Third century baths and latrine block at Vindolanda, the Roman fort close to Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. Vindolanda Trust Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The soldiers guarding the Roman Empire’s northwestern frontier had a real parasite problem. Scientists analyzing theContinue Reading
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Out of the ashes of a devastating fire, archeologists are uncovering exciting insights into Ohio history. On December 7, 2024, a fire swept through southwestern Ohio’s Overfield Tavern Museum in Troy, destroying several historical items inContinue Reading
Scalloped hammerheads are large apex predators. This one is swimming in the Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. CREDIT: Prisma Bildagentur/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Sharks have been swimming in Earth’s seas over 450Continue Reading
A fringe-lipped bat approaches a Fitzinger’s robber frog in Panama. This species of bat eavesdrops on the mating calls that male frogs produce to attract females, and uses these frog calls to detect, assess, and localize its prey. CREDIT: (c) Merlin Tuttle. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 To avoidContinue Reading
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a supernova remnant called the Veil Nebula. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Sankrit As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous supernova remnant. The Veil Nebula is roughly 2,400 light-years awayContinue Reading
Human bones showing damage attributed to possible chewing by other humans. Schulting et al. Antiquity, December 2024 Archeological discoveries can reveal the brighter sides of humanity. Collecting tchotchkes, our ancestors potentially comforting or sheltering one another in the face of a cataclysmic disaster, or building owl toys for children showContinue Reading
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