We often think that mummies are only found in Egypt, but they have been discovered all over the world. They aren’t always human, either.

University of Texas researchers have concluded that a newly-discovered, blind, subterranean ant “evolved over 120 million years ago from wasp ancestors.”¹ The discovery of previously unknown insects and other animals is interesting, but would scientists assign this kind of timeframe if they didn’t have to fit their discovery into mandatory long ages?

Scientists have officially measured and documented the “Blissful Ignorance Effect,”¹ which describes the way consumers’ goals shift after they’ve made purchases. Before choosing a particular item, the research showed that people were picky about, and interested in, product information.

The long-held belief that dinosaurs once ruled the earth because of their evolutionary superiority is undergoing some modification. The standard story holds that in an earlier era of earth’s billions-of-years history, “…a new, more highly developed reptile evolved—the dinosaurs,”¹ who thrived because they were more fit than their supposed reptilian cousins.

Harvard Medical School scientists believe they are closer to creating life out of non-living matter—but there are good reasons to doubt it.