Engineers look at structures associated with the pyramid Pharaoh Djoser built 4,700 years ago and realize: That's a hydraulic system
24/07/2024
In the Jurassic, tiny proto-mammals that looked like shrews matured much more slowly than small animals today and lived longer, a new report suggests
Hundreds of fabric pieces found in Cave of Skulls by the Dead Sea date from Chalcolithic to Roman period – and some are startlingly scarlet
23/07/2024
The invertebrates are capable of episodic memory, such as where they found lovely shrimp for dinner. Research into how they do this reveals an unexpected truth
17/07/2024
Israeli company BlueGreen Water Technologies removes carbon from air while killing algal blooms. Third World countries can clean their water and make money from carbon credits to boot
16/07/2024
The study found that an area of the brain called the claustrum regulates wakefulness, attention and behavior. Varying its activity levels in mice affected sleep, responsiveness, and impulsive behavior, potentially aiding treatments for disorders…
14/07/2024
A population collapse in Sweden around the same time as the agricultural revolution suggested some sort of farming crisis. Genetic analysis finds another culprit
10/07/2024
Archaeologists find new fossil from Denisovans, an enigmatic and extinct species of human, in a Buddhist sanctuary in Tibet and also deduce what they ate
07/07/2024
Chances are you don’t know where your pie crust came from and don’t care, so would you switch to artificial oils to save the planet?
09/11/2023
Wildcats, birds and frogs. Hyenas. Maybe (shh) even otters are staging a comeback as floundering fish farms are given back to nature
25/10/2022
When Immunai, a machine learning firm creating a ‘GPS’ for drug development, was just getting started a leading professor though it was a joke – now he's their consultant
22/05/2022
Israeli company Hargol wants to convince Westerners of the benefits of eating locusts, including serving them as candy or chocolate-flavored protein shakes
16/02/2022
