Merit Ptah is often cited as the first woman doctor, but new findings suggest she never existed. Merit Ptah was an ancient Egyptian physician, often revered as the world’s first female doctor. She was thought to live nearly 5,000 years…
S. roeselii is shown here contracting down to where it’s holding onto a surface. Tiny, brainless blobs might be able to make decisions: A single-celled organism can “change its mind” to avoid going near an irritating substance, according to new…
A man crouches on the Oregon forest floor late at night, peering between the trees for signs of nocturnal life. The scene is pitch-black but his face and hands are visible in infrared footage, and he scans the landscape with…
One “Star Wars” item folks exchanging holiday gifts this year won’t find under the wrapping paper is any Baby Yoda merchandise (at least, not officially released Baby Yoda merchandise). And as it turns out, despite the obvious appeal of having…
This may just be the weirdest thing you’ve seen today! Thousands of these marine worms, called fat innkeeper worms—or “penis fish”—washed up on Drake’s Beach after a recent storm. 🌊 But why? pic.twitter.com/vGMpSvGoATDecember 11, 2019 Try not to be…
AREA 51, the Air Force base where conspiracy theorists claim the United States Government is hiding evidence of alien technology, is home to something extraordinary – but it is not “little green men”, an author has claimed. The base was…