Category: 9. Sci/Tech

We typically associate mummies with ancient Egypt — or sometimes cheesy old horror movies. Now a newly described mummy from an unexpected place — Austria — details in the journal Frontiers in Medicine a previously unknown embalming…

To survive on this wild planet we call home, humans need to adapt. That’s not just a feat of strength of will, but of the body. To deal with different environmental pressures, our bodies change over generations, tweaking the traits that will…

Tim Friede, a Wisconsin resident with a long-standing fascination for venomous creatures, has…

Have you ever hesitated to treat yourself to a tuna steak or a colorful sushi plate because of concerns about mercury and other heavy metals? You’re not alone — and your caution is justified. Considered one of the top ten chemicals of public…

Do nonhuman animals live in a kind of eternal present, or are they aware of the passage of time? That question has been debated by scientists for decades. 

Most experts agree that animals have some way of measuring time, but how their brains…

In 1958, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) made a milestone announcement: they had exterminated the mosquito Aedes aegypti–a transmitter of…

Abhi Ghadge, associate professor of supply chain management at Cranfield University in the UK, says there has been “a general kind of negligence” in terms of climate resilience, though that is beginning to change.

Building a detailed…

Hieroglyphics carved on the famous ancient Egyptian Obelisk in Paris could be propaganda…

A feel for the groove isn’t restricted to humans, but it does seem pretty limited across the animal kingdom. Chimpanzees can keep a beat, but their ability to do so is low compared to Homo sapiens. One species of lemur is better.

A…

Archaeologists have discovered that a well-preserved mummy seems to have been air-dried by stuffing the rectum with wood chips, twigs, fabric and zinc chloride.

The 280-year-old corpse belonged to an Austrian priest and is the first example…