In the 17th century, scientists began to ask themselves, are we quite sure this is how things work? Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer and mathematician, was not happy with explanations such as “Because the...
The archive story was published on October 17, 2003 by KU.The sending of the world’s first human to space just over 42 years ago under the coldest phase of the Cold War. Major Yuri...
New research suggests offspring of enormous carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, may have fundamentally re-shaped their communities by out-competing smaller rival species. UNM researchers examine how carnivorous dinosaur offspring reduced species diversity. Paleo-ecologists...
Almost 80 years after its discovery, a large shell from the ornate Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees has been studied by a multidisciplinary team from the CNRS, the Muséum de Toulouse, the Université Toulouse...
All good things must come to an end. Whether societies are ruled by ruthless dictators or more well-meaning representatives, they fall apart in time, with different degrees of severity. In a new paper, anthropologists...
We Homo sapiens didn’t used to be alone. Long ago, there was a lot more human diversity; Homo sapiens lived alongside an estimated eight now-extinct species of human about 300,000 years ago. As recently as 15,000 years ago, we were...
Combating influenza in Seattle in 1918, workers wearing masks on their faces in a Red Cross room. Picture buy theatlantic.com An unthinkable 50 to 100 million people worldwide died from the 1918-1919 flu pandemic commonly known as...
Freemason secrets allegedly lurk behind everything from the planning of our nation’s capital to murder. Members of the enigmatic Masonic brotherhood include prominent politicians, Founding Fathers and titans of business. In modern times, Masons are known for donating millions...
Human activity has had a significant impact on the environment thousands of years ago. The new study challenges the previous assumption that large-scale human-driven environmental change is seen as a relatively recent phenomenon. Human...
Mankind entered 75 years ago into a new historical era. An atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 at 8.16.02. About 100,000 city dwellers, 95,000 of whom were civilians, died in the...
