Diet fads come and go, but some stick around longer than others. One example is the so-called “Paleo diet” which, as the name ...

“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was founded in 1958 in response to the so-called Space Race with the Soviet Union to land the first man on the Moon. Today we find ourselves in yet ...

Red squirrels – yes, the cute ones with furry ears from children’s books – have become the first identified animal host of one of the oldest diseases in recorded history. It seems these unassuming ...

Viagra helps to keep the foot on the gas because it’s a PDE5 inhibitor – in other words, it acts to stop PDE5 from breaking down cGMP. That means that, as long as the Viagra user continues to be ...

In 1930, Günther Roeder, a German archaeologist, unearthed the lower part of a statue that depicted Ramesses II, otherwise known as Ramesses the Great. Ramesses ruled the Nile Valley and the wider ...

The Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, is the smallest mammal in the world today. Adults weigh 1.8 to 3 grams (0.06 to 0.1 ounces), and their body length is 35 to 48 millimeters (1.4 to 1.9 inches), ...

Providing stimulation for your pet can be one of the most engaging things you can do as an animal owner, whether it be exercise, puzzle games, or toys to entertain your furry friend. Parrots have been ...

Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. The sub has been devised to carry large payloads over long ...

We live in (or at least, perceive, with various branches of string theory including up to 26 dimensions) a universe with three dimensions (plus time), and there are reasons to suspect why we find ...

The Earth's magnetic field has changed direction many times over millions of years, sometimes accompanied by temporary ...

A wild Sumatran orangutan has been seen chewing the leaves of the Akar Kuning plant and applying the juice to a wound on his ...

From around 850 to 1150 CE, the Chaco Canyon was the cultural heartland of the Puebloan peoples who inhabited the ...