The researchers were most interested in comparing how well the two groups performed a move they referred to as a “slam start” ...

In fact, their poop piles are so dense that they show up on satellite images. And the guano stains aren’t just in the spots ...

Deep in the Bavarian woods of Southeast Germany roam scores of wild boars—prized game in a country where hunting is akin to a national tradition. But most hunters would think twice before venturing ...

People like to say we have more computing power in our pockets than NASA used to get to the moon, but even that understates things. The Apollo guidance computer had a measly four kilobytes of RAM, ...

Not long ago I diagnosed myself with the recently identified condition of sidewalk rage. It’s most pronounced when it comes to a certain friend who is a slow walker. Last month, as we sashayed our way ...

The Curiosity rover has taken some fantastic photos since it landed on the Red Planet in 2012. And here’s a stunning new one to add to the collection: a view of an early morning Martian sunrise. The ...

GLP-1 medications are marvels at melting off the pounds, but once you stop taking them, the weight comes back. It’s a dynamic that’s familiar, and frustrating, to anyone who’s tried to lose weight.

What has hairy feet, legs dotted with eggs, and a mouth loaded with tentacles like a Sarlacc from Star Wars? That’s how researchers from the University of British Columbia describe seven such ...

There’s a bit of a mystery surrounding obesity. Even though it’s a risk factor for a whole host of health problems, it also seems to offer some mortality benefits. For example, obese individuals ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

One of Egypt’s most iconic reminders of the Old Kingdom is the Great Sphinx, which was carved right out of the Giza Plateau’s limestone bedrock, a collection of ancient seabed sediments that ...