Prehistoric Bees Made Nests In Animal Bones
In a Caribbean cave scientists made a groundbreaking discovery that rewrites what we know about ancient bee behavior. About 20,000 years ago, bees living in Cueva de Mono in the Dominican Republic created their nests not in soft soil like their modern descendants, but inside the empty tooth sockets of prey animals eaten by giant […]
These Rescue Donkeys Are Inseparable
Two young donkeys named Peanut and Popcorn are celebrating their very first Christmas in a forever home after being born at World Horse Welfare’s rescue center in Scotland. Their mothers, Mia and Molly, were rescued while heavily pregnant, and the babies arrived ten weeks apart at the Belwade Farm center last year. Because donkeys form […]
This Airport Hired Therapy Llamas For The Holidays
Portland International Airport expects nearly a million travelers to pass through during the holiday season, but this year they have some very special helpers keeping everyone calm and happy. More than 20 therapy dogs and their volunteer handlers walk through the airport year round to brighten the days of stressed passengers, flight crews, and airport […]
They Returned After Being Declared Extinct In 1996
The Campbell’s keeled glass-snail was officially declared extinct in 1996, joining the tragic list of lost species like the thylacine. But in 2020, everything changed when a Norfolk Island citizen scientist sent surprising photos to Dr. Isabel Hyman at the Australian Museum, showing an unusually large snail he’d discovered hidden under a decayed palm frond. […]
The Christmas Lottery Win That Saved An Entire Town
The Spanish town of La Bañeza was still recovering from devastating wildfires that scorched 120,000 acres and forced 8,000 residents from their homes earlier this year. The community prayed for rain to stop the flames, but the sunny Spanish sky refused to cooperate, leaving them surrounded by grief and destroyed land. Then something incredible happened […]
This Planet Has Diamond Rain And Scientists Are Baffled
Astronomers have discovered something 2,000 light years from Earth that has left them completely confused and wondering if it’s an entirely new type of space object. The planet, called PSR J2322-2650b, is shaped like a lemon with a pointy tip just like the fruit you’d find in your kitchen. Scientists believe the intense gravity from […]
Revolutionary Iron Air Batteries Last Hundreds Of Hours
A revolutionary iron air battery technology that literally rusts and unrusts to store electricity has made history by connecting to a public power grid for the first time when Dutch startup Ore Energy went online at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands on July 30th. Unlike expensive lithium batteries that lose their charge after […]
NASA’s Christmas Project Comparing Vast And Small
A microscopic Christmas tree is the seasonal highlight of a remarkable science project called New Perspectives that found scary comparisons between the vast universe and the tiny microscopic world we cannot see with the naked. The project takes space based images from Chandra which is one of NASA’s Great Observatories alongside Hubble and James Webb […]
Cheese May Help Lower Risk Of Dementia
Researchers in Sweden found a surprising link between eating more high fat cream and high fat cheeses and a lower risk of developing dementia after following 27,670 people for an average of 25 years during which 3,208 participants developed dementia. People who consumed 20 grams or more of high fat cream daily had a 16 […]
From Reddit Thread To Solved Case In Less Than 24 Hours
A man in Providence Rhode Island named John became an unlikely hero when his observant nature and quick thinking helped crack a major investigation that had stumped law enforcement for five days. John noticed something odd about a man’s behavior near Brown University campus including inappropriate clothing for December weather and suspicious circling around a […]