discover
Elon Musk, a former self-described atheist, has revealed more about his apparent spiritual awakening in recent years, saying he has come to believe God exists. The SpaceX and Tesla chief executive, who had previously said he didn’t believe in anything, declared on Tuesday that he looked up to the maker of the universe and specified that ‘God is the […]
There’s good news for people with a sweet tooth, as a new study has revealed that eating dark chocolate could help you live longer. Cocoa – the primary ingredient in dark chocolate – contains theobromine, a key compound naturally produced by plants. New research has revealed that this compound reduces your biological age – a […]
Psychopaths are typically portrayed as men in blockbuster hits – whether it’s Patrick Bateman in American Psycho or The Joker in The Dark Knight. But a new study has shed light on female psychopaths, and the key traits they possess. Researchers from Université Libre de Bruxelles surveyed 492 people to understand whether there is a […]
A teenager died after she was tied up and thrown into a swamp to drown in an honour killing because her Western behaviour shamed her family, according to prosecutors in the Netherlands. Ryan Al Najjar’s brothers have now been put on trial for her murder, while her father, who is accused of ordering the killing, […]
That headline comes courtesy of a recent study out of Stanford Medicine, published in the journal Nature, which examined the very, well, nature of aging by studying participants’ molecules. (The study included 108 participants, both men and women, between the ages of 25 and 75.) What they found was that the molecules didn’t shift in […]
From Bill Clinton to Tiger Woods, many celebrities have been caught up in famous cheating scandals. But is there any way to spot a cheater before they stray? According to scientists from Koç University in Istanbul, there are four red flags that indicate someone is likely to cheat. In their study, the team surveyed 280 […]
Scientists have revealed a grim prospect for humanity’s future, as they warn Earth will eventually be consumed by the sun. In roughly five billion years, our star will burn the last of its hydrogen fuel and begin expanding into a monstrous red giant. When this happens, astronomers from the University College London and the University […]
What is being hailed as a ‘cancer treatment breakthrough’ comes not from a brand-new experimental drug, but from a 40-year-old medicine used to treat worms. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have patented a new form of mebendazole, called polymorph C, which may work much better against cancer than the versions currently available. Mebendazole is already […]
Scientists have cracked the code behind a mysterious language discovered among a non-human species living in Earth’s oceans that mirrors human speech. Using AI to study whale communication, Project CETI researchers discovered that sperm whales ‘talk’ to each other with strange, Morse code-like clicking patterns. The mammals used patterned click sequences known as codas, which […]
A Virginia woman has been brought back from the dead twice, has broken her silence about what she really saw in the afterlife. Deborah Prum, a wife, mother, and former research director at Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire, has opened up about the out-of-body experiences she had during two traumatic incidents that nearly destroyed […]