Studies suggest that -CF₃ doesn’t accumulate in the body like its longer cousins. Scientists believe the coating primarily breaks down into trifluoroacetic acid, which the body excretes easily and ...

Archaeologists at a site in Bronze Age Thailand found evidence of betel nut chewing from 4,000 years ago, and they did it by ...

Pythons can easily disappear. They blend into the vegetation, evade trail cameras, and often slip through even the most ...

The potato, it turns out, is not a “purebreed.” It’s the result of an ancient and accidental hybridization that occurred ...

The tests took place in a small arena with specific time intervals. This was to avoid stress and prevent the snakes from ...

Every battery is limited by the critical current density (CCD), which determines how quickly a battery can safely accept ...

“Studying Roman concrete can teach us how to use materials in a way that can maximize the longevity of our structures, ...

Ant-eating mammals evolved independently over a dozen times since the fall of the dinosaurs.

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

The gender divide was also telling. Men in the sample were more likely to display malevolent traits, and among men, these ...

Pulaosaurus lived in the thick forests of what is now northeastern China, part of a fossil-rich region called the Yanliao ...

Economists and engineers have long warned about the “alignment problem” — how to make AI systems that stay useful and safe ...