Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket for the first time early Thursday, a livestream of the blastoff showed. The rocket, whose inaugural mission had been delayed by several years, blasted of at 2:03 am (0703 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in the […]
Blue Origin is preparing for one of its biggest launches yet. On Sunday, the Jeff Bezos-owned commercial space company will attempt to send its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket into space for the first time. The launch comes after almost a decade of development, and its outcome could threaten the dominance of Elon Musk’s SpaceX — […]
Archaeologists wasted no time in 2024, digging up incredible finds, such as the remains of an ancient temple in Greece and golden tongues in ancient Egyptian burialsand then analyzing them to learn more about our past. Meanwhile, people studying human evolution found precious clues about our extinct relatives. For instance, they discovered that 1.4 million-year-old […]
Nature, Published online: 23 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04123-5 Pupil contractions in a talking parrot, and how ancient numerals were derived from counting on fingers, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.
When you think about skin care, snail mucin probably isn’t the first product that comes to mind. But snail secretion filtrate—a mucus these teeny mollusks produce to move, stay hydrated, and fend off environmental threats—has somehow slithered its way to the top of the cosmeceutical pole. Simply put, snails have an impressive, multitasking slime system. […]
The world’s oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles, a new study suggests. The finding reinforces an idea proposed in earlier research: that cuneiform script — which was developed in early Mesopotamia around 3100 B.C. and […]
It may not be the most romantic thing to say, but kissing accomplishes very little from a biological standpoint. If anything, a smooch’s ability to facilitate the spread of communicable diseases can do more harm than good. But according to a review of humanity’s evolutionary journey, there was a time when kisses potentially signified a […]
The real estate industry has taken notice. Quite coincidentally, as Hurricane Helene was bearing down on the Southeast last week, Zillow announced a new feature that displays climate risk scores on listing pages alongside interactive maps and insurance requirements. Now, you can look up an address and see, on a scale of 1 to 10, […]
