Humans Today, the deserts of the Arabian peninsula are inhospitable – but 100,000 years ago, the area was full of animals and ancient humans By Taylor Mitchell Brown Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email A cave near a site of ancient human occupation in the ArabianContinue Reading
If November’s widespread aurora sightings left you buzzing, December is poised to keep the momentum going. This month’s nightscapes are packed with celestial standouts: early planet sightings, a bright supermoon, and what many astronomers consider 2025’s best meteor shower. Later in the month, an exceptionally vivid Jupiter will cap offContinue Reading
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Domestic cats are descended from North African wildcats Mariia Boiko/Alamy Genetic evidence has revealed that domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe and East Asia in the past 2000 years, more recently than previously thought. Domestic cats (Felis catus) are descended from the African wildcat (Felis lybicaContinue Reading
The push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has gained an unlikely figurehead: Cate Blanchett, the Australian actress. “Leaf blowers need to be eradicated from the face of the Earth,” she said in an interview in March. Her complaints have gone viral on TikTok and other social media platforms. “It’s aContinue Reading
The US raised over 200 million farm turkeys in 2024. Credit: Deposit Photos / Eliza Viktoria Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Tracking turkeys is tough work. More specifically, it’s difficult to maintain a watchful eye on the farming industry’s millions ofContinue Reading
When the sinking of the White Ship decimated England’s line of succession and threw the kingdom into chaos in 1120, one teenage girl was the only heir to the British throne left standing. Even with the—at first reluctant—endorsement of her father King Henry I, 25-year-old Matilda couldn’t achieve that historical first: ruling asContinue Reading
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