Researchers Get Their First Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavities, And It Didn’t Look Like Models Predicted » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock For years now, researchers thought they knew what the inside of a Neanderthal nasal cavity would look…
Tiny 12,000-Year-Old Sculpture Represents A Major Advancement In The History Of Art And Humanity » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock If you happened to come across this 3.7 centimeter (1.5 inch) tall ancient sculpture, you might assume…
New Machine Learning Algorithm Helps Scientists Identify Oxygen Producing Lifeforms In Rocks Over A Billion Years Older Than Previous Earliest Known Specimens » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Studying any type of history is difficult because the further you go back, the harder it is…
Researchers Find Evidence That It May Be Genes On The X Chromosome That Cause The Height Difference Between Men And Women » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock On average, men are about 13 centimeters (5 inches) taller than women. This is something that is…
Certain Species Of Spider Can Use Electromagnetism To Fly Up Into The Air, Allowing Them To Travel To Distant Places » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Spiders are incredible creatures, having evolved to dominate just about every environment. Some species burrow underground to…
Ground-Breaking New Technology Allows Scientists To Observe Another Star’s Coronal Mass Ejection For The First Time Ever » TwistedSifter
NASA The closest that coronal mass ejections (CMEs) come to most people’s awareness is when they’re mentioned as…
A Telescope Mounted To A Massive Balloon Tells Us More About Black Holes Than Ever Before » TwistedSifter
Pixabay They’re as unending as they are inescapable, and these are two of the factors that make black…
James Webb Space Telescope Had A Flaw That Rendered Certain Data Useless, But It Was Overcome Thanks To A PhD Student’s Efforts » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is one of the most impressive technological achievements ever. It has…
Something Quite Unusual Was Going On Under The Earth’s Surface Eighteen Years Ago » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock The year was 2007. You might have had the first iPhone in your hands, or you could…
The Most Famous Failed Experiment In History Disproved A Common Understanding Of How Light Traveled, And It Paved The Way For Einstein’s Theory Of Relativity. » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock If you are the type of person who keeps up on the latest published studies, you likely…
“Tropical Mammoth” Fossils Found In Mexico, But Some Researchers Say They Should Be Classified As An Entirely New Species » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Mammoths are one of the most famous ancient animals, right up there with dinosaurs. This ancient mammal…
Modified Yeast Has Been Shown To Increase Bee Development By 15 Times, Which Could Lead To A Reversal Of Colony Collapse » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are one of the most important animals on the planet. They perform the bulk…