A 350-year-old optical illusion story is behind the viral selfie location of Saint Ignatius
The church of Saint Ignatius in Rome (or San Ignazio) has become a viral selfie location. Tourists have been queuing out the ...
Physicist introduces percolation model to explain word puzzle solving behavior
Alexander Hartmann, a physicist at the University of Oldenburg, in Germany, has introduced a new model to explain a common word puzzle phenomenon. In his paper published in the journal Physical Review ...
Analysis of skull from Ephesos confirms it is not Cleopatra's sister
An interdisciplinary research team led by anthropologist Gerhard Weber from the University of Vienna, together with experts ...
Southern California wildfires: A growing threat in unlikely months
January isn't typically associated with the fire season in Southern California, but Virginia Tech wildfire experts warn that ...
Q&A: A disaster expert explains why the LA fires have been so catastrophic
The ongoing wildfires in L.A. are among the most destructive and terrifying disasters to ever hit the city. As of the time of ...
Gene discovery reveals unique sex determination in killifish
Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena, in collaboration with international partners, have made a significant breakthrough in killifish research. They identified a gene that determines the male sex in ...
Bird deaths plummet at Chicago's McCormick Place Lakeside Center after safety film installed
For more than 40 years, migrating birds have been crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center. The glassy, low-lying ...