Technology reveals the secrets of ancient Egyptian tattoos

Have you ever worried if the play between your cats was getting too rough? A new study published in Scientific Reports has investigated play and fighting in cats. Their aim was to use simple behaviors anyone could observe to work out what was play and what might lead to fights. This is important because the consequences of fights include injuries to animals and humans. At worst, you may even have to rehome one of your cats if they’re not getting along.

A new study conducted by Leiden University researchers suggests that Neanderthals may have lived in larger groups than previously thought and hunted enormous elephants that were up to three times larger than modern elephants, according to the institutional press release. Found near Halle (Central Germany), 125,000 year-old-skeletal remains of elephants...

As dead as a dodo? Not anymore. Genetic engineering company Colossal Bioscience has received $150 million in new funding to support their "de-extinction" efforts - and along with their ongoing activities of resurrecting the woolly mammoth and the Tasmanian tiger, they've geared up to bring up the extinct Dodo. "The...

In a recent breakthrough by NASA, ten sample tubes, each containing a unique piece of Martian geology, have been left on the Red Planet's surface in anticipation of further investigation here on Earth. On December 21, 2022, NASA's Perseverance rover placed the first-ever titanium tube containing an extraterrestrial rock sample...

An international team of scientists is focusing on mercury from Siberian volcanoes that ended up in sediments in Australia and South Africa to understand how the events of the Late Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) unfolded, according to a press release (Jan .26). The team of scientists includes Professor and Department...

A British startup has successfully provided a first-of-its-kind microgravity service using a drone. The firm, called Gravitilab, flew its specially-modified LOUIS UAV quadcopter to an altitude of 2,000 feet (600 meters) before purposefully dropping a capsule carrying scientific experiments. The drop caused the capsule's contents to experience weightlessness for roughly...

A recent image released by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows a spiral galaxy in astonishing detail amidst a legion of other galaxies and stars. The telescope beautifully captured intricate details of the spiral galaxy encompassed by a multitude of other dazzling kaleidoscopic stars and galaxies. The splendid...

At Saqqara, a 4,300-year-old mummy was discovered at the bottom of a 15-meter hole next to the Step Pyramid. Seemingly, this might be the oldest mummy ever found so far. Close to Cairo, a recently uncovered group of fifth and sixth dynasty tombs near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Zahi Hawass, director of the team, told reporters, according to The Guardian. The body of a guy named Hekashepes was preserved in a mortar-sealed limestone sarcophagus.

"The Last of Us," one of HBO's hit shows, would introduce us to a different zombie apocalypse. Rather than biological or chemical weapons, people become zombies due to fungus. As reported by Insider, viewers are pondering whether a fungus pandemic may actually occur in light of the novel premise that was first imagined in the video game on which the television program is based.