The Orionid meteor shower, whose maximum occurred on October 21, gives way to another of the main meteor showers that we can see throughout the year: the Taurids. According to the International Meteor Organization (IMO), next November 5 will be the day of best visibility for this meteor shower, specifically from the southern Taurids.
Methuselah, an old star dated 14.46 billion years ago has led us to redefine the age of our universe. According to a new study published in the International Journal of Exergy, the universe is older than previously thought, since the dating of this ancient star is earlier than the estimated date for our cosmos: 13,817 million years.
A team of archaeologists from various American universities have recorded a human settlement of more than 12,000 years ago in the Peruvian Andes, at 4,500 meters of altitude, which makes this archaeological site the highest in the late Pleistocene.
A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) has succeeded in completing the sequencing of the genome of “Ust-Ishim Man”, an anatomically modern male, who lived in Siberia 45,000 years ago, which makes it the oldest known modern human (the former was the genome of the Mal'ta boy from 24,000 years ago). The work has been published in the journal Nature.
Does playing violent video games make us more aggressive? Although experts disagree, new research suggests that there is a technical feature that can enhance this unwanted consequence: 3D.
At the end of the Jurassic, about 150 million years ago, stegosaurs were not exactly unnoticed. Although these dinosaurs weren't too big compared to some of their cousins.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
