Over the past decade, the international Cassini mission has revealed intense activity at the southern pole of Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, with warm fractures venting water-rich jets that hint at an underground sea. A new […]
Researchers have found what appears to be the oldest known evidence of plant life on Earth – two kinds of 1.6 billion-year-old fossils resembling red algae trapped in sedimentary rocks in central India. If this […]
The closest we’ve seen a star get to a black hole. Astronomers have just spotted a star whizzing around a vast black hole at about 2.5 times the distance between Earth and the Moon, and […]
Are These Giant Neurons the Seat Of Consciousness in the Brain? The towering trees with their sprawling branches in the redwood forests have always reminded me of neurons in the brain. Like trees, each neuron […]
Located at an altitude of nearly 3,000 meters lie the ancient ruins of Ollantaytambo in Peru. This ancient stronghold is one of the LARGEST ancient Inca sites in Peru—and many authors agree that Ollantaytambo may […]
Animals with high cognitive ability also have relatively large brains, but the factors that drive evolution of big brains remain unclear. Scientists have hypothesized that ecological, social, and cultural factors could each play a role. […]