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Chewing Gum Could Reduce the Spread of Covid-19 By Cutting the Virus in Saliva, Says New Study
Scientists have stuffed sticks of chewing gum with plant-based copies of the receptors on our cells which SARS-CoV-2 uses to get the drop on...
English Teenager Discovers Hoard of 3,300 Year-Old Axes and Becomes Metal Detecting Celebrity
A rising star among the UK's passionate "detectorist" community has found a buried hoard of 65 objects, many of which are bronze axes.
It's being...
Thrilled Astronomers in Chile Are First to Photograph a Moon-forming Disc Around an Exoplanet
Using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array), astronomers have unambiguously detected the presence of a disc around a planet outside our Solar System for...
Diver Finds 900-Year-old Sword Wielded in the Crusades Off the Coast of Ancient Israeli Town (LOOK)
A man in Israel noticed the unmistakable shape of a sword during a recreational dive, and it turned out to be a 900-year-old relic...
Scientists Find the Secret to ‘Unhackable’ Security Systems on the Wings of Butterflies
Sometimes solving the most complex technology and engineering challenges, as you might have guessed, involves looking towards nature for solutions. Such is the incredible...
How Planets May Be Seeded With the Chemicals Necessary for Life
Analysis of unique "fingerprints" in light emitted from material surrounding young stars has revealed “significant reservoirs” of large organic molecules necessary to form the...
Moths’ Rippled Forewings Are Actually a Sophisticated Defense System Against Echo Location
The folds and ripples at the front of a moth's forewings are a sophisticated defense system against the echolocation of hunting bats in the...
Near-Complete Pterosaur Skeleton Obtained in Police Raid Reveals Stunning Details About the Species
A series of smuggled paleontological finds recovered in a 2013 police raid in Santos Harbor, Brazil, contain the most complete crested pterosaur skeleton ever...
Archaeologists in Egypt Discover Mummy With Gold Tongue
The English phrase about someone being "silver-tongued" clearly runs cross-culturally, as recently a set of mummies were unearthed in Egypt, and one was buried...
1,500-Year-Old Skeletons Found Locked in Loving Embrace Might Have Been ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Ending in China
“'Till death do us part,” obviously doesn't translate into ancient Mandarin, if this archaeological discovery in China is any indication.
The skeletal remains of a...
Amazing Photos Show the Movements of Diving Kingfisher After Photographer Waited Two Years for Perfect Pics
These amazing pictures showing the movement of a diving kingfisher are the result of a photographer's two-year wait for the perfect photo.
47-year-old Vince Burton...
Archaeologists Discover Mighty Queen’s Seat of Medieval Power in a Lost Monastery in England
The seat of power for one of the most influential women in Medieval English history, Queen Cynethryth, has been discovered in a small Berkshire...
Philippine ‘Raptor Boy’ Shows It Takes a Village to Protect an Eagle Migration Route
This article was first published on Mongabay and has been re-printed with permission.
Half a decade ago, the curiosity of a 10-year-old boy helped ignite...
The First Amateur Astronomer to Ever Discover a New Moon – And it’s Orbiting Jupiter
One might think that since we can take detailed images of galaxies millions of light years away, there's no way something as significant a...
‘Dragon Man’ Discovery of Largest-Ever Homo Sapien Skull May Be New Species Most Closely Related to Modern Man
Paleontology has a way of throwing curveballs at science more than other disciplines. For example, these days we have the fascinating case of the...
Puppies Are Born Ready to Communicate With And Understand Humans
In a bit a dreamland research, animal behaviorists at the University of Arizona got to study how 375 golden and Labrador retriever puppies performed...
Researchers Have Found That Listening to Natural Sounds Like Running Water Benefits Human Health
Beyond the visual beauty of their protected landscapes, U.S. National Parks also contain natural soundscapes that have the potential to create desirable health outcomes...
World’s Tiniest Pig at 10-Inches Tall, Once Thought Extinct, Is Returning to the Wild
Who would imagine that in the habitat of elephants, tigers, and rhinos, the world's smallest wild hog is the animal that's determining where the...
Paralyzed Patient Can Now Write as Fast as Smartphone By ‘Mindwriting’ With Brain Signals
A man paralyzed from the neck down has gained the ability to type words with his brain about as fast as the average smartphone...
Researchers Find That Wild Donkeys and Horses Dig Desert Watering Holes Vital For Entire Ecosystem
Research on feral horses and wild donkeys in the American southwest show they dig desert wells with their hooves in the soft sand of...