By analyzing 103 skulls of early Caribbean inhabitants, experts were able to reassess when and where they settled. This, in turn, lent credence to Columbus’ infamous tales of cannibalism. Ann Ross/North Carolina State UniversityExperts analyzed the skulls of early Caribbean…
Passengers have their temperature checked at Hong Kong international airport in 2015 as part of preventive measures against the spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). As an outbreak of a new virus in China spreads to other countries, U.S.…
Thousands of common murres such as this one died and washed ashore as a result of a marine heat wave known as “the blob.” Five years ago, tens of thousands of emaciated seabirds washed ashore on the Pacific Coast. Now,…
Eukaryotic cells, as illustrated here, evolved from single-celled organisms around 2 billion years ago. A microbe found in the muddy depths of the Pacific Ocean doesn’t look like much other than a blob with tentacles. But this unassuming little critter…
Researchers found that men taking fish oil pills had better sperm, healthier hormone levels and bigger
Tributes have been made to 20-year-old Cameron Blair, a Cork Institute of Technology student who collapsed and died after being stabbed in the neck while at a house party in the Irish city The 20-year-old was fatally stabbed on Thursday…