The best Marvel movie of 2022 reveals an incredible quirk of human evolution
by About 365 million years ago, our fish ancestors evolved limbs that allowed them to move out of the water and onto land – forming the …
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How many hearts does an octopus have?
Three divers looking at a giant Pacific octopus (enteroctopus dofleini) in the Sea of Japan. (Image credit: Alexander Semenov via Getty) Octopuses are iconic for …
A little narcissism is normal and healthy – here’s how to tell when it becomes pathological
During former President Donald Trump’s campaign and presidency, the word narcissism became something of a buzzword. And in recent years the word has become popular …
The Yamnaya may have been the world’s first known horsemen
WASHINGTON “The history of the first horsemen can be written in the bones of the ancient Yamnaya people. Five excavated skeletons dating from around 3000 …
Scientists reveal the most detailed geological model of Earth’s last 100 million years
The Earth’s surface is the “living skin” of our planet – it connects the physical, chemical and biological systems. Over geologic time, landscapes change as …
See why the Northern Lights drifted south for the UK this week: ScienceAlert
People across the UK, from the Shetland Isles to Somerset and from Norfolk to Northern Ireland, have been treated to a stunning display of the …
There’s something weird about the dogs that live in Chernobyl
In the spring of 1986, in their haste to escape the radioactive cloud and the growing fire that burned after the Chernobyl power plant explosion, …
Dogs living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone are genetically distinct, study shows
Almost 40 years ago, the world’s worst nuclear disaster turned the Ukrainian city of Pripyat and its neighboring power plant, Chernobyl, into a radioactive hot …
What Chernobyl dogs can tell us about life on Mars
As NASA plans to return to the Moon and eventually send astronauts to Mars, mission planners will have to deal with a fact of life …
The world’s first horsemen swept across Europe around 5,000 years ago
Archaeologists accidentally discovered the world’s first horsemen while studying skeletons found under 5,000-year-old tombs in Europe and Asia, according to a new study. The ancient …