Why is ‘x’ the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising answer at TED Spectrum earlier in 2012.
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A woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl after surgeons implanted a uterus in her body taken from a dead person. The birth, in Brazil, is the first reported involving a deceased donor uterus transplant. For the first time, a baby has been born [...]
Neanderthals may not have sported the barrel-chested bodies and hunched posture we see in museums and textbooks, according to a new study. The first 3D virtual reconstruction of a Neanderthal ribcage has revealed that they had straighter spines a [...]
2018 is set to be the fourth warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) which found that extreme weather this year due to climate change left a trail of devastation across the globe. 2018 is expected to be the fourt [...]
‘Not in front of the kids’ is an age-old plea for parents to avoid showing conflict and strong negative emotions around their children. New research suggests otherwise, showing that it’s better to express negative emotions in a healthy way than to ta [...]
The remains of a 180 million-year-old ichthyosaur (literally ‘fish-lizard’) have been analyzed, and the fossil is so well-preserved that its soft-tissues retain some of their original pliability. The dolphin-like marine reptile resembles its distant [...]
Ancient DNA from mainland Finland reveals for the first time that ancestors of Saami people came from Siberia more than 3,500 years ago. The researchers from the Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany and the University of H [...]
An extinct giant rhinoceros, sometimes described as a “Siberian unicorn,” lived on the planet much longer than scientists previously thought, new research shows. A study published last week in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution says that the [...]
The International Space Station turned 20 a week ago and to celebrate this, ESA released this amazing video. Filmed by Alexander Gerst who has taken over 21,375 images of the Earth, compiled and speeded up 12.5 times the normal speed became a 15 mi [...]
Atomic clocks, based on the minute oscillations of atoms, are the most precise timekeeping devices humans have created. We now have two atomic clocks so precise they could detect gravitational waves, those faint ripples in the fabric of space-time. S [...]
A toothless whale fossil without signs of baleen could help explain how the whale filtration system evolved. Researchers have identified a 33-million-year-old whale fossil that may represent the missing link between toothed and baleen whales, accordi [...]
