Leaving sleep apnoea untreated could accelerate heart ageing and increase a person’s risk…
If you want to get into stargazing in 2025, there’s still a chance to catch some of the best meteor showers of the year. Also known as shooting stars, meteors happen when Earth’s orbital path crosses a path of debris left by a comet and that…
Roman military officers stationed in Egypt kept pet monkeys imported from India as a symbol…
A giant ocean predator that terrorised the seas during the time of the dinosaurs may have…
Killer whales, dolphins, and many other marine mammals thrive on collaboration and community within their pods and schools. And while interspecies interactions have been recorded before, the detailed strategies and motivations behind them are…
Cat-owners know the precious purrs and meows of their feline companions by heart, and it probably comes as no surprise to them that both sounds have their own meanings. A chatty cat will meow for any number of reasons — to greet someone, plead…
You may have memories of lounging in a hammock while at summer camp, or you might even have one in your own yard. But have you ever wondered where they came from?
A new study in Postmedieval tells the story of the hammock, an Indigenous technology…
A planet orbiting two suns has been imaged — a rare achievement made even more striking by how closely the world hugs its stellar pair. The newly confirmed exoplanet circles its twin stars at a tighter distance than any other directly imaged…
The US Department of Health and Human Services is considering launching a federal men’s health initiative, a source at the agency tells WIRED.
Brian Christine, who will be sworn in on December 12 as assistant secretary for health at HHS and head…
From warmth and protection to cooking meals, fire has been a crucial part of human evolution, and new findings could offer better insights into when our early ancestors first began stoking the flame.
Publishing their findings in Nature, a…