Invisible shrimp could very well be living in every drop of water you drink–but that’s OK, they’re nothing to worry about. By Jeremy A. Kaplan (FOXNews.com) <strong><em>This post is part of a special <a href=”http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/clean_water_crisis.html”>news series</a> on global water issues.</em></strong> A photo posted to the online sharing site Reddit has the Internet abuzz. It shows...
By Jeremy A. Kaplan (FOXNews.com) In May scientists finished mapping the genes of the Neanderthal and determined that as much as 4 percent of those genes are in people today [Neanderthals, Humans Interbred–First Solid DNA Evidence]. Now one company has unveiled a test to determine just how much Neanderthal is inside you. Sort of. The...
By Jeremy A. Kaplan (FOXNews.com) King Arthur, Lancelot, and the other knights of the Round Table are more than mere stories. In fact, one British historian has found precisely where that famous table once sat –and what exactly it was. King Arthur and his knights, depicted in a medieval painting sitting around the famous Round...
By Jeremy A. Kaplan (FOXNews.com) A submarine exploring the ocean’s depths recently returned with an unexpected visitor: a crablike critter called Bathynomus giganteus (commonly known as giant isopod) that has left many readers startled and horrified. This giant isopod (a crustacean related to shrimps and crabs) represents one of about nine species of large isopods in...