New Research
Your Summer Vacation Is a Carbon Emissions Nightmare
A new study of tourism supply chains shows that all those flights, zip-line tours and foie gras produce 8 percent of global carbon emissions
The Sun Will Produce a Beautiful Planetary Nebula When It Dies
A new model of stellar death shows our low-mass star has enough juice to produce a beautiful ring of gas and dust before winking out
Sorry, There Are No Secret Chambers in King Tut's Tomb
After two contradictory radar scans, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities commissioned a third comprehensive survey that revealed no voids beyond the tomb walls
Analysis Breaks Down the Annoying "Poet Voice"
It's not just you; poets also read their works aloud with long pauses, weird cadences and almost no emotion
700,000-Year-Old Butchered Rhino Pushes Back Ancient Human Arrival in the Philippines
The find changes the story of human migration, but scientists still don't know what human species did the cutting
3-D Scans of Fossil Beaks Show How Modern Birds Came to Be
The early seabird had the sharp teeth of its dinosaur relatives but a bird-like body
Researchers Identify How Much Radiation Hiroshima Victims Were Exposed to
The scientists say their research is the first to use a human bone to precisely measure the radiation absorbed by an atomic bombing victim
1,500-Year-Old Massacre Unearthed in Sweden
Archaeologists have so far uncovered the bodies of 26 men and children on the coastal village of Sandby Borg, possible victims of a local power struggle
This Is the Longest Straight-Line Ocean Path Around the Earth
But don't go hauling your boats out just yet
Yellowstone's Biggest Geyser, Steamboat, Has Trio of Eruptions
It's the first triple eruption in 15 years—but don't worry, it's not a sign the Yellowstone volcano is ready to blow
The World's Oldest Known Spider Has Died at Age 43
The female trapdoor spider ruled over her burrow in the Australian outback until a parasitic wasp attacked
Watch Cells Move Within Living Animals in This Breathtaking Footage
The new microscope technique incorporates cutting-edge technology to capture spectacular imagery of cellular activity
Fossil Tracks May Record Ancient Humans Hunting Giant Sloths
The tracks suggest a human—perhaps in search of food—closely followed the movements of the massive creature
The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That
In an era of personalized medicine, not including minorities in genetic studies has real-world health impacts
Wooden Statue Found in Late 1890s Likely Dates Back More Than 11,000 Years
New research posits it is one of the oldest-known examples of monumental art
Unraveling the Genetic History of a First Nations People
By looking at the DNA of Tsimshian people before and after European contact, researchers paint a more nuanced history
This “Mutant Enzyme” Breaks Down Plastic
It's definitely cool—but probably won’t solve our plastics problem
New Star Map Could Change Everything We Know About the Milky Way
The map includes 1.7 billion stars and is already revealing new details about star evolution and the formation of our galaxy
Why Researchers Believe These 100,000-Year-Old Etchings Weren't Symbolic
In a new study, the markings — which resemble hashtags —were not found to be distinctive based on time and geography
Did a Prehistoric Surgeon Practice on This Cow?
Though an early human likely created the hole, the reason why remains less clear
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