(Natural News) Beyond death and taxes, life still has many certainties. Take farting, for example. While it’s an act many wouldn’t be caught dead doing, it’s actually a normal part of digestion: A person, on average, farts anywhere from five to 15 times a day. Still, if you’re looking to avoid smelling like rotten eggs […]

(Natural News) Plants such as trees form symbiotic relationships with bacteria and fungi in the soil, with the latter helping capture nutrients and minerals from the environment. In turn, the tree shares some of the food that it produces using the energy of the sun with these bacteria and fungi. Now, a study published in the journal Nature […]

(Natural News) In June of 2019, miners employed by Enchanted Designs Limited were busy at work in Alberta, Canada looking for ammolite, a rainbow-colored gemstone used in luxury jewelry, when they instead found something arguably much more valuable. They found the fossilized remains of an ancient sea monster that lived about 70 million years ago during the […]

(Natural News) Researchers trying to figure out how extraterrestrial life may think are starting to look in different places. In one study, presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference, a group of researchers from the University of Washington (UWash) in Seattle believe that the way the arms of a cephalopod like the octopus “think” can be a model […]

(Natural News) A typical beach stroll usually ends with someone finding a few pretty seashells, coral fragments and colorful beach glass. One man, however, found something prehistoric after going on what was supposed to be an ordinary beach stroll with his family. According to Harvey Wall, he and his family were looking for seashells when […]

(Natural News) Those looking for signs of life outside our planet should take a look first at what’s living deep beneath the ocean’s surface, according to astrobiologists. In a talk presented at the Astrobiology Science Conference, post-doctoral investigator Amy Smith said the Lo’ihi seamount, located just off the southeastern coast of Hawaii’s Big Island, can […]

(Natural News) A galactic merger occurs when two or more galaxies collide. These kinds of galaxy interactions are fairly well-known, as scientists have already found several galaxies they believe are in the process of forming or were formed due to a galactic merger. Even the Milky Way is currently in the process of merging with another […]

(Natural News) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced a highly unusual alleged cure for the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19) that definitely falls into the so-called “alternative” medicine category: cow urine. The Hindu Mahasabha, a century-old group that promotes a system of Hindu nationalism known as Hindutva, or “Hinduness,” has officially declared, with Modi’s blessing, that […]

(Natural News) The human nose can distinguish at least one trillion different scents. Many of these smells will come and go fairly quickly. However, others, such as disgusting smells, don’t disappear fast enough. The brain recognizes smells with the help of special sensory cells known as olfactory receptor neurons that are located inside the nose. Once […]

(Natural News) A new study, published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, found that giving your brain a tiny zap can help stimulate parts of it that deal with memory, specifically the prefrontal cortex. Participants of this study were around 15.4 percent more likely to recall fuzzy memories, according to co-author of the study Jesse Rissman, assistant professor at […]