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Oct 31, 2018

The Real Reason the Pilgrims Survived

Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a group of English Pilgrims who had crossed the Atlantic Ocean and created a colony called New Plymouth celebrated their first harvest. They hosted a group of about 90 Wampanoags, their Algonquian-speaking neighbors. Together, migrants and Natives feasted for three days on corn, venison...

Sep 30, 2018

Tiny Hawaiian Gecko Accidentally Calls 'a Bazillion' People from Hospital Phone, Wins the Internet

If you have never been prank-called by a lizard, you probably don't live in Hawaii. Dr. Claire Simeone, the director of the Kei Kai Ola hospital for Hawaiian monk seals, definitely does. Earlier this week, Simeone had just left work for lunch when her phone started ringing. A lot. I...

Sep 30, 2018

Giant, Prehistoric Bird Chowed Down on This Neanderthal Child's Bones

One Neanderthal child had a very bad day about 115,000 years ago. The child died — that much is certain — and the bones were gulped down and digested by a giant, prehistoric bird, according to archaeologists in Poland. However, it's unclear whether the giant bird killed the child before...

Sep 30, 2018

Why Do Some People Feel More Pain Than Others?

Anyone who came of age in the 1990s remembers the Friends episode where Phoebe and Rachel venture out to get tattoos. Spoiler alert: Rachel gets a tattoo and Phoebe ends up with a black ink dot because she couldn't take the pain. This sitcom storyline is funny, but it also...

Jul 31, 2018

Photos: Cropmarks Reveal Traces of Lost Civilizations in England

Neolithic Cursus (Image credit: Damian Grady/Copyright Historic England)The rectangle cropmarks found near Clifton Reynes, Milton Keynes reveal two Neolithic cursus monuments that likely date to between 3600 and 3000 B.C. Though the monument to the left was recently found as part of another project, the one on the right was...

Jun 30, 2018

Why Are There 9 Supreme Court Justices?

Supreme Court justice Anthony Kenneday said he's retiring at the end of July, meaning the court will hold just eight justices until a new nominee gets confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Eight justices also manned the court between February 2016 when Justice Antonin Scalia died and Neil Gorsuch was confirmed...

Apr 30, 2018

You Have a Second Immune System, and It Might Be Ruining Your Love Life

To bae or not to bae? That is the question of dating. And while you might believe the answer hinges mostly on chemistry or mutual interests, a team of psychology researchers from McGill University in Montreal suggests that there's an unlikely judge ultimately making the call: your behavioral immune system....

Apr 30, 2018

The Jerusalem Quandary: Why Trump's Embassy Move Is Problematic

The new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will open Monday, the Associated Press reported today (May 11). The embassy, which will open with an initial staff of 50 people, will be housed in part of a pre-existing American visa-and-passport facility, according to the AP. President Trump first declared his intent to...

Apr 30, 2018

Diwali: Hindu Festival of Lights

Diwali, also known as Deepawali, is the Hindu festival of lights. It is celebrated for five days across India and other parts of southern Asia, as well as in many other places around the world. It is the biggest Hindu festival and most important Hindu holiday of the year. During...

Mar 31, 2018

Camelot, King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table

Camelot was a mythical castled city, said to be located in Great Britain, where King Arthur held court. It was the center of the Kingdom of Logres and in Arthurian legend would become the location of the round table that held 150 knights. French originsStories about King Arthur are known...

Mar 31, 2018

Wait For It...The First 'April 23rd Doomsday' Was Predicted in 1843

Call it the recycled doomsday: A new prediction for the end of the world sets the apocalypse date as Monday, April 23, based on a mishmash of old numerology, re-readings of the biblical Book of Revelation and rehashed conspiracy theories about a rogue Planet X. Even the calendar date of...

Mar 31, 2018

Knife-Armed Man Leaves World's Coolest Skeleton

Fifteen-hundred years ago, a single mighty blow crashed down upon a man in Italy, severing his right hand. The wound should have killed him — if not from immediate blood loss, then from an infection for which there were no antibiotics. But he survived. The man's severed bones healed. He...

Feb 28, 2018

Can Sound Be Used As a Weapon?

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Editor's note: Government and academic investigators continue to probe reports from Cuba that, starting in 2016 and continuing through 2017, U.S. and Canadian diplomats and tourists may have been...

Feb 28, 2018

What were George Washington's teeth made of? (It's not wood)

The myth of George Washington's wooden chompers is as enduring as the tall tale of the time the young future president chopped down a cherry tree and came clean about his crime. It's also just as false. In fact, Washington had multiple sets of dentures, and they were made of...

Feb 28, 2018

This Futuristic Flying Car Requires Zero Piloting Skills

A flying car company funded by Google co-founder Larry Page seems to finally have a prototype that looks something like a personal aircraft people might actually use. The company, Kitty Hawk, released a video and statement debuting the vehicle, called Cora, today (March 13). Cora looks a bit like a...