Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

BIZARRE: 30 - What They Never Told You

Humans started counting tens of thousands of years ago, but when did they begin figuring out advanced arithmetic, algebra and even calculus?

LiveScience

What's the difference between apes and monkeys?

Primatologists explain how apes and monkeys differ.

LiveScience

'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society

New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided about what that means.

LiveScience

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Doctors say AI model can predict 'biological age' from a selfie — and want to use it to guide cancer treatment

A new AI model can deduce a person's biological age using a selfie. Could it be used to guide cancer treatment decisions?

LiveScience

How do archaeologists figure out the sex of a skeleton?

Archaeologists can estimate a person's sex with 95% accuracy, but many experts are focused on what can be learned about humans outside the male/female gender binary.

LiveScience

Chopped-up skulls found in Maya 'blood cave' were a ritual offering for a good harvest, archaeologists suggest

Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.

LiveScience

Scientists find the best crops to grow during the apocalypse

Sugar beets and spinach are the best vegetables to grow if you live in a temperate, midsize city during a nuclear winter, a new study suggests, while wheat and carrots are recommended for industrial production on the outskirts of town.

LiveScience

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

T. rex may have evolved in North America after all, scientists say

T. rex was previously suspected to have evolved in Asia and migrated to North America, but new research shows that the direct ancestors of this iconic dinosaur may have been the one to make the journey instead.

LiveScience

Archaeologists unearth tree-lined walkway that led to ancient Egyptian fortress in Sinai Desert

The ancient Egyptian fortress was in use around 2,000 years ago in the Sinai Desert.

LiveScience

Yellowstone holds potentially untapped cache of 'carbon-free' helium for rockets, reactors and superconductors

Conventional helium production comes with enormous carbon emissions, so scientists are looking for alternatives in places like Yellowstone, Tanzania's Rukwa Rift and India's Bakreswar-Tantloi province.

Space

Earth may not have gotten its water how we thought, controversial meteorite study suggests

A meteorite found in Antarctica in 2012 suggests Earth may have formed with the materials needed to make water, a new study hints.

LiveScience

Ancient jawbone dredged off Taiwan seafloor belongs to mysterious Denisovan, study finds

Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, proving that the archaic humans were distributed widely over Asia.

LiveScience

1,800-year-old warhorse cemetery held remains of a beloved horse — and a man considered an 'outsider' to Roman society

A newly excavated horse cemetery in Germany dates to Roman times.

LiveScience

Shingles vaccine may directly guard against dementia, study hints

The lower incidence of dementia seen in adults who received the shingles vaccine is likely not just a correlation, scientists say, based on new results of an observational study.

LiveScience

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

LiveScience

Do other planets have seasons?

Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

LiveScience

Do pandas eat anything besides bamboo?

Pandas are descended from carnivores. Why do they eat an (almost) exclusively vegan diet?

LiveScience

Physicists create 'black hole bomb' for first time on Earth, validating decades-old theory

Physicists have created a model of a black hole bomb in the lab for the first time, verifying a theory first proposed more than 50 years ago.

LiveScience

When was beer invented?

Humans discovered fermentation thousands of years ago, but ancient brews would have tasted much differently from the beers of today.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

LiveScience

La Niña is dead — what that means for this year's hurricanes and weather

Scientists thought La Niña was coming. It didn't — at least for now. What could that mean for this year's hurricane season, and how might long-term climate change affect El Niño and La Niña patterns?

LiveScience

Watch cuttlefish 'waving' at each other in what scientists think might be communication

Cuttlefish flash patterns and colors on their skin to communicate, and they may wave their tentacles to send visual and vibrational signals, scientists hypothesize.

LiveScience

Legendary 'women of the sea' in South Korea freedive well into their 80s. A new study hints at how.

A new study explores the physiology of Jeju Haenyeo, the famous female freedivers in South Korea.

LiveScience

Self-driving cars can tap into 'AI-powered social network' to talk to each other while on the road

A team of scientists upgrade communications between self-driving cars to improve efficiency and enable the vehicles to share current, accurate driving insights.

LiveScience

'Propaganda' praising Ramesses II discovered on famous ancient Egyptian obelisk in Paris, Egyptologist claims

A researcher believes he has found hidden messages on a 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian obelisk that is now in Paris.

LiveScience

Scientists just discovered a single molecule that may treat rare, devastating mitochondrial diseases

Scientists found a compound that appears to counter common mutations behind POLG-related diseases, rare conditions that harm mitochondrial DNA.

LiveScience

'Overkill' injuries on Bronze Age skeletons reveal fierce feuding in ancient China

A unique Bronze Age cemetery in China has revealed a high frequency of injuries suggestive of intense, violent interactions.

1 … 29 30 31 32

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the University of Glasgow

132 stories

Ala

91 stories

the University of Southampton

79 stories

Mass General Brigham

34 stories

the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

26 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.