Ancient Egyptian guards may have used a tiny cow bone with a hole drilled into it to keep royal tomb workers in order.
The strange artifact was discovered in the Akhetaten Stone Village, a workers’ settlement located near the royal cemetery,…
People found to have “poor sleep” in a new test are more likely than others to have…
All living beings emit a strange glow linked to vitality that vanishes when they die,…
About 12,000 years ago, high up on a cliff in the desert of northern Arabia, an artist – or perhaps artists – was hard at work.
Standing on a narrow ledge and with primitive tools, they engraved into the rock an image of a life-sized…
A species of mushroom has been found producing psilocybin using a completely different pathway to the one used by ‘magic’ mushrooms, suggesting the psychotropic compound evolved at least twice.
The discovery has implications for our…
At school or in the office, mind wandering is often frowned upon. Students are told to “snap out of it,” and employees are nudged back to focus on the task at hand. Yet new research suggests that with the right support, what looks like…
Imagine you are traveling through the Nefud Desert in northern Saudi Arabia, around 12,000 years ago. Your journey is difficult. The sand dunes are shifting at your feet; the wind is whipping at your face; and water is scarce, appearing and…
When thinking about the ancient animals of Earth, you likely picture fish, birds, and dinosaurs. But a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the first animal on Earth was something unexpected: a…
Yellowstone National Park experiences heavy rain and snowfall each year, typically during the winter and spring. While most of that water tends to eventually flow into the surrounding rivers, some of it seeps into the ground, eventually flowing…
A Pennsylvania grandmother was found dead last December after falling into a 30-foot deep…
