When we hear “mammoth hunters,” a picture from a school textbook immediately comes to mind, with a familiar illustration: a mammoth fell into a hunting pit, and hunters finish it off with spears and stones. But in fact, such hunting…
Music can be an unexpected ally in the fight against acute back pain. According to a study published in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (WJEM), listening to your favorite tracks in the emergency room reduces anxiety levels, and with…
This creature, known to the scientific community as Pyura chilensis, and to the public as the sea squirt or “living stone.” Its appearance mimics a regular stone thanks to a tough shell known as a tunic, which can be covered…
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Being overweight in old age does not always increase the risk of dementia, and sometimes even reduces it, scientists have concluded based on data from the large ARIC cohort study. The results of the work are published in the journal…
Illustration of ESA's RAMSES spacecraft approaching the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis before its close approach to Earth in 2029. (Image credit: ESA Science Office) When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis flies past Earth on April 13, 20