The life lines of famous people intersect more often than it seems History seems neatly organized on shelves: here’s the Napoleonic era, here’s the silent film era, here are space...
Underwater hydrophones captured the mysterious “Bloop” in 1997 In 1997, American oceanologists recorded a sound of unprecedented power in the southern Pacific Ocean — it was picked up by underwater...
Melting polar ice redistributes Earth’s mass from the poles to the equator. Image source: sciencealert.com Days on Earth are getting longer — and for the first time in geological history,...
A still from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers After more than a decade of silence, Middle-earth is once again preparing for the big screen. At the end...
Excess cleaning product leaves sticky streaks on surfaces. Many of us repeat the same cleaning rituals for years without realizing that some of them are not just useless but actually...
A human eye with a bright white sclera and a chimpanzee eye with a dark one — the difference is immediately visible The human eye has an unusual design: the...
Carcross sand dunes against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains and coniferous forests of Yukon When people think of deserts, most imagine the endless dunes of the Sahara or the scorching...
One of the dogs whose remains were found at the Skateholm site in Sweden, buried next to a human. Image source: popsci.com Geneticists have discovered that dogs in Europe were...
Ceramic vessels with wax seals in an Egyptian tomb Honey is perhaps the only natural product that needs no refrigerator, no preservatives, and no vacuum packaging to remain edible for...
Schematic depiction of radioactive substance leakage from a sunken submarine. The Soviet nuclear submarine K-278 “Komsomolets” sank in the Norwegian Sea 37 years ago — and is still releasing radioactive...
