‘Never seen a skull like this before’: Medieval Spanish knight who died in battle had a rare genetic disorder, study finds
Archaeologists excavating a cemetery full of medieval knights in Spain found the body of a middle-aged man with two stab wounds to the head and a blow to the knee, suggesting he died in battle. But when they looked closely at its skeleton, they were struck by its unusually long and narrow head, which is […]
Destruction caused by ‘silent’ earthquakes deep in the Earth’s crust can heal itself within hours
Cracks deep in the Earth’s crust can reattach within hours after certain earthquakes, a new study suggests. Specifically, these cracks can heal rapidly after what geologists call a slow-slip event. This is when deformation and stress-induced movement between the two sides of a fault occurs over days, weeks, or months rather than seconds or, in […]
Two tornadoes tear through Mississippi in perfectly parallel orbits during deadly ‘superstorm’ — Earth seen from space
simple facts Where is it? tylertown, mississippi [31.140899624, -90.17186140] What is in the photo? A pair of parallel tracks carved by a tornado during a major storm Which satellite took the photo?Landsat 8 When was it taken? March 22, 2025 This impressive satellite image shows two nearly perfectly parallel tornado tracks in Mississippi carved into […]
Study links GLP-1 use to pregnancy risk, but the study comes with important caveats.
Ozempic and similar drugs are not recommended for use during pregnancy, but new data suggests that stopping the drug before pregnancy may carry some risks. These data should be interpreted as an early signal that warrants further investigation, researchers involved in the study told Live Science. This analysis had important limitations. Women who used weight […]
The James Webb Telescope may have discovered the oldest and most distant supermassive black hole ever observed
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have discovered the most distant supermassive black hole ever observed. Hosted by the galaxy GHZ2, this massive object is so far away that astronomers have observed it only 350 million years after the Big Bang. The team’s study, which was uploaded to the preprint server arXiv […]
Amazing new ‘Prehistoric Planet’ clip as woolly mammoth battles attacking saber-toothed tiger
A stunning new animation depicts a saber-toothed cat attacking a herd of woolly mammoths in frozen northern North America towards the end of the last ice age. The clip, which will air on Wednesday (Nov. 26) in an episode of Apple TV’s upcoming series “Prehistoric Planets: Ice Age,” explores how iconic Ice Age animals adapted […]
Neanderthals cannibalized ‘outsider’ women and children in Belgian caves 45,000 years ago
Archaeologists discovered a horrifying secret while analyzing hundreds of Neanderthal bone fragments unearthed from a Belgian cave. Six Neanderthals were cannibalized 45,000 years ago, and the cannibals chose to eat women and children first. Modern archaeologists first explored the Goyet cave system in the Walloon region of southern Belgium in the late 19th century. Excavators […]
Scientists discover that the 10-year chimpanzee war ended with a baby boom for the victors
Killing neighbors and seizing their land led to a baby boom in Uganda’s chimpanzee community. This may indicate why chimpanzees find it advantageous to start wars. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) have long been known for violent conflicts or “wars.” This was first recorded by British primate researcher Jane Goodall, who observed in 1974 that a chimpanzee […]
Hundreds of burial statues suggest that ancient Egyptian pharaohs moved the bodies of different rulers and stole their tombs
Egyptian archaeologists discovered 225 shabtis (figurines intended to serve as servants of the deceased in the afterlife) that belonged to the pharaoh Shoshenq III in another pharaoh’s tomb. These figurines were found in the northern Egyptian ruins of Tanis, in the northern chamber of the tomb of Osorkon II, near an unmarked sarcophagus. The shabti […]
Has America’s obesity rate reached a plateau?
Just over 40% of Americans are obese based on BMI, and that number has been increasing since the mid-1970s. However, some new statistics suggest that obesity rates are now plateauing or declining. Does this mean America has reached its heaviest weight? Experts aren’t so sure. The apparent plateau is short-lived, data are incomplete, and the […]