A team of researchers at Lund University says that your health over a lifetime is affected not just by whether you gain weight but by when you gain it. And…

Researchers at Seven Seas surveyed 2,000 British adults about what age people consider someone to be old. Answers varied by respondent age, but on average respondents said someone becomes “old”…

An international team of researchers has narrowed the options for saving Venice from complete flooding down to four radical plans. Is one of them the clear best? Experts say Venice…

Vitamin D is called the “sunny” vitamin because your body produces it when sunlight hits your skin. About 90 percent of the vitamin D people need comes from sunlight. The…

Scientists from the International Pediatric Sleep Association, the World Sleep Society, and the University of Copenhagen warn that hotter nights are already disrupting sleep for billions of people. As the…

Earth’s population is about 8 billion people right now. But by the late 2070s that number will swell to a staggering 12.4 billion people, and that would be extremely dangerous…

The Human Organ Atlas (HOA), a 3D portal built by an international team of scientists, is now publicly available. It includes detailed scans of 56 human organs. The project brought…

An international team of researchers has painstakingly reconstructed part of the oldest map of the night sky — a map that had been considered lost. X-ray scanning made the recovery…

Excavations of the 6th-century BCE temple, now in their fifth year at the Kleidi-Samikon archaeological site in western Greece, have revealed a unique archive of bronze tablets. Researchers often call…

For years, scientists have warned that AI could take jobs away from many of us. Microsoft has analyzed the real threats posed by the expansion of AI in the job…

People have long known that nature benefits our health. A team from the University of Vienna (Austria) and the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) recently showed that watching live nature…

In 2022, during a survey of the Liliʻuokalani Ridge in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM), which stretches north of the Hawaiian Islands, the research vessel Nautilus made an unexpected…

While we’re not talking about lost worlds like Atlantis or El Dorado, the discovery of gigantic structures beneath the Pacific Ocean has left scientists as baffled as if they had…

Two independent research teams have discovered that the reddish coat of our feline companions is likely the result of a missing segment of DNA in a non-coding part of the…

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have mapped the chemical and biological signals that let some embryos pick the right time to hatch based on environmental cues. So how…

The Bible tells two stories of fishermen who, thanks to Jesus, hauled in enormous catches that fed their communities for weeks. These events likely took place on the Sea of…

This idea sounds like it was borrowed from a science fiction blockbuster. But it’s not: real scientists are seriously weighing its pros and cons. A team at the Institute of…

Most people today prefer friendly, calm pets that fit a more sedentary lifestyle. Just a few decades ago, dogs were seen as working animals tasked with hunting, herding livestock, and…

Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, rises to 8,849 meters. And it’s still getting taller. British and Chinese researchers have uncovered why. They used computer modeling and GPS measurements.…

A team at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, conducted an in-depth study of how hippos run—and the results surprised the researchers. These hefty, wingless mammals can sometimes lift…

An international team of researchers analyzed the factors that lead cats to wreak havoc on home interiors and explored ways to curb the behavior. Veterinarians have long thought that trying…

After years of wondering, researchers finally solved the mystery behind an unusual cat coloration. Salty licorice, or salmiak, is a popular treat in Finland made from the licorice or sweet…

Outside scientific circles, not everyone realizes that plants are surrounded by a delicate mist of airborne compounds. They use these compounds for communication and protection. Much like scents, these substances…

It turns out that the soft pads embedded in a cat’s vocal cords are responsible for purring. This discovery, led by prominent vocal scientist Christian Herbst from the University of…

This young specimen from the family Liparidae, commonly known as snailfishes, belongs to the genus Pseudoliparis. Currently, it holds the title of the deepest fish ever recorded. The previous record…

Zebras, members of the horse family, have a distinctive black-and-white coat that makes them easy to spot. A team from the University of Bristol found that that high-contrast pattern helps…

Scientists have learned to tell when a volcano is gearing up to erupt by watching the surrounding trees. Before an eruption, those trees often green up—brighter leaves can signal a…

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have developed a mushroom-based material that combines biodegradability, strength, and versatility—a combination materials scientists find hard to achieve.…

A team led by Professor Seiji Takeuchi at the University of Tokyo has grown 11-gram pieces of chicken in the lab and says the product could reach the market in…

A team of scientists from the University of California shared an image of a square painted in a new color. Scientists emphasized that it can only be seen when the…

Attempts to grow human teeth in the lab have been underway worldwide for decades. Recently, a team of British researchers announced a breakthrough in this field. Researchers believe their success…

Inventors from the technology company Naicker Scientific in Gloucestershire, England, have developed an advanced water purification system designed to operate beneath the surface of the Moon. This new technology will…

A new study by researchers at Brown University (USA) and the University of Bern (Switzerland) shows that iron in Martian rocks oxidized because of water—rather than by dry hematite oxidation,…

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Free University of Berlin combined the strength of mussels with the stickiness of mucus to create a new superglue.…

Picture a Christmas dinner reworked for the near future: seaweed “pigs in blankets,” lab-grown turkey, pea-based cheese, and “super” potatoes. A team at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has imagined…

Researchers at Stanford University say a common food dye — not yet tested in humans — may eventually help detect injuries or tumors. To reach this finding, scientists examined the…

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have invented a way to tackle several problems at once. Every year, an astonishing 10 billion kilograms of coffee…

This scientific breakthrough allowed the team to uncover a number of secrets hidden within the depths of our planet. Using the research vessel JOIDES Resolution, scientists drilled a 1,268-meter hole…

A new breakthrough in food technology: a team of researchers from Yonsei University’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in South Korea has grown artificial beef in the lab. This…

Earlier, HouseWife reported an Egyptian-British team’s reconstruction of Ramesses II at the height of his power. Now researchers led by Brazilian digital designer and reconstructor Cicero Moraes have revealed what…

This conclusion was reached by an international team of scientists led by Ingrid Daubar, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Brown University (USA). Therefore, colonizing Mars…

In microgravity, familiar things behave in weird ways. Flames form spheres, human bones lose density, and calluses on the feet disappear. Various liquids also act strangely. It’s no surprise a…

Four-legged robotic dogs have gained popularity among scientists and rapid response teams in recent years, primarily due to their unique ability to maneuver in dangerous or inaccessible areas for humans.…

A team of researchers from Spain and Saudi Arabia analyzed the so-called “Treasure of Villena,” discovered on the Iberian Peninsula in 1963. These ancient valuables were stored for over 60…

Perhaps it’s not surprising that Scottish scientists took on the task of reworking a byproduct from whisky production into the fuel of the future. This isn’t the first technology of…

Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) say the new DeWave technology is noninvasive. Until now, efforts to read brain signals required implanted electrodes or costly MRI machines. Now,…

There are few places left on Earth where nature remains untouched. One of them is the Amazon. In its vast territory of 6.7 million square kilometers, every patch of soil,…