Science

From New York comes the story of a complete adult mastodon jaw unearthed during yard work. The jaw, along with additional bone fragments and teeth, was recovered by researchers from the New York State Museum and are scheduled for carbon dating and comprehensive analysis to determine the mastodon’s age, diet, and…

Orange cats have won a reputation for being energetic rascals. In Italy, it’s said the red cat is always the leader. That’s probably because red/orange cats are almost always males, and now we know why thanks to two teams of scientists probing the genetic lineage of the orange coat in domesticated…

Scientists have invented a set of tiny sensors that can help tailor rehabilitation programs for those recovering from broken bones. Proper rehabilitation is key to ensuring the natural repair process is carried out correctly, and the devices offered crucial feedback that sped up this process in lab rats, allowing them to…

Imagine a world in which a vaccine is a cream you rub onto your skin instead of a needle a health sector worker pushes into one of your muscles. Even better, it’s cheap, entirely pain-free, and not followed by fever, swelling, redness, or a sore arm. No standing in a long…

During work on the E45 motorway in Denmark, archaeologists uncovered a large ‘weapon sacrifice’ consisting of hundreds of bladed weapons from the late Iron Age. Alongside the iron armaments, an incredibly valuable chainmail cuirass and other artifacts were also interred, indicating that the site was once inhabited by a prominent leader….

American scientists have proposed a new method for recruiting trillions of microscopic sea creatures and their insatiable appetites for the fight against climate change. The technique harnesses the animals’ daily habits to essentially accelerate the ocean’s natural cycle for removing carbon from the atmosphere, which is known as the biological pump,…

Not far off the Kenyan coast, maritime archaeologists believe they have found the wreckage of a galleon belonging to Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator who found the route to India around Africa. While the true provenance of the vessel is unclear, the discovery would be of monumental importance to the…