Australians show jellyfish can detect ocean currents

Australians show jellyfish can detect ocean currents

Barrel jellyfish are capable of detecting the direction of ocean currents and swimming against the current. The first proof that any jellyfish could readily...
Modern technology could restore Greek and Roman texts destroyed by Vesuvius

Modern technology could restore Greek and Roman texts destroyed by Vesuvius

One of the greatest natural disasters to occur in the ancient world was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 A.D. The...
Psychologists reveal the tells in avatars

Psychologists reveal the tells in avatars

The avatar that a person uses in a game, social media site, or anywhere else on the Internet tells more about them than they...
First Neanderthal tool made from bone discovered in France

First Neanderthal tool made from bone discovered in France

The first documented bone tool that was made by Neanderthals and used by them has been discovered in the annual digs at the Grotte...
Researchers claim a don’t drink and sleep policy is better for sleep

Researchers claim a don’t drink and sleep policy is better for sleep

Many people have a drink or two before retiring for the night because the alcohol makes them drowsy. Alcohol does make a person drowsy...
Biologist shows pitcher plants have learned ant behavior

Biologist shows pitcher plants have learned ant behavior

At least one species of pitcher plant native to Borneo learned how to catch more ants by altering the time frame that the interior...
Ankle bones prove Earth’s first primates lived in trees

Ankle bones prove Earth’s first primates lived in trees

The first exhaustive comparison of the anatomy of ankle bones in Earth’s earliest primates to other ancient primates and modern primates indicates the first...
Astrophysicists show that two planets may be lurking beyond Neptune

Astrophysicists show that two planets may be lurking beyond Neptune

Two as yet unknown and undiscovered planets may exist beyond the orbit of Pluto and Neptune. Astrophysicists from the Complutense University of Madrid in...
Metal from Atlantis found in Sicilian shipwreck

Metal from Atlantis found in Sicilian shipwreck

Orichalcum, an ancient alloy referenced by Plato as having come from Atlantis, has been found in a shipwreck off the coast of Gala, Sicily....
New family of laser materials unveiled

New family of laser materials unveiled

Boranes are the new kid on the block in laser producing materials. The compounds have been known to be capable of producing laser quality...

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