Category Science

The sauropod dinosaurs were many things. They were large, they were long, and they were especially enthusiastic plant-eaters. But they certainly weren’t agile. At around 80 tons, the most massive…

Our memories don’t all carry the same weight. Some moments settle into place without effort, while others slip away almost immediately, leaving only the faintest trace behind. But what pushes…

Whooping cough (pertussis) is on the rise, and medical experts are linking the surge to falling vaccination rates. According to official data cited in the BMJ, there was a fivefold…

Around 360 million years ago, a ferocious sea monster tore through oceans with bone blades in place of teeth. This sharp weaponry wasn’t the only thing that made Dunkleosteus terrelli…

For nearly a century, dark matter has remained an unanswered question at the heart of astrophysics. First proposed in the 1930s to explain why galaxies spin faster than their visible…

Why does being sick make us want to skip plans? It’s a familiar shift: before the sore throat or fatigue sets in, the motivation to see people often fades. That…

When do our first thoughts develop? Do they spark in infancy, somewhere in the womb, or even earlier, back when the brain is only a budding clump of cells? Scientists…

Many people claim to have a “golden retriever personality” — and, as it turns out, they might not be wrong. A new study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy…

After nearly 12,000 years in dormancy, a volcano in Ethiopia has erupted and hurled ash over unsuspecting communities. It’s assumed that Hayli Gubbi, located in the Afar region of northeastern…

In early 2025, the Greek island of Santorini was rocked by a swarm of seismic activity, an event that led to school closures and the evacuation of thousands of residents.…