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Your back and neck pain might have nothing to do with your bad posture, a posture historian says

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 13:10

people in military attire stand at attention in front of a drill sargeant — If you have a drill sergeant in your head telling you to correct your posture all the time, you can tell them to chill out.
miodrag ignjatovic/Getty Images

Science, health, posture, back-pain, physical-therapy, health

Archaeologists found a secret chamber at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and they have no idea what it is

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 11:59

The Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt near another pyramid and cemetery — Archaeologists used radar and other methods to find an underground structure near the pyramids and cemeteries in Giza, Egypt.
Archive Photos/Getty Images

Science, giza, great-pyramid-of-giza, Archaeology, gpr, radar

22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America

Wed, 05/29/2024 - 19:04

A hand holding a stone tool — One of the tools Darrin Lowery found on Parsons Island.
Darrin Lowery

Science, Archaeology, clovis-culture, bering-land-bridge, stone-tools

Russian experts were guiding North Korea's space program ahead of Pyongyang blowing up its latest satellite: South Korean report

Tue, 05/28/2024 - 00:58

People walk past a television showing file footage during a news report at a train station in Seoul on May 28, 2024, after North Korea said late Monday that the rocket carrying its — People walk past a television showing file footage during a news report at a train station in Seoul on May 28, 2024, after North Korea said late Monday that the rocket carrying its "Malligyon

Military & Defense, Science, north-korea, Russia, ukraine-war, Space, kim-jong-un

Cockroaches wouldn't exist without humans. We helped them become one of the world's worst pests, according to a new study.

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 19:57

German cockroach — A German cockroach on a piece of bread.
Schellhorn/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Science, cockroaches, Evolution, pests

Why the US can't send humans to Mars

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:49

An artist concept of two astronauts in large spacesuits on Mars with a rover in the background — Getting to Mars will be tricky. NASA and others have been working on the problem for decades.
JPL/NASA

Science, Mars, mars-mission, mars-rovers, elon-musk-mars, NASA

A Texas coastal engineer says a simple home-buying decision saved his house from Hurricane Harvey — and could help other home-owners in flood zones

Sat, 05/25/2024 - 07:34

Homes flooded during hurricane harvey — In 2017, Hurricane Harvey ripped through Texas and Louisiana, causing significant flooding.
michelmond/Getty Images

Science, Hurricanes, Flooding, real-estate, homeowners-insurance, flood-insurance, climate-change

Taylor Swift's posture-correcting bra costs $185. A posture historian shares why she's skeptical of 'one-size-fits-all' solutions.

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 16:58

taylor swift eras tour — Taylor Swift performs in France.
Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty Images

Science, health, posture, exercise, health, taylor-swift

Boeing says its spacecraft is leaking but it's still safe to launch US astronauts next week

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 16:08

two astronauts in blue spacesuits inside a spaceship holding papers looking at a dashboard — The NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams conducting suited operations in the Boeing Starliner simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
NASA/Robert Markowitz

Science, Tech, Transportation, starliner-1, Boeing, NASA, spacex

NASA's Webb Space Telescope discovered 3 rare galaxies that can help astronomers study the cosmic dark ages

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 12:46

Artist's concept of a galaxy in formation. — An illustration of a galaxy forming a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
NASA

Science, NASA, james-webb-space-telescope, Space

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