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Brutal Viking Ritual Called ‘Blood Eagle’ Was Anatomically Possible, Study Shows

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Famed for their swift longboats and bloody incursions, Vikings have long been associated with brutal, over-the-top violence. Between the eighth and 11th centuries, these groups left their Nordic homelands to make their fortunes by trading and raiding across Europe.   Particularly infamous is the so-called “blood eagle”, a gory ritual these warriors are said to … Read more

Deep Conversations With Strangers Can Have Surprising Results, Study Shows

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When we want to really connect with others, we usually limit ourselves to family and close friends. Opening up to a stranger would likely seem a daunting prospect to most of us – but it looks like our expectations may not always match reality.   New research suggests that people’s expectations about their interactions with strangers … Read more

Chemical Air Pollution Morphs Into Something Even More Toxic, Study Shows

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Remnants of industrial chemicals in the air can potentially transform into new substances more toxic and persistent than the original pollution, according to a global study published on Wednesday.   Using samples gathered around the world, the study published in Nature found that these previously unidentified products are present in the atmospheres of 18 big … Read more

The best sci-fi movies and TV shows to stream on Disney Plus in December

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There’s a lot of out-of-this-world sci-fi content on Disney Plus these days, and we’ve picked out some of the best movies and TV shows so that you don’t have to.  From “Star Wars” to “Futurama,” from Marvel to documentaries, Disney Plus has something for everyone —  hundreds if not thousands of hours of galactic content … Read more

Research in experimental lake shows fish populations can recover quickly from mercury contamination | Science

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Mercury pollution is a global problem. Emissions from gold mining, coal burning, and other industrial processes travel through the atmosphere, eventually falling to Earth as rain or snow. The poison can make its way to fish and the humans who eat them, where it can damage the developing nervous system, causing problems with memory and … Read more

The best sci-fi movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix in December

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So that you don’t have to spend hours searching through thousands of movies, some good, some bad and everything in-between, we’ve compiled a list of the best science-fiction movies and television shows currently on Netflix.  Today’s best Netflix deals Movies 1. Blade Runner (The Final Cut) The amazing aesthetic of Ridley Scott’s 1981 “Blade Runner” … Read more

Hubble telescope shows the sparkling side of a spiral galaxy

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A new Hubble Space Telescope image of a spiral galaxy shows sparkling stars, including a couple that snuck into the foreground. The telescope captured UGC 11537, a galaxy 230 million light-years away in the constellation Aquila; the galaxy sits at almost 10 times the distance to the spectacular Andromeda Galaxy (M31) that is just barely … Read more

DeepMind experiment shows AI must grow smarter, not just bigger

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The dominant approach to building more advanced artificial intelligences is simply to scale up their computing power, but AI firm DeepMind says we are reaching a point of diminishing returns Technology 8 December 2021 By Matthew Sparkes Training large artificial intelligences requires a lot of computing power sefa ozel/Getty Images DeepMind says that teaching machines … Read more

Leonardo DiCaprio: How comet-themed ‘Don’t Look Up’ shows climate crisis as an emergency

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s longstanding passion for climate change, which even brought him to NASA a few years back, is now on screen in a new movie. The Oscar-winning actor (“The Revenant”, “Inception”) is the lead for the cast of “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix, Dec. 10), a dark satire about a deadly comet heading for Earth. Director … Read more