Dolphins Sponge Up Culture
Dolphins sponge up culture
Dolphins that use sea sponges as hunting tools form cliques with others that do the same — the first evidence of animal grouping based on mutual interest.
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Colossal Human Sculpture Unearthed in Turkey
Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an enormous stone sculpture of a Neo-Hittite warrior-king daring from the first millennium B.C.
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Orthodox Jews Use Smartphones, Websites to Complete Talmud Cycle
Want to study the Talmud with thousands of other Orthodox Jews? There’s an app for that. 21st century Internet technology makes it easier than ever for thousands of people worldwide to participate in Daf Yomi, a 7.5-year program to study the Torah’s rabbinical commentary. To mark Siyum HaShas, the end of the 12th Daf Yomi…
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‘Superbird’ Stuns Researchers
A team of researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the National Research Council of Argentina recently fitted a South American sea bird called an imperial cormorant with a small camera, then watched stunned as it became “superbird” — diving 150 feet underwater in 40 seconds, feeding on the ocean floor for 80 seconds…
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Did Expelled Stars Reionize the Ancient Universe?
Hot stars booted out of their galactic homes may be responsible for creating the conditions that led to today’s universe
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Want to Live on Mars? Here’s Your Chance
Just as NASA’s latest rover prepares to land on the surface of Mars, one Dutch company is looking to up the ante, with plans to send humans to the distant red planet. But before you sign up for travels to faraway lands, you may want to take note that the trip is a one-way deal,…
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How Science and the Olympics Can Learn From Each Other
The Olympic Games are a reminder that — as in science — competitiveness must be tempered with cooperation to achieve social development.
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Why Are Secular Businesses Claiming Religious Rights?
A new federal court ruling represents an ominous legal trend: Religious freedom is morphing into religious power
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Israel to End Draft Exemptions for Ultra-Orthodox
In an step that could intensify a major rift among Israelis, the defense minister ordered the army to prepare for a universal draft of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men. Many in the insular and rapidly growing community say they would rather go to jail than comply with an end to the decades-long draft exemptions that have caused…
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Seal Flu Virus Concerns Scientists
Scientists have identified a new strain of influenza in harbor seals that could potentially impact human and animal health. The H3N8 flu has been associated with the deaths of harbor seals in New England last year. Researchers say the virus may have evolved from a type that had been circulating in North American birds since…