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Mathematics Reveals Why Human Cannibalism Keeps Reappearing
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (640+ words) Cannibalism is something of a paradox: It's considered taboo and unacceptable, and yet the entire timeline of human history is dotted with records of the practice emerging. Why does Homo sapiens keep turning to it, but never stick with it?...
Fish Skin Doesn't Just Reflect Light – It Might Actually Sense It
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (573+ words) A glittering school of silverside fish may remind you of a disco ball, a dazzling display made up of many tiny mirrors. But emerging research suggests the skin of these fish is capable of far more than just reflecting light....
Orcas Keep Punching Giant Sunfish to Smithereens, And Scientists Are Mesmerized
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (893+ words) Well, sea shenanigans are once again afoot – and the culprit is very much the usual suspect. Orcas (Orcinus orca) are already renowned for their elaborate and effective hunting techniques, from generating waves to wash seals off ice floes to surgically…...
Monkeys Have Geometric Skills On Par With Human Preschoolers, Study Suggests
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (732+ words) If you've ever gone hiking and reached a fork in the trail, you may be confronted with two triangles: one pointing right, one pointing left. You know the direction they're pointing has meaning, but at the same time, you know…...
An Entirely New Monkey Species Has Been Hiding in The Congo Rainforest
1+ week, 5+ day ago (177+ words) When biologists discover a new species in the 21st century, it's usually because they've run new DNA analysis, peered more closely down the microscope, or collected specimens from far beyond the human comfort zone....
A 'War' Between Elephants And Humans Is Brewing in Southern Africa
2+ week, 4+ day ago (715+ words) Which footprint is bigger? An elephant's or a human's? It depends on how you measure it. As humanity leaves its mark on more of the African savanna, we are increasingly stepping on the toes of wild elephants. Researchers in the…...
First-Ever Footage of Haunting Barreleye Fish Captured Deep Beneath The Atlantic
2+ week, 5+ day ago (810+ words) Deep beneath the oceans' crashing waves lies a hidden landscape more alien than many of us could ever dream. Below the Atlantic Ocean lies the Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone, a remote labyrinth of tectonic fractures where Earth's crust is…...
73 Never-Before-Seen Volcanic Calderas Discovered Across The Ocean Floor
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (307+ words) Deep beneath the ocean waves, dangers lurk....
Peculiar Bat Behavior Revealed in a 400-Year-Old Painting
3+ week, 6+ day ago (293+ words) For more than 400 years, an oil painting titled Air by Flemish master Jan Brueghel the Elder has been hiding a scientific secret about bats and their nighttime feeding behavior – and we've only just spotted it....
Scientists Discover a Spider That Catapults Prey Into Its Web at a Brutal 140 G
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (146+ words) There's more than one way a spider can spin its web....