One of the items stolen from Dresden’s Royal Palace was a sun-shaped, diamond hair ornament that dates to the late-18th century and once belonged to the queen. In two daring heists that took place just days apart in Germany, burglars…
Non-Newtonian fluids change their viscosity depending on the stress or force applied, transforming from liquid-like to solid-like in a flash. A slurry of cornstarch and water is far weirder than the sum of its parts. Move it slowly, and it…
“If they are here, I hope they’re nice,” Musk says. There’s still no sign of aliens at Area 51, according to Elon Musk (or so he claims). Last weekend in Boca Chica, Texas, in front of a gleeful crowd of…
This cultivated meat is “slaughter-free.” For the first time ever, meat was created in space — but no animals were harmed in the making of this 3D bioprinted “space beef.” Aleph Farms, an Israeli food company, announced today (Oct. 7)…
Evolutionary scientists have been thinking about same-sex sexual behavior all wrong. That’s the implication of a new study on same-sex behavior in animals. Instead of asking why animals engage in same-sex behavior (SSB), researchers should be asking, “Why not?” the…
The erythrosuchid species Garjainia madiba, illustrated here, was native to South Africa. Millions of years before the dinosaurs, tank-like predators that looked like Komodo dragons with absurdly huge heads roamed the planet. And it turned out that these reptiles, known…