By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded out of Africa, resulting in a substantial amount of Neanderthal DNA…
We’re all familiar with the high-pitched squeak of basketball shoes on the court during games, or tires squealing on pavement. Scientists conducted several experiments and discovered that the geometry of…
Chess is imposing to the uninitiated. Most casual fans could spend their entire lives studying a library’s worth of chess theory, only to still be routinely humiliated by competitive players.…
It’s hard to overstate the role that Wi-Fi plays in virtually every facet of life. The organization that shepherds the wireless protocol says that more than 48 billion Wi-Fi-enabled devices…
Driving comes with its fair share of annoyances:over-aggressive mergers, seemingly never-ending red lights, and bumper-to-bumper traffic to name a handful. But few are as rage-inducing as plopping into a gaping…
DENVER—The Global Positioning System is one of the few space programs that touches nearly every human life, and the stewards of the satellite navigation network are eager to populate the…
It’s difficult to imagine watching a basketball game without the sound of sneakers squeaking across the court. The high-pitched noises are as instantly recognizable as they are inevitable—thanks to the…
In November 1932, the harsh southern sun beat down on an empty paddock in Western Australia. The soil is red and strewn with rocks. Three soldiers emerge from the haze:…
The urine of chimpanzees contains high levels of alcohol byproduct, most likely because the chimps regularly gorge themselves on fermented fruit, according to a new paper published in the journal…
On Tuesday, the US Energy Information Administration released full-year data on how the country generated electricity in 2026. It’s a bit of a good news/bad news situation. The bad news…