Category: General

The Campi Flegrei (the Phlegraean Fields) area in Italy is no stranger to volcanic activity. One of the largest eruptions in the area took place around 40,000 years ago, covering the area in ash and blasting open a caldera 9 miles wide. 

A recent…

From Hadrian’s Wall to the Great Wall of China, ancient fortified structures have been the subject of interest for centuries. When archaeologists come across these walls, they often categorize them as military structures used to defend and…

Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the…

In 2022, transportation accounted for nearly 30% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Most of that came from ICE vehicles running on fossil fuels. Despite years of hype and investment, electric vehicles still make up just 8% of cars on…

Ever wonder if your cat could pick you out of a line up?

New research suggests they could … but maybe not in the way you would expect.

Previous research has found that only 54% of cats could recognise humans by their face alone.

So how does…

The Atlantic hurricane season hasn’t even begun, and forecasters are already sounding the alarm. Yup, you heard that right: the 2025 season, which officially runs from 1 June to 30 November, is expected to be an unusually active…

Imagine your body as a big sugar bowl. At birth, the bowl is empty. Over several decades, you eat sugar and refined carbohydrates and the bowl gradually fills up. And when you next eat, sugar comes in and spills over the sides of the bowl because…

Browsing the sunscreen aisle at the pharmacy can be overwhelming. Gone are the…

It’s been more than two decades since scientists finished sequencing the human genome, providing a comprehensive map of human biology that has since accelerated progress in disease research and personalized medicine.

Thanks to that endeavor, we…

A combination of two cancer drugs significantly boosts lifespan in mice, according to a new…