Category: 9. Sci/Tech

A literal sea change disrupted the balance of aquatic predators during the middle Cretaceous. Before that period, during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, fierce aquatic reptilian predators prowled the oceans, including pliosaurids with…

Psychopathology and personality are separate areas of psychology, but they aren’t as separate as previously thought. In fact, a new study suggests that the two spheres are closely tied, with around a fourth of people’s risk of mental health…

Thanks to hundreds of self-inflicted snake bites, a Wisconsin man has been able to donate his antibodies to science, leading to the “most broadly effective antivenom to date,” according to a press release. 

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People have been searching for the key to happiness at least as long as recorded history. Now, researchers have found that their is no single, uniform solution. A study in the journal Nature Human Behavior shows that happiness can come from…

A Russian spacecraft that launched more than 50 years ago will finally crash back down to Earth, but nobody knows where it will land or even if it will fully break apart upon reentry.

Kosmos 482, a chunk of a Cold War-era spacecraft…

Earlobes may seem like a simple, often overlooked, part of our anatomy, but they serve a few interesting purposes.

Some people think earlobes improve our ability to detect sound, because the fleshy lower part of the ear helps to funnel sound…

There might still be dinosaurs living on Earth today — if not for the giant asteroid….

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…