‘River Piracy’ Phenomenon Set to Steal Alaskan River, Scientists Predict
River piracy, also known as stream capture, happens when melting glaciers divert the path of a river. Due to our warming planet, a major Alaskan river is under threat of…
Sharks Navigate Using Earth’s Magnetic Fields Like a Compass, New Research Shows
Sharks are known for their long-distance migrations – across thousands of kilometers – but what’s not clear is exactly how they navigate. An interesting new experiment involving swimming pools and…
Scientists Create ‘Flat-Pack’ Pasta That Morphs Into Shape Like Moving Organisms
In our efforts to rein in our overwhelming burden upon Earth’s living biosphere, every little thing adds up. Even the shape of pasta (of all things!) can make a difference…
The Speed of Sound Is Innately Encoded in The Brains of Bats, Scientists Discover
Bats appear to be born with something akin to a superpower: a preternaturally accurate sense of time, new research suggests. From their very first flight, these echolocating mammals seem to…
IQ Test Scores Are Getting Higher, But Are Humans Actually Getting Smarter?
From the algorithms that make our social media accounts function to the sleep-tracking technology in our smartwatches, the world has never seemed so technologically advanced and developed. Which is why…
Oldest Known Deliberate Human Burial Uncovered in African Cave
Around 78,000 years ago, in what is now Kenya, a three-year-old child died. History is full of dead humans and human ancestors of all ages – dying is something everyone…