Новости за 21.03.2017

In "Calculating the Cosmos," author Ian Stewart presents a guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe.

For the first time, scientists have observed chimpanzees performing funerary rituals, in this case, cleaning the teeth of a corpse in Zambia.

Scientists have observed a chimpanzee cleaning the teeth of her adopted son, suggesting that humans might not be the only species with funerary rituals.

A cache of bronze coins dating to the Byzantine era was recently uncovered during a highway expansion excavation in Israel.

Are rising temperatures around the world also increasing the rates of diabetes?

Around the same time that the dinosaurs became extinct on Earth, a volcano on Mars went dormant, NASA researchers have learned.

Tons of artifacts, including gold coins, that were possibly looted from Egypt and Turkey are being shipped into the U.S.

Looting in Egypt and Syria is resulting in artifacts smuggled into the United States, where they are being sold on the black market.

Former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal can likely see that a basketball is round, but the newly proclaimed "flat-Earther" can’t seem to say the same for the planet.

Yves Meyer, a French mathematician who did pioneering work on a signal processing tool known as wavelet analysis, has won the Abel Prize, one of the top math prizes.

A 10-month-old girl who was born with a rare "parasitic twin" attached to her body has undergone a successful surgery.

Cannabidiol could be used in addition to talk therapy to treat anxiety disorders, researchers say, although more study of the compound is needed.

Hawking also said climate change is "one of the greatest dangers we face."

Thousands of U.S. children ingest opioid drugs each year on accident, a new study found.

The magnetized rocks of Earth’s crust and upper mantle, also known as the upper lithosphere, accounts for generating 6 percent of the planet’s magnetic field.

Archaeologists discovered a hidden cache of Byzantine coins, concealed in a stone niche in an ancient settlement on the road to Jerusalem.

What happens in our brains when we rely on GPS devices to help us navigate?

The computer is one of eight functioning Apple-1 motherboards remaining.

Ethical guidelines on lab-grown human embryos beg for revamping, scientists say.

The zoo with the largest rhino herd in Europe is removing the animals' horns.