Medicine & TechnologyThe passengers wanted to return to the helicopter, but the pilot decided it would be safer to opt for the water. Read to learn more.
Princeton University estimates that 12 million Africans were brought as slaves to the Americas, with almost half coming from Brazil. Read to learn more.
The US had 45.7 of 1,000 deaths from malaria in the 1850s, with the US having 2,000 annual malaria cases on average for the past ten years. Read the article to learn more.
Obsidian stone knives are often associated with bloodletting rituals, but some researchers found that they were used for simple kitchen knife purposes. Read to learn more.
A dead whale carcass fell into the bathypelagic zone, where no sunlight can touch, and the only source of light comes from bioluminescence creatures. Read to learn more.
Data from earthquakes ground changes and gas provide information about a volcano's activity, but magma provides a direct measure of its chemistry. Read to learn more.