Category: Science & Engineering

A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth’s climate, stretching back more than a million years. Laid horizontally, the entire ice core’s 2,800-meter (9,186-foot) length could extend across San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, and then some. Each meter-long segment contains up to 13,000 years of deep, compressed […]

The famous helmet from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may be evidence that Anglo-Saxon warriors fought as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century, a new study finds. The helmet and chain mail coat found near it have distinctive features that indicate they were copies of Byzantine armor, study author […]

Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a limited supply of freshwater. So, when the winds are calm enough, skilled pilots flying planes aptly named Super Scoopers are skimming off 1,500 gallons of seawater at a time and dumping it with high precision […]

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Bear Island, Svalbard (74.43137835, 19.058443166) What’s in the photo? Atmospheric vortices in the clouds and a swirling algal bloom in the ocean Which satellite took the photo? NASA Aqua When was it taken? July 13, 2023 This striking satellite shot shows a pair of simultaneous phenomena painting parallel swirls in […]

If you’re more of an auditory learner than a visual one, this timelapse video is for you. (And, well, visual learners will probably love it, too!) The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, pulling data from its Solar Orbiter probe, which it runs with […]

Baby Boomers may drive a drastic increase in dementia cases in coming decades, but there are steps people can take to reduce their risk. Source link

On hot summer days, hitting the beach is a great way to have fun and cool off. But if you’re not near the salty ocean, you might opt for swimming in a freshwater stream, river, lake or pool. These freshwater swimming holes are great, but they come with a hidden danger. While it’s very rare, […]

A new laser-based technique has revealed the intricate details of tattoos on centuries-old mummies in Peru, archaeologists report in a new study. However, not everyone is convinced that the new technique is better than existing methods for analyzing historical tattoos. In the study, published Monday (Jan. 13) in the journal PNASresearchers looked at more than […]

Apollo 11’s flag raising on the ancient lunar surface took all of 10 minutes during Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s two-and-a-half hour moonwalking adventure in July 1969. But that seminal event in vexillological history was not without a lot of debate, discussion and early worries that were run up the policy flagpole about “who owns […]

The intricate details of tattoos inscribed on the skin of South American mummies are now revealed in all their breathtaking glory. With a technique used to study dinosaur fossils, a team of scientists has revealed the fine work that went into creating the elaborate tattoos found on the mummies of individuals from the Chancay culture […]