Evolution and human height: Mathematician calculates physical limits to how tall we can grow

The tallest man to ever live was Robert Wadlow, who reached a staggering 2.72m. That's equal to a very large male ostrich or Shaquille O'Neal with two bowling pins balanced on his head.

Scientists have suggested the existence of life in the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus

Scientists using computing systems from the Texas Center for Advanced Computing (TACC) conducted a large—scale simulation of the activity of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The results confirmed that there ...
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How Rivers Sculpt Earth's Deepest Canyons - Explained By Geographers

The Science Behind River Downcutting The water pressure of a river can cut deep into a riverbed. Sediments from the riverbed ...
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Post-wildfires, toxic smoke a lasting health concern in CA

By Amy McDermott for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California ...
The New York Times

How to Make Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets

With the Border Patrol marching through Chicago and the National Guard patrolling Memphis, the variety of federal forces deployed to support President Trump’s mass deportation campaign and anticrime ...
Reuters

Witnesses, a drone and colored soil: How Reuters confirmed an Assad plot to move a mass grave

Every patch of earth has a signature and a secret. The signature is its individual combination of geological influences and organic material that create distinct color profiles. The secret is what ...
BBC

Volume of cylinders and prisms

Volume close volume The amount of space occupied by a 3D shape, measured in cubic units such as cm³, mm³, and m³. May also be referred to as capacity. is measured in cubic units such as cm³ or m³. The ...