4,000- Year-Old Video Game Board Sculpted into the Earth Demonstrates How...
A pattern of small holes cut into the floor of an ancient rock shelter in Azerbaijan shows that one of the world's most ancient board games was played there by nomadic herders around 4,000 years ago, according to an archaeologist who has investigated the find. Walter Crist, a research associate with the American Museum of…
Microplastics Contaminate HALF Of All Freshwater Insects, Research Study Reveals
Plastic pollution is not limited to the world’s oceans: it is present in freshwater ecosystems too, where it is far more pervasive than originally thought Half of all freshwater insect species living in rivers were found to have ingested microplastics, according to a new study of the rivers in South Waöes.(CC0 / Public domain.)public domain…
Wolves matter. Expertise exhibits us why
This is part of our Road Trip 2018 summer series "Taking It to Extremes," which looks at what happens when people mix everyday tech with insane situations. Heavy gray clouds hang low in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve this September morning. There's an 80 percent chance of rain, but we've lucked out with only a light…
Standing Electric Scooters: Research Study Demonstrates How You Can Get Hurt
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Millennial tech employees are paying $5,000 for a 1-week high-end retreat...
Does 30 signal old age? In tech, the answer might be yes. Just ask the 30- and 40-somethings who have attended Modern Elder Academy, a luxury retreat in El Pescadero, Mexico, that costs $5,000 for a weeklong program. Founded by Airbnb veteran Chip Conley, Modern Elder caters to workers in tech who feel their age…
NASA’s Lincoln cent on Mars demonstrates how difficult the wind blows
The global dust storm on Mars earlier this year coated NASA's rovers in a layer of red planet grime. A new set of images shows how the current windy season is cleaning off the Curiosity rover. Curiosity team member and planetary scientist Abigail Fraeman posted an update to the mission blog on Wednesday with two…
Even the Ancient Egyptians Had Research, Preserved Tablet Reveals
A schoolchild's homework in Greek was written on a wax tablet nearly 2,000 years ago. Credit: Copyright British Library Board Homework written by a school kid in ancient Egypt has been preserved since the second century A.D. And the words on the slab may sound familiar to any kid whose parents worry about them falling…
Injecting Semen Into Your Arm Does Not Deal With Pain In...
<div _ngcontent-c14="" innerhtml=" Pictured here is a man injecting sperm into a capillary tube. (Photo: Getty Images)Getty ...
New 3D Map of the Galaxy Reveals Our Galaxy’s Heart Is...
Warsaw Telescope and Milky Way Cepheids discovered by the OGLE survey. Credit: K. Ulaczyk/J. Skowron/OGLE/Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw A new, incredibly detailed 3D map of the Milky Way has revealed that its central disk is wavy, much like an enormous potato chip. This new picture of the galactic disk — the central region of…
A tablet to deal with peanut allergic reactions is getting closer...
We're starting to get a better picture of treatments that aim to make peanut allergies less severe. There's a big need for new ways to tackle extreme allergies: An estimated 4% to 6% of children in the US have food allergies, with peanuts being one of the worst offenders. Roughly 1.5 million children in the…
