Study suggests ‘optimal’ combination of sleep, diet and exercise to extend lifespan
Small changes to exercise, sleep and eating habits can have amazing effects on people’s health and extend their lives, a large British study suggests. The study, published Jan. 13 in the journal eClinicalMedicine, sought to find the minimal lifestyle changes that could measurably extend people’s lives. Researchers searched within data collected from around 60,000 people […]
James Webb Telescope discovers ‘Dawn Goddess’ supernova just 1 billion years after Big Bang
Scientists have discovered a distant supernova caused by a collapsing star just a billion years after the universe’s birth. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured images of a Type II supernova on September 1 and October 8, 2025. The supernova, called Eos after Titan, the Greek goddess of the dawn, could help scientists understand […]
Earth is hit by the first solar radiation storm in 23 years, causing auroras as far as Southern California
A “severe” record-breaking geomagnetic storm shook Earth’s magnetic shield shortly after the sun unleashed a powerful X-class solar flare last night. This spectacular event, caused by a stream of ultra-fast solar particles, produced widespread aurora borealis at unusually low latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in Europe. Some news outlets have reported that this storm […]
Color blindness may lower bladder cancer survival rates, research suggests
Could being colorblind make you less likely to get bladder cancer? That’s the surprising hypothesis researchers have proposed based on a small study. The study, published Jan. 15 in Nature Health, looked at data from 135 patients with both bladder cancer and color blindness and compared them to 135 patients with bladder cancer alone. Data […]
Medieval ‘supership’ wrecked off the coast of Denmark discovered, largest of its kind
Archaeologists have discovered a huge medieval shipwreck at the bottom of a strait off the coast of Denmark. The 600-year-old ship was the Cogwheel, a ship with round square sails, one of the most advanced ships of the Middle Ages. Researchers at Denmark’s Viking Ship Museum say the newly discovered ship is about 28 meters […]
1,700-year-old Roman marching camp discovered in Germany – along with numerous artifacts including coins and shoe remains
German archaeologists have discovered four Roman marching camps dating back 1,700 years, along with numerous artifacts such as coins and old shoe parts. In the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire conducted several military campaigns into what is now Germany. Their goal was to expand Roman territory northward along the Elbe River, which emptied into […]
Giant underwater plume caused by Nazaré’s 7-layer wave photographed off the coast of Portugal — Earth seen from space
simple facts Where is it? nazaré, portugal [39.60478265, -9.071984267] What is in the photo? Huge seven-story waves crash along the coast, creating a huge underwater plume of sediment Which satellite took the photo?Landsat 8 When was the photo taken? October 29, 2020 This impressive satellite image highlights the immense power of seven-story waves crashing along […]
Indigenous TikTok star ‘Bush Legend’ was actually generated by AI, leading to accusations of ‘digital blackface’
Self-proclaimed “Bush legends” are becoming increasingly popular on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. These short, sharp videos feature Aboriginal men, sometimes painted ocher and sometimes dressed in khaki, introducing various native animals and facts about them. These videos are combined with various yidaki (didgeridoo) songs, including techno mixes. Comments on the video often mentioned his bubbly […]
Have you ever seen your pet cow pick up a broom and scratch itself with it? You have now
For the first time, cows have been recorded not only using tools, but also choosing which parts of their bodies to use when scratching. Witgar Vigele, an Austrian organic farmer and baker nestled on the slopes of the Eastern Alps, would sometimes see Veronica, a Braunvier or Bos taurus, with a stick in her mouth […]
Creepy ‘sand burials’ of elite Anglo-Saxons and their ‘sacrificial’ horses discovered near UK nuclear power station
British archaeologists have discovered a 1,400-year-old burial site containing the “sand burials” of two elite Anglo-Saxon figures and a horse. The archaeological team from Oxford Cotswold Archeology said in a statement that they had discovered “at least 11 burial mounds known as barges, along with cremations and cremation burials”. Researchers discovered the burial site near […]