
Popular Mechanics - 1 day 20 hours ago
Scientists have pushed back LUCA's origin by hundreds of millions of years.

Newser - 1 day 22 hours ago
Archaeologists say they've identified the first confirmed victim of one of medieval warfare's most fearsome machines: the trebuchet. The remains, labeled "Skeleton 150," belong to a man in his 20s who died while Scotland's Stirling Castle was besieged by English forces in the early 1300s. His bones were shattered in...

Ars Technica - 1 day 23 hours ago
In a recent study, evolution gets even messier than usual.

NPR - 2 days 3 hours ago
While parts of Greenland and Western Europe savor a total solar eclipse, much of the Northern Hemisphere will be able to see the peak of the Perseid meteor shower Wednesday night.

Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 3 hours ago
We were walking past a line of shorebirds on the harbor's breakwater when my son stopped me and pointed. "Does that bird only have one leg?" About two dozen black turnstones I didn't recognize them at the time, I had to use All About Birds later faced into the wind, broadside to the […] The post Perfect Things appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

Australian Geographic - 2 days 5 hours ago
Welcome to Blue Horizons, a monthly dive into ocean news, discoveries and adventures proudly supported by Coral Expeditions, Australia's pioneering cruise line. The post Blue Horizons Vol. 7 appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Science Daily - 2 days 11 hours ago
Ordinary WiFi networks could quietly become powerful surveillance tools, allowing people to be identified without cameras, special sensors, or even carrying a connected device. Researchers showed that unencrypted signals routinely exchanged between WiFi devices and routers can be used to create radio-based images of people and recognize them within seconds. In tests involving 197 participants, the system identified individuals with nearly 100% accuracy, even from different angles and regardless...