A former delivery man in Peru was caught keeping a 600-year-old mummy at home for 30 years. The Ministry of Culture has not ceased the remains while the man is detained. Read to learn more.
A student team was able to uncover preserved samples of Wooden spikes used by Julius Caesar as part of ancient Roman defense strategies. Read to learn more.
The ESA is pushing for a standard moon time zone to make things easier for everyone, especially since several countries and businesses are looking towards exploring the moon. Read to learn more.
Considering the weight of timber chunks used for construction, scientists explored how ancient Puebloans could have made a significant, mysterious city in today's New Mexico. They came up with a possible logistic hack: tumplines. Read to learn more details.
Passengers of a submserible deployed by the Vikings cruise in Antarctica were able to catch a rare sight of the giant phantom jellyfish. Read to learn more.
The US Department of Energy now agrees that COVID-19 may have originated from a lab leak while US agencies generally hold opposing views regarding the matter. Read to learn more.
A study used Facebook friendships as a metric for economic connectedness and discovered that areas with high economic kinship decreased premature death rates related to cardiovascular conditions. Read to learn more.
Researchers have observed a significant link between five sleeping habits and reduced early death risk. Read to learn more about these habits and the importance of sleep hygiene.
Intermittent fasting was observed to affect monocytes in the blood stream and in turn, heighten risk of heart conditions, infections, and cancer. Read to learn more.
Despite attempts to control their food intake during prolonged bed rest, study participants exhibited heightened levels of blood glucose. Read to learn more.
Researchers reproduced tiny flint points from a cave and found out that they were indeed used as arrowheads that could only work with bows. Read to learn more.
On top of this, the specific type of laxative and the number of laxative types were seen to play a role in heightening risks of developing dementia. Read to learn more.
The Book of the Dead is a central resource for digging deeper into ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife. Read to learn more and check out the recently released photos of these scrolls.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks AI can serve as a medical advisor to those who cannot afford primary healthcare; but is this a good idea? Read to find out.
Astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is 20 million times heavier than the sun, blazing through space after being ejected by its home galaxy. Read to learn more.