Divers Discover a Legendary Nazi Enigma Machine in The Baltic Sea
German divers who recently fished an Enigma encryption machine out of the Baltic Sea, used by the Nazis to send coded messages during World War II, handed their rare find…
China Just Switched on Its ‘Artificial Sun’ Nuclear Fusion Reactor
China successfully powered up its “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, state media reported Friday, marking a great advance in the country’s nuclear power research capabilities. The…
First-Born? New Study Debunks The Idea Birth Order Affects Your Career
New research suggests being a first-born child doesn’t have quite as much of an influence on your career choices as has been previously suggested – which is reassuring to know,…
Geologists Think They’ve Found an Alaskan Version of Yellowstone’s Supervolcano
Mount Cleveland looks like the kind of volcano you made for a grade four science project and filled with vinegar and bicarb. More geological zit than powder keg, it pops…
Saliva From Hungry Caterpillars Alerts Cowpea Plants to Turn on Their Defenses
Cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) are not just food for humans. Caterpillars also love to munch on these crucial crops, and that can cause losses in Africa’s most widely planted native legume.…
How Keen Eyes And Smart Satellites Help Archaeologists Find Hidden Wonders
National Geographic magazines and Indiana Jones movies might have you picturing archaeologists excavating near Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge, and Machu Picchu. And some of us do work at these famous places.…
We May Finally Understand The Point of Having Moist, Textured Fingertips
If you’re a primate or a koala (hello, koala readers!), you have something different compared to other animals: fingerprints. Now, a new study explains how our fingerprints help us keep…
The Wings of Insects Might Have Evolved From The Legs of Crustaceans
The first wings on Earth might have evolved from the scuttling legs of an ancient, flightless crustacean. Today, modern crabs, lobster, shrimp, and crayfish are sometimes called the bugs of…
Ireland’s Only 2 Dinosaur Bones Have Just Been Confirmed For The First Time
Once upon a time, dinosaurs were a pretty ubiquitous lot. Even 66 million years after the last dinosaurs went extinct, the fossils they left behind have been found on every…
Thousands of Stunning, Ancient Cave Art Drawings Have Been Found Deep in The Amazon
More than 12,000 years ago, near the end of an ice age, humans hunted mastodons: ancient mammals that resembled a cross between mammoths and elephants. But by about 11,600 BC,…
Researchers Say They’ve Found The Key to Dealing With Defensive People
A defensive attitude can cause tension and conflict in individual relationships, as well as within larger groups or even entire populations. New research has identified one way to successfully tackle…
A New Species of Bat Has Been Found, And It Flapped Around 16 Million Years Ago
There are a lot of bat species in the world today. Like, a ton of bats. We know of at least 1,400 species, and they make up around 20 percent…