I won’t mince words: Sling TV is confusing. It has, by far, the most confusing lineup of plans and add-ons out of any of the live TV streaming services I tested. There are a handful of core plans, none of …
An AI tool trained on chemical signatures from corpse-eating insects may help determine time and place of death for victims of violent crimes. Source link
The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along with the victim. The film’s director, Alfred Hitchcock, reportedly later …
Scientists have made some intriguing parasite discoveries in an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum. Canned salmon, well past its prime, has preserved decades of Alaskan marine ecology in brine and tin. Parasites can reveal a lot about an ecosystem, since …
Struggling to concentrate? Maybe your brain is having a wash Jenny Evans/Getty Images We all know it can be hard to concentrate when you are sleep-deprived, but why does this happen? It may be because your brain is trying to …
A University of Missouri-led discovery could pave the way for improved diagnosis and treatment of unexplained movement disorders. An international team of researchers led by Shinghua Ding at the University of Missouri has discovered a new genetic disorder that interferes …
For years, many scientists have warned that Earth is undergoing another mass extinction, with species disappearing faster than ever before. These warnings often rely on projecting extinction data from the past 500 years into the future, assuming that current rates …
Archaeologists have discovered an unusual circular stone grave in southern Germany. Dating to the Roman Empire, the large tomb was completely empty — and it may have been erected as a monument to honor someone buried elsewhere. “The tomb was …
Humanity’s understanding of the solar system has evolved dramatically following the advent of spaceflight. Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on our planet, explore the wonders of our …
Picture this: 8,000 years ago, your ancestors are learning to grow wheat and barley, herding goats, living in close quarters with dozens of neighbors for the first time in human history. And then someone gets violently ill, vomiting for days. …