A century ago, archaeologists excavated a 3,300-year-old Egyptian palace in Amarna, which was fleetingly the capital of Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaten. Situated far from the crowded areas of Amarna, the North Palace offered a quiet retreat for the royal family. On the west wall of one extravagantly decorated chamber, today known as the Green Room, the excavators discovered a series...
When a bird sings, you may think you’re hearing music. But are the melodies it’s making really music? Or is what we’re hearing merely a string of lilting calls that appeals to the human ear? Birdsong has inspired musicians from Bob Marley to Mozart and perhaps as far back as the first hunter-gatherers who banged out a beat. And a growing body of research is showing that...
A whistleblower who served in the U.S. military and in several intelligence roles says the federal government has multiple craft of “non-human” origin ― and has been working overtime to cover it up. “These are retrieving non-human origin technical vehicles, call it spacecraft if you will, non-human exotic origin vehicles that have either landed or crashed,” David Grusch told NewsNation on Monday evening. Advertisement...
To attract the public to go through their doors, what is the most popular attraction at aquariums? Some might say it’s dolphins, others seals. Love them or hate them, there is always a long line of people in front of the glass to catch a glimpse of a shark. However, unlike smaller species, larger species rarely spend their entire lives inside aquariums. “Sharks held...
‘Soft-launching,’ a common marketing term that has found its way into the modern dating lexicon, has become a popular trend on social media, wherein young couples are dropping hints to suggest that they might be dating someone new, without publicly stating whom. Best understood as a ‘teaser’ for a new relationship, soft-launching is helping couples celebrate their relationships online, without the pressure of announcing...
With up to 95% of all youth between 13 and 17 years old being social media users, it is evident that social media is an integral part of the Gen Z way of life. Additionally, despite the minimum age requirement being 13 on most social media platforms, a whopping 40% of children aged 8 to 12 are social media users. “We are in the...
October 2023 is set to be quite the month for space fans, with a stunning ‘ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse in North America. However, on NASA’s launch schedule is the Psyche mission to uncover a metal-rich asteroid of the same name. Originally scheduled to launch in September 2022, Psyche was scrubbed last year after delays in development and testing of its flight software....
Apple has announced its first VR headset Apple Apple’s newly announced virtual reality headset promises to blend the real world with video and audio, ranging from immersive FaceTime video chats to watching films and shows on a huge virtual movie screen. But even the company that pioneered the modern smartphone may not have great expectations for its $3499 device at a time when rival...
Fossil human species Homo naledi, discovered in the Rising Star cave system by a team led by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Lee Berger, may have engaged in surprisingly sophisticated behaviors considering its small brain size. Credit: Mark Thiessen/National Geographic Advertisement
Fossils of Homo naledi Robert Clark, National Geographic A species of ancient human with a brain the size of a chimpanzee’s may have engraved symbols on cave walls and deliberately buried its dead. These new discoveries about Homo naledi, a supposedly primitive hominin, could potentially prompt a rethink of the origins of complex behaviours once thought to be only the domain of large-brained humans...
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