Save over $300 on powerful student laptops with this Black Friday HP laptop deal By Lloyd Coombes published 5 December 22 Deal HP's student-focused laptops are reduced by as much as $320 in Best Buy’s Black Friday HP deals.
Woman's name and tiny sketches hidden in 1,200-year-old manuscript By Tom Metcalfe published 5 December 22 Researchers have discovered secret scribbles and sketches that were likely scratched by an elite woman into a medieval manuscript more than 1,200 years ago.
Search for alien life just got 1,000 times bigger after new telescope joins the hunt By Harry Baker published 5 December 22 Astronomers searching for radio signals that could be signs of extraterrestrial life have just gained access to South Africa's MeerKAT telescope.
Medieval man buried in Poland had two kinds of dwarfism By Kristina Killgrove published 5 December 22 Archaeologists in Poland excavating a cemetery by a monastery have discovered the remains of a medieval man who had two different forms of dwarfism.
Monstrous 'gorgons' survived a mass extinction, but they were a 'dead clade walking' By Laura Geggel published 5 December 22 About 90% of all species went extinct during the "Great Dying" around 252 million years ago, but in the case of one paleo-beast — the so-called gorgon — reports of its death were greatly exaggerated, new research finds.
Scientists unlocked the secrets to bats' heavy metal growls By Elizabeth Rayne published 5 December 22 Bats vibrate special vocal folds to produce low-pitched growls like those of death metal singers.
Where on Earth does the sun rise first? By Donavyn Coffey published 5 December 22 Where does the first sunrise happen every day and which place sees the first sunrise of the New Year?
Which is the largest continent? The smallest? By Meg Duff published 4 December 22 Pangaea was one of the largest continents in world history, but now it's broken up. So which continent today is the largest, and which is the smallest?
Who owns the moon? By Joanna Thompson published 3 December 22 Does anyone have sovereignty over the moon? And can anyone buy it?
Cannabis is no better than a placebo for treating pain, 20 studies show By Filip Gedin published 3 December 22 Cannabis is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. While there are only a few countries where cannabis is legal for recreational use, many more countries have legalized the use of cannabis for medical reasons.
FDA approved a 1st-of-its-kind treatment made from human poop. What does it do? By Nicoletta Lanese published 2 December 22 The treatment Rebyota contains gut bacteria and is approved to prevent a dangerous bacterial infection.
Ancient lizard with teeth like butcher knives 're-calibrates the whole shebang' of reptile evolution By Jennifer Nalewicki published 2 December 22 Despite being palm-size, this Triassic lizard had a vicious bite.
The great romance of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, in All About History 124 By Jonathan Gordon published 2 December 22 Inside All About History 124: Discover how the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert reshaped the monarchies of Europe.
Colossal 'planet killer' asteroid sparked mega-tsunami on Mars, and now we know where it landed By Harry Baker published 2 December 22 Planetary scientists have pinpointed the likely location of a massive asteroid impact that triggered an enormous tsunami on the Red Planet around 3.4 billion years ago.
Massive eruption from icy volcanic comet detected in solar system By Harry Baker published 2 December 22 Astronomers observed a major eruption from a volcanic comet flying through the solar system, likely spewing more than 1 million tons of debris into space.
A man went to the doctor about a cough. It turns out, he had a 6-inch mass in his chest. By Nicoletta Lanese published 1 December 22 Doctors reported a case of a man who developed a cough due to a large mass in his chest.
'Sacred' owl carvings from Copper Age may actually be children's toys By Jennifer Nalewicki published 1 December 22 Ancient owl carvings from the Iberian Peninsula were likely toys that children carved themselves.
Noodle-necked swimming dinosaur may have been a diving predator like a penguin By Mindy Weisberger published 1 December 22 Scientists recently discovered the first non-avian theropod dinosaur with a streamlined body similar to that of penguins, auks and other modern diving birds.
Shingles infection causes man's bladder to burst in rare case By Nicoletta Lanese published 1 December 22 Doctors reported an unusual case in which a man's bladder ruptured due to a shingles infection.
Wormhole simulated in quantum computer could bolster theory that the universe is a hologram By Ben Turner published 1 December 22 Quantum experiment conducted on Google's Sycamore 2 computer transferred data across two simulated black holes, adding weight to the holographic principle of the universe
