Scientists have found a promising way to help birds recover songs that have disappeared from their natural habitats, using computer-generated recordings to bring old bird calls back into circulation. The experiment, reported by The Guardian on October 13, 2026, suggests that technology could eventually support wildlife conservation by helping birds relearn vocal traditions lost as…

PC: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Archaeologists have identified evidence of traumatic injuries in 12 people whose remains were deposited in houses, pits, wells, and postholes across Iron and Viking Age Scandinavia. The individuals lived between approximately 500 BCE and 1050 CE, and their skeletal remains showed 19 injuries sustained before or around the…

Katy Perry’s career has largely been defined by chart-topping songs, sold-out performances and a public profile that extends well beyond music. Since 2013, however, the American singer has also held a role with UNICEF, working to draw attention to the circumstances faced by children in vulnerable communities. Her involvement has taken her from a child…

Photo credit: Sotheby’s A dinosaur skeleton discovered by Montana rancher Jodi Pierson on her family’s land in 2019 is now on public display at Sotheby’s in New York ahead of an auction on October 27. Nicknamed “Jodi” after its discoverer, the mounted Nanotyrannus skeleton is nearly 70 percent complete, making it one of only three…

The SS United States, a 990-foot ocean liner that carried presidents, dignitaries and celebrities across the Atlantic, is preparing for a final voyage that will take it from a historic passenger ship to an underwater attraction. More than seven decades after its maiden voyage in 1952, the vessel is scheduled to be sunk off Florida’s…