Pooches, puppers, doggos – all these words mean the same thing. And, now it appears that the dogs themselves can connect similar linguistic labels, according to a new study from Eötvös Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary.
This principle of “label extension” is a pillar of language…
From The Last of Us to The Thing, blockbuster movies and TV shows have been trying to warn the world not to dig into ancient ice, open the…
Losing weight could be as simple as replacing some of the sausages, beef and bacon in your diet with legumes, according to a recent study.
Scientists at the University of Helsinki instructed 51 Finnish men, aged 20 to 65, to reduce the amount of red and processed meat they were eating to just…
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) has fascinated stargazers for millennia – but now we can see it as never before. From the crystal-clear skies above the AstroCamp Observatory in Nerpio, Spain, three photographers have revealed its luminous core and star-studded spirals in extraordinary detail.
That…
A foundation created by Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, will fund a project to send drone boats out into the rough ocean around Antarctica to collect data that could help solve a crucial climate puzzle. The project is part of a suite of funding announced today from Schmidt Sciences,…
A sudden growth spurt has led to a ‘rogue’ planet becoming the fastest-growing planet ever seen.
The planet unexpectedly began gorging on the gas surrounding it a few months ago and is now swallowing down six billion tonnes (2.2 trillion pounds) every second, according to a new study. That…
NASA’s VIPER lunar rover could be delivered to the moon by Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company. The US space agency has awarded the company a task order to design a delivery plan for the rover, with a future delivery option.
The award, worth $190 million, was issued through NASA’s
Around the world, women live longer than men on average – and scientists have now discovered that competition for a mate could be the reason….
Jane Goodall, the world’s most famous primatologist, accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world’s view of what it means to be human.
At the age of just 26, Goodall observed a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Gombe Stream National Park, Northern…
