Paleontologists are inching closer to the exact spot where modern day Homo sapiens first originated, and they found help through a rather unlikely clue. The fossilized skull of a whale that lived 17 million years ago is drawing them to humanity’s origins in East Africa. Here’s how: The whale, classified as Ziphiidae, existed at a […]

In the next century, 2014 might be one of those years that will live in infamy – the first time in the history of the world that the great ice sheet of West Antarctica was destabilized for good – allowing sea levels to eventually rise as high as 10 feet. You might think that’s a […]

While they are both renewable with a great deal of exploration to be done, solar and wind power have a trait in common that’s a bit less desirable: On a cloudy day or a day without wind, turbines won’t generate power. It’s a problem that engineers have come a long way on, but are still […]

Yet another discovery has been brought into the growing pile of evidence that suggests Neanderthals were not quite the savage, hairy monsters we often portray them as being. Recently the fossil evidence has shown that they were attentive parents, that they had an appreciation of art – creating cave paintings of their own, and that […]

It’s no secret that humans, in the short amount of time they’ve existed – a little less than 300,000 years in their present form, have had a sizable impact on the planet – well before the age of climate change widely believed to have begun with the Industrial Revolution. While the last two centuries have […]

While most people recognize Saturn from its nine immense rings, you’ve probably never heard of Enceladus, one of its lesser moons that hasn’t received nearly as much attention in the media lately as Titan. While researchers have proposed that life may exist on Titan, even non-carbon based life forms much different from any life as […]

With the thriving of tropical diseases in regions they never touched before, an Arctic Sea rapidly melting, at temps that could increase by one degree Fahrenheit per decade, and record breaking storms, all tied in with what could have been a deliberate gag order in Florida earlier this week, it seems like the consequences of […]

It might surprise you, but the ability of the chameleon to change colors rapidly – a trait that has given this lizard family the reputation of master of disguise – has only been discovered recently. They adjust a layer of specialized cells hidden under their skin, according to a new study. This famous trait of […]

It looks like climate change may be the story of the year – now more so than ever before. 2015 comes on the heels of the hottest year on record, was incorporated into President Obama’s state of the union, has been decried as the number one threat to American security by the U.S. Navy, and […]

Back in 2010, some archaeologists investigating a 19th century Baltic Sea shipwreck found something more unusual than treasure in the ship’s cargo – four beer bottles fully intact, with the brew still sealed inside. The amber ale was likely brewed in Belgium back in the 1840s, and was on its way to ports in Scandinavia. […]