A Dionysian megalograph newly discovered in Pompeii shares similarities with the Villa of the Mysteries.
Researchers determined that the Mosasaurus fossil purportedly unearthed by workers at the Sidi Chennane phosphate mines was likely a fake.
Records describing the dangers of a new nuclear-waste repository will be printed on ceramic tablets and placed in an old salt mine in an Austrian mountain.
Fish and mollusks were prevalent in the funerary practices of Ur.
The mummy of the Mysterious Lady was not pregnant, and Egyptian mummies smell spicy, sweet, and woody.
Rats can distinguish between Riesling and sauvignon blanc.
Male mice born later than their siblings appear to exhibit an increased likelihood of homosexual behavior that echoes the fraternal birth-order effect seen among men.
Butterfly populations in the United States declined by a fifth in the first two decades of this century, and the number of unprovoked shark attacks fell steeply last year.
Astronauts’ immune systems may benefit from a dirtier International Space Station.
Air pollution and biothermal stress may be lengthening human pregnancies, and between 2016 and 2024, the brains of dead humans exhibited a 50 percent increase in microplastic levels.
Danes with higher sperm counts live longer.
A man presented to a Vietnamese hospital with cellulitis from a child bite
A literature review enumerated cases of envenomation by dead snakes, including those of a Chinese chef killed by the severed head of a spitting cobra, a child in Minnesota injured by a freeze-dried prairie-rattlesnake head worn as a tie tack, and two drunk Indians hospitalized after they chewed on the head of a dead krait.
Melanism in snakes follows Gloger’s rule.
A limited overlap in niches enables the coexistence of multiple snake species on Sado Island.
Women with borderline personality disorder are roughly twice as likely to practice BDSM as those without.
Polish doctors urged further investigation into compulsive frotteurs.
A direct correlation was detected between the level of sexual excitement in those with paraphilic interests and the tendency to act on those interests.
Male Turkana warriors with and without apparent PTSD have the same levels of cortisol, but those with PTSD wake up with lower testosterone levels
Chemists grew gold in total darkness.
Microarousals are necessary for healthy sleep.
Dormancy may have been essential for the persistence of life on Earth.
The selection of species for de-extinction appears to be biased by candidate animals’ charisma and capacity to fascinate humans.
Having unveiled its woolly mice, an American startup promised to reintroduce woolly mammoths by the end of 2028.
In India, a drunk elephant attacked a watchtower, while in China the supply of humanoid robots struggled to keep pace with rental demand.
Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation.
Drunk Britons were judged to make bad eyewitnesses.
Regret is stronger when one goes against one’s instincts.
Americans with open personalities are less likely to express end-of-life regret about how much they spent on food, whereas agreeable people are disposed to regret spending money on food, clothing, leisure, and financial help to others.
Five zebra fish per liter of tank water can be collectively euthanized by electric shock.
Pet-shop tanks are usually too small for Siamese fighting fish.
Percentage of Americans who consider Canada a U.S. ally: 82
Percentage of Canadians who consider the United States a Canadian ally: 33
Portion of Americans who say that the United States should “take control of” Canada: 1/4
Portion of Canadians who say that California, Oregon, and Washington should “become part of” Canada: 1/3
Percentage increase this year in sales of the Canadian flag by Flags Unlimited, one of Canada’s largest flag manufacturers: 100
Average salary cut that a Democrat would take in order to have an employer with liberal views: $1,700, That a Republican would take in order not to have a liberal employer: $1,600
Percentage of Americans who said their sympathies lay more with Palestinians than with Israelis in 2013: 12
Now: 33
Estimated percentage of U.N. press releases that were generated by AI last year: 14, Of corporate press releases: 24
Average percentage by which customers rate more highly customer-service calls that use AI to “standardize” accents: 22
Estimated minimum amount generated by Cambodia’s scam industry last year: $12,500,000,000
Ratio of this amount to the country’s official GDP: 1:2
Minimum number of Fortune 100 CEOs who have frozen their sperm: 33
Estimated average cost, per milliliter, of commercially donated sperm: $6,000
Portion of men who report having at least seven orgasms per week: 1/4, Of women: 1/50
Percentage change in the portion of Americans who identified as Christian from 2007 to 2022: –23
From 2022 to today: +5
Percentage of Americans who pray who do so in a place of worship: 46, Who do so in their car: 61
Ratio of parking spots to cars in New York City: 3:2, Of bicycle parking spots to bicycles: 1:46
Percentage of apartment rentals in Brooklyn last year for which there was a bidding war: 27
Chance that an American changed addresses in any given year in the 1960s: 1 in 5, In 2023: 1 in 8
Rank of Florida among the states that Americans say they would most like to move to: 1
Rank of California: 2
Percentage of buildings in California constructed in the 1920s that are in high-risk fire areas today: 28, Of those constructed since 2020: 80
Portion of the contiguous United States in which mosquito season is longer now than it was in 1979: 3/4
Average number of days by which mosquito season is now longer in these areas: 17
Factor by which the number of days that American schools are closed because of extreme heat has increased since 2019: 2
Percentage change since 2000 in the portion of U.S. kindergarten and preschool teachers who are men: +129, In the portion of U.S. registered nurses who are men: +83
Chance that an American believes they have a penicillin allergy: 1 in 10
Maximum chance that an American does have a penicillin allergy: 1 in 100
Portion of Americans with chronic kidney disease who are unaware of it: 9/10
Percentage of Americans aged 25 to 34 who consider themselves middle-aged: 21