Written by: Christina Pulluck Posted on: December 10, 2025How Tall Was Alexander the Great? Historians Respond
Curious about Alexander the Great’s true height? Discover what historians reveal and why popular myths might not tell the whole story.
Written by: Christina Pulluck Posted on: December 9, 2025Alexander the Great Height: How Tall Was He Really?
Discover the mystery behind Alexander the Great’s height and why historical records leave us guessing—his true stature might surprise you.
Written by: Christina Pulluck Posted on: November 3, 2024Could Billion-Year-Old Rocks Be the Missing Link to Proving Dark Matter Exists?
For decades, dark matter has been like the ghost at the cosmic party—everyone’s pretty sure it’s there, but nobody can actually see it. Despite all our fancy telescopes and particle accelerators, we haven’t detected a single speck of this mysterious “stuff” directly. But now, researchers…
Written by: Dean Prust Posted on: December 7, 2019Monkeys outperform humans when it comes to cognitive flexibility
When it comes to exploring new options for solving a problem, Capuchin and Rhesus monkeys show more cognitive flexibility than humans, say US scientists. Explanations. Humans live in complex environments and inevitably have to rely on incomplete information to make decisions. The logical shortcuts they…
Written by: Dean Prust Posted on: December 5, 2019We are all mutants, but some more than others
All babies are born with genetic mutations different from those of their parents, but some have more than others, show the work of American geneticists. At birth, newborns typically have 70 new genetic mutations compared to their parents. Landmarks The human genome is made up…