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A fossil skeleton discovered in Argentine Patagonia has identified a new genus and species of abelisaurid furiosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period. Korken Inakayari Image…
About 12,440 to 12,550 years ago, hunter-gatherers regularly returned to Chile’s Lake Taguatagua to hunt an ancient elephant relative called Gomphotherium and exploit other local resources,…
Researchers from the University of Tasmania and Western University have conducted experiments to show that Australian marsupials such as kangaroos and wallabies are most afraid of…
A 3,500-year-old Mycenaean bronze suit of armour discovered in the Greek village of Dendra may have been used in combat and not just for ritual purposes…
Sperm motility plays a major role in male fertility Shutterstock Compounds that block sperm movement are expected to have a reversible effect as a form of…
Hurricane Idalia (left) makes landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida, on August 30, 2023, while Hurricane Franklin (right) swirls in the Atlantic Ocean.ACNews Photo/Alamy This year's Atlantic…
Two teams of astronomers used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and a number of other telescopes to discover a warm, Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a cool…
Diamonds are one of the hardest and most valuable natural materials on Earth, prized for their beauty and industrial uses. Scientists have discovered that diamonds form…
It wasn’t vintage red or white, but it was vintage. A man renovating his wine cellar in Austria discovered the remains of a prehistoric mammoth. A…
Illustration of the exoplanet Gliese 12B orbiting a cool red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth.NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/R. Hart (California Institute of Technology-IPAC) Astronomers have…
Ants that consumed a caffeinated solution were able to locate the sweet reward faster than those without caffeine, indicating that the drug aids in learning. Researchers…
Oregon Sequoia Forest, USAE.BISSIRIEIX/Shutterstock In the late 21st century, the first living cities were established in the urban forests around Portland, Oregon. Sequoia City consisted of…
Excellent frog According to Chattomongkol Suvarnabhumi and Masrin Osatanunkull, a good way to distinguish one type of fang-bearing frog from another is to perform a melting…
Image of Euclid's star-forming region Messier 78Image processing by Messier 78 ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, J.-C Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday that the upcoming months could be very active in terms of hurricanes. This season’s projections, released…
Women and children come first, right? The idea that women’s bodies are more vulnerable has permeated the public imagination. But in the world of biology, it…
Spending time alone may help you regulate your emotions Harry Gruyaert/Magnum Photos Solitude Netta Weinstein, Heather Hansen, Thuyvy T. Nguyen (Cambridge University Press) In recent years,…
Male proboscis monkeys’ large noses may help them attract females hemis/aramy The male proboscis monkey’s strangely enlarged nose acts like a trumpet, enabling it to make…
NASA has announced that the first crewed flight of Boeing Co.’s Starliner spacecraft has been postponed to Tuesday. This delay is to give engineers more time…
The latest trend, “hugging cows,” is said to reduce stress Parilov/Shutterstock Cows used in human therapy programs may prefer to interact with girls and women over…
More American children are being diagnosed with ADHD SDI Productions/Getty Images More than 7 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD. That’s…
Ten years ago, the term “net zero” was a confusing term. Today, it is an important goal in the fight against climate change and a well-known…
Giant puma fungus mushroom discovered in Chile more than 40 years after last sightingFungi Foundation A small mushroom, native to the mountains of Chile, has resurfaced…
Cancer cells and two immune cellsSteve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Alamy Cancer is a disease, or a group of diseases, in which some cells grow uncontrollably and spread…
Cement is produced in an electric furnace for the first time at the British Materials Processing Institute.Materials Processing Research Institute A new technology could use waste…
Crater made by laser in titanium metalScience Photo Library / Alamy Heating a metal can make it stronger, despite the common belief that higher temperatures only…
People with mental health conditions are often encouraged to talk about it with those close to them. Mascot/Getty Images If there’s one thing most people know…
Concept art showing the compound promethium Jacqueline Demmink (art), Thomas Dyke (photography), ORNL, UA.S. Department of Energy A new compound containing promethium, one of the world’s…
A modern replica of 3,500-year-old Mycenaean armourAndreas Floris and Marija Markovic Modern military volunteers donned replicas of ancient Greek armor and took part in exercises inspired…
Diagram of the sun's magnetic fieldNASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL The Sun's magnetic field may not be as deep as we thought. For decades, scientists thought the Sun's dynamo, the…
Entanglement is a key part of quantum computing Bartlomiej K. Wroblewski/Alamy Scientists usually try to find sensible explanations for strange phenomena, but quantum entanglement complicates them.…
Human endogenous retroviruses are remnants of viral genes within the human genome.Nicole R. Fuller/Science Photo Library An ancient virus that became embedded in human DNA millions…
Osaka Wayne Studio/Getty Images What does this have to do with sex, drugs and sausage rolls? All of them can be addictive and harmful, depending on…
It can be difficult to understand all the very big and very small things. Ron Koeberer/Millennium Images, UK Imagine taking off in a spaceship that can…
Some parts of Texas, the Gulf Coast, and South Florida are currently experiencing scorching heat and humidity, prompting experts to brace for what lies ahead.Miami is…
The most powerful X-ray pulse ever reported transmitted nearly a terawatt of powerIllustration by Greg Stewart/Photo by Alberto Gamazo/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory The most powerful X-ray…
The recent trend of “hugging a cow” is said to reduce stress. Parilov/Shutterstock Cows used in human treatment programs may prefer to socialize with girls and…
2019 Excavations at Raili Cave, Timor-Leste Copyright:mike morley A cave on the island of Timor has given archaeologists important clues about the route ancient humans took…
battery: A device that can convert chemical energy into electrical energy.chemicals: A substance formed when two or more atoms combine (bond) together in a certain ratio…
Lightning is one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena. Watching it can be exciting, but being shocked by it is something you definitely want to avoid. In…
