Here’s what to buy as a beginner runner (and what can be given a miss)
Running is a very simple sport — at least, so the theory goes. Yet the world of running kit has become increasingly complex and increasingly...
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Ribchester Helmet: A rare ‘face mask’ helmet worn by a Roman cavalry officer 1,900 years ago
QUICK FACTS Name: Ribchester Helmet What it is: A bronze helmet with a face-mask visor Where it is from: Ribchester, in northwest England When it...
The Snow Moon will ‘swallow’ one of the brightest stars in the sky this weekend: Where and when to look
Stargazers in eastern North America will see something truly rare in the night sky this weekend: a very bright star being occulted by the full...
Watch awkward Chinese humanoid robot lay it all down on the dance floor
Adam Full-Size Humanoid Robot Charleston Dance Version 2.0 – YouTube Watch On In a striking display of agility and grace, a humanoid robot named “Adam-U...
More than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in a cave; but archaeologists aren’t sure why
Neanderthals purposefully collected and positioned horned and antlered animal skulls in a cave in what is now Spain, suggesting that these extinct human relatives had...
‘Part of the evolutionary fabric of our societies’: Same-sex sexual behavior in primates may be a survival strategy, study finds
Same-sex sexual behavior among primates could be shaped partly by specific environmental and social conditions, according to a new study comparing 59 species. Same-sex sexual...
Thousands of dams in the US are old, damaged and unable to cope with extreme weather. How bad is it?
Satellite images have revealed that dozens of dams across the U.S. — including the biggest one in Texas — may be at risk of collapse...
New triple-drug treatment stops pancreatic cancer in its tracks, a mouse study finds
A triple-drug therapy for pancreatic cancer has shown promise in early animal tests, pointing to a potential new treatment for a disease with a notoriously...
How long does it take the sun to rotate?
Many objects in space rotate. Earth completes a spin in roughly 24 hours, while Venus takes a whopping 243 Earth days. The moon’s rotational period...
James Webb telescope solves mystery of ‘forever young’ vampire stars from the dawn of time
Astronomers have solved the mystery of how some stars stay youthfully bright and blue, despite being almost as old as the universe itself: They cannibalize...