made between humans and dolphins, those sleek mammals of the sea. Now scientists have found another

Remember last year’s brutal summer heatwaves? They’re coming again

Simultaneous heat waves scorched land areas all over the Northern Hemisphere last summer, killing hundreds and hospitalizing thousands while intensifying