When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. A 2,000-year-old skull shows a layer of black pigment on the teeth of an individual from Dong Xa, Vietnam. | Credit: © 2026 Zhang et al., Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Shiny black teeth have been considered a high … Read more
When scientists from Saudi Arabia’s National Wildlife Center were scouring caves for wildlife in 2022 and 2023, they came across something unexpected: seven naturally mummified cheetahs in five caves near the northern city of Arar. The remains were largely intact, with well-preserved soft tissues and skeletons. Now, an analysis of three of the mummies’ DNA … Read more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. Cannibalism has appeared in several lineages of snakes throughout evolutionary history. | Credit: VW Pics via Getty Images Cannibalism might seem like a rare and unnatural event, but the behavior has appeared in several lineages of snakes throughout … Read more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. A new paper suggests that an incredibly energetic neutrino that slammed into Earth in 2023 could have been unleashed by an exploding black hole. | Credit: Illustration by Tobias Roetsch for All About Space Magazine/Future Publishing via Getty … Read more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. Researchers are finding out how a huge reservoir of fresh water ended up under the ocean off the east coast. | Credit: Anton Petrus/Getty Images A giant ‘secret’ reservoir of fresh water off the East Coast that could … Read more
Veronika, a cow living in an idyllic mountain village in the Austrian countryside, has spent years perfecting the art of scratching with sticks, rakes and deck brushes. Now that scientists have discovered her, she has the distinction of being the first known cow use tools. She picks up objects with her tongue, squeezes them tightly … Read more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. An artist’s impression of making sparks from pyrite and flint. | Credit: Craig Williams/The Trustees of the British Museum Neanderthals they were the world’s first innovators in fire technology, the small evidence from England suggests. Flakes of pyrite … Read more
Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, MS, RD Design elements: Getty Images. Design EatingWell. Key points Choline is an essential micronutrient for a healthy brain and nervous system. Low levels of choline in the blood are linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Choline is found in seafood, meat, dairy, nuts, potatoes, legumes and whole … Read more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. Matjes River Mandible 1 female, who lived 7,900 years ago in southern Africa. | Credit: Mattias Jakobsson Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, causing them to “fall outside the range of genetic variation” seen … Read more
Increasing physical activity in midlife or later can reduce the chance of developing dementia by up to 45 percent, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health analyzed data from more than 4,300 people in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring, all of whom did … Read more