What happened after the fall of Rome? Ancient genomes offer new clues
A genomic analysis of people buried on the border of the ancient Roman Empire show how distinct groups combined after the empire’s fall
What happened after the fall of Rome? Ancient genomes offer new clues
A genomic analysis of people buried on the border of the ancient Roman Empire show how distinct groups combined after the empire’s fall
A giant hailstorm just killed an emu at a Missouri zoo
Today’s Spellements

What’s faster than light? Darkness
What we learned from South Carolina’s measles outbreak
NASA chief Jared Isaacman hints at campaign to make Pluto a planet again

The hidden cause of heart disease is inflammation
How strange new ‘altermagnets’ could rewrite physics
Space hotels are coming soon
Create as many words as you can!
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.

Can peanut allergies be cured?
How much vitamin D do you need to stay healthy?
These cancers were beyond treatment—but might not be anymore
The global wildlife trade may be spreading diseases faster than ever
Amid climate doom, here’s an Earth Day reminder about spectacular environmental wins
‘Cocaine hippos,’ faster aging with HIV and the hidden dangers of inflammation

City birds appear to be more afraid of women than men, and scientists have no idea why
“I fully believe our results, that urban birds react differently based on the sex of the person approaching them,” said a co-author of a study that made this finding, “but I can’t explain them right now”

An amateur just solved a 60-year-old math problem—by asking AI
A ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had thought of. Experts believe it may have further uses

The Simpsons reference that refutes one of history’s greatest mathematicians
In one famous episode of The Simpsons, Homer finds a counterexample to Fermat’s last theorem

The science behind the Adidas shoes that helped two marathoners break the two-hour mark
A sub-two-hour marathon has long been seen as a tantalizing benchmark for elite runners—and shoemakers have been in a race to design footwear that can help them get there

A giant hailstorm just killed an emu at a Missouri zoo
A hailstorm of these proportions is “unusual” but not unheard of in Missouri at this time of year, one expert says

NASA chief Jared Isaacman hints at campaign to make Pluto a planet again
The NASA administrator’s latest remarks in support of reexamining Pluto’s status come 20 years after the orb was downgraded to a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union