Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media circles and fringe websites claims that 600 million-year-old fossils belonging to tiny humanoids have been found in Antarctica....

12/1/2024, 2:00:00 PM

Issue 29 (December 2024) of CURIOUS is out now, bringing you science highlights for the month plus deep dives into intriguing topics, interviews, exclusives, diary dates, and explanations for some of Earth’s most perplexing natural phenomena and landscapes....

12/1/2024, 1:51:03 PM

One of the most significant events in the International Year of Quantum of Science and Technology is a workshop being held in June 2025 in Helgoland – the island where Werner Heisenberg laid the foundations for quantum mechanics 100 years ago....

12/1/2024, 1:05:00 PM

Medically reviewed by Arno Kroner, DAOM In Sanskrit, pranayama means breath work or the manipulation of the breath. This manipulation can be as simple as linking the breath with the poses, moving with the inhale and the exhale,...

12/1/2024, 1:00:00 PM

The holiday season comes with decorating, shopping, cooking and gatherings, making the last few weeks of the year jam packed with activities....

12/1/2024, 12:54:00 PM

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk is seeking re-election while City Council member Ed Zucal has announced a primary challenge in 2025. Here are there platforms....

12/1/2024, 12:04:00 PM

Nonmainstream doctors and health leaders are wielding serious muscle in shaping the incoming administration’s health policies and challenging prevailing thinking on public health, disease prevention and chronic illness....

12/1/2024, 11:34:00 AM

College-football scheduling has an element of farce. Imagine the Yankees playing a series against the Rocket City Trash Pandas, the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. (Maybe it’s not so hard to imagine—the Yankees do play the Chicago White Sox....

12/1/2024, 11:11:00 AM

I'm sometimes asked how I started in AIDS organizing. Although it’s hard to pin when it happened, I will always remember where I was when I did—Room 207 at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center at an ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) meeting in New York City....

12/1/2024, 11:06:00 AM

The best-known part of NOAA, touching all of our daily lives, is the National Weather Service. This is where daily forecasts and timely warning of severe storms, hurricanes and bl...

12/1/2024, 11:00:00 AM

A sensational and troubled past often dogged Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential run, but didn't prevent him from landing a Cabinet appointment from his new ally, President-elect Donald Trump....

12/1/2024, 11:00:00 AM

A little-known squad of New York’s medical examiner’s office uses dogs, DNA and any other available clue to identify bodies....

12/1/2024, 7:59:00 AM

Researchers have discovered a Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, which orbits its star every 21 hours, placing it in the rare category of "hot Neptunes." This planet provides critical insights into the formation and atmospheric evolution of planets close to their stars,...

12/1/2024, 6:36:00 AM

Earl Holliman, whose acting career included a Golden Globe-winning role in The Rainmaker on the big screen and the TV crime drama Police Woman opposite Angie Dickinson, died Monday afternoon at his home in Studio City, California. He was 96 years old....

12/1/2024, 1:10:00 AM

If 25% of all code at Google is generated by AI, what should new computer science students learn in order to be productive in the workforce? Will they be writing code, or doing prompt driven programming,...

12/1/2024, 12:06:00 AM