Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Australia’s giant kangaroos of yesteryear were likely homebodies — and that inclination ultimately did them in.

The massive marsupial megaherbivores, which, at an estimated 375 pounds, weighed more than twice as much as contemporary kangaroos,…

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s coliseum are legendary. Scenes of such deadly combat have been portrayed in stories, paintings, and mosaics (a Man versus Big Cat conflict was even suggested in the…

For most humans who have breathed Earth’s air over the course of history, our deaths have disappeared from record, as completely as an exhalation.

For one resident of the ancient Roman Empire, who met a violent demise around 1,800 years ago,…

Archaeologists have uncovered the first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting lions, after bite marks on a skeleton excavated in York, England, were identified as those of a large cat. 

The remains, found at Driffield Terrace – one of…

Call them dire wolves. Don’t call them dire wolves. Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology…

Humans aren’t the only species that dabble in the occasional drink. From fruit flies to elephants, creatures across the animal kingdom have been observed consuming fermented foods. But what happens when our closest relatives show a taste for…

Dog owners rate their bond with their pet as more satisfying than most relationships with…

Dogs aren’t just our pets. We also see them as our friends and family members. But do we get the same things out of our interactions with our dogs that we get out of our interactions with our human friends and family?

Having set out to answer…

We all want to know if and how we can come back to form after injury, illness, or a long hiatus. Muscles adapt in response to the environment: They grow when we put in the work and shrink when we stop. But what if we could help them remember how…

Together with his colleagues, Jinshan Pan, a professor of corrosion science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, published a study in January 2023 devoted to the risk of sulfides in groundwater corroding the copper used for spent…