As part of Project Mercury, NASA prepared to send a chimpanzee, Ham, into space to test the effects of space on a living creature. What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving? This Indian City ...

History isn’t all generals and politicians. Sometimes it’s a stray mutt or a pigeon with a mission that rewrites the script.

a chimpanzee called Ham was one of the first to put the risky voyage to the test. The three-year-old chimp created history when he became the first chimpanzee to travel to space, ultimately paving the ...

Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor ...

Two studies of wild chimps point to the evolutionary roots of human language. The studies found that chimp communication often relies on rhythmic structures and call combinations.

Wild chimpanzees filmed sharing ‘boozy’ fruit for first time. Chimps don’t share food all the time, so this behaviour with fermented fruit might be important. Wild chimpanzees have been pictured ...

Iberian ham is known as one of the world’s most luxurious delicacies, and the acorn-fed variety stands at the very top of the pyramid, with its exquisite flavor and unmatched quality.

A pair of studies finds that chimp communication includes both rhythmic structures and call combinations, two key elements of spoken language. Taken together, the studies add to an emerging "early ...

This reinforces the idea that rhythm plays a significant role in chimpanzee communication. "Our ability to produce rhythm – and to use it in our social worlds – that seems to be something that ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bhavya Lal, the former acting Chief Technologist at NASA explains how nuclear power could unlock humanity’s next giant leap in space. Our interview with ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected the first planet seen orbiting a dead star, offering new insights into how planets evolve during the final stages of a star's ...