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a New Researchpublished in the journal Geoscience Reviewhelps resolve one of the longest-running debates in paleoanthropology: when did early humans arrive in Europe? Ancient humans. Image…
A strain of avian flu has been circulating among dairy cows for nearly five months Lauren Justice/Bloomberg via Getty Images US health officials are struggling to…
New species of early crocodile named Asiatosuchus oenotoriensis was discovered by a team of paleontologists from Spain’s National University of Distance Learning and the University of…
Caves on the moon have been identified by scientists not too far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago. They speculate that…
summaryThe annual Perseid meteor shower has begun, reaching its peak on the night of August 12th.It's typically one of the most dramatic meteor showers of the…
Using raindrops is an unusual idea Derek Croucher / Alamy A generator that harvests the sound of pattering rain could produce enough electricity to power LED lights, but it’s unclear how practical it would be. Zhang Yonghui of the Dalian University of Technology in China and his colleagues have developed a device they call a
We live in the age of black hole photography. In 2019, the first photograph of a black hole was published. Naturally, it was difficult to capture.…
Proposed underground geometry of the Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon Wagner and Robinson A network of caves may be hidden just beneath the Moon's surface, and…
Activity within brain networks appears to differ between boys and girlsPeople Images/Getty Images Artificial intelligence can now distinguish the brain patterns of 9- to 10-year-old boys…
Air traffic controllers can track GPS issues on transatlantic flights NATS GPS signal disruptions that began near battlefields in Europe and the Middle East are now…
Astronomers have released a beautiful photo of the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 5238 taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This Hubble Space Telescope image shows…
Ever wondered if any moons in the solar system have a dense atmosphere like Earth? Currently, scientists believe that Saturn’s moon Titan is the only one…
Rats in John Cryan's lab were withdrawn and anxious, behaving in ways that mirrored those who had been bullied at work and suspected they might encounter…
Shutterstock/Lightfield Studios A funny thing in gardening is that sometimes the most counterintuitive ideas turn out to be the most effective, so about 10 years ago…
Atlantic Ocean Current VisualizationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2004 film the day after tomorrow While we may have taken some pretty artistic liberties with the…
Las Vegas experienced its highest temperature on record on July 7, reaching 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The city surpassed a 2005 record of four consecutive days with…
Kids like Disney’s Thora Martins Iwaju. Instead of driving to school, they fly. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley did the same thing when they missed the…
composite: (often used as a synonym for chemistry) A compound is a substance formed by combining two or more chemical elements in certain proportions. For example,…
Have you ever considered what your doomsday plan would entail? If not, you’re not alone. While most people are more concerned with what’s for dinner tomorrow…
Offshore wind projects not only face financial challenges, but also need to navigate through federal and state regulations as they require approval from the Bureau of…
One of the most astonishing scientific discoveries of the past decade is the abundance of black holes in the universe. These black holes come in a…
Pakistani paleontologists have uncovered a new genus and species of a prehistoric relative of the giraffe from the Miocene period. Reconstruction of an ancient giraffe. Image…
Not all diving boards obey the laws of thermodynamics vm/Getty Images A microscopic version of a diving board violated the second law of thermodynamics 95 percent…
With the approach of a special day, we often find ourselves balancing the celebration of a new year’s wisdom and the apprehension of time passing by.…
Pupil size can help diagnose conditions like concussion Irina Silnikova/Getty Images As you breathe, your pupils change size: they are smallest as you begin to inhale, gradually enlarge to their largest as you exhale, and then rapidly shrink as you finish exhaling. “I’m not going to see it with my naked eye.” Martin Schafer “I
People living in the highlands of Papua New Guinea may benefit from having Denisovan DNAMichael Runkel/Danita Delimont/Getty Images/Gallo Images Roots Highland and lowland peoples of Papua…
Astronomy Photographer of the Year An annual photo contest showcasing all things space-relatedis back for the first time in 16 yearsNumber Run. More than 3,500 photos…
Illustration showing LUCA possibly being attacked by a virusScientific Graphic Design The organisms that gave rise to all life on Earth evolved much earlier than previously…
The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) is a hypothetical common ancestor of all modern cellular life, from single-celled organisms such as bacteria to giant sequoia trees…
Flying cars have long been part of our imagined future, and they might be here to stay. Shutterstock/Design Project A long history of the future Nicole…
Part of the urine collection systemLuka Bielski Astronauts on spacewalks may soon be able to drink their own urine, thanks to a water filtration and recycling…
Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have announced the discovery of ancient chromosome subfossils in a female mammoth fossil.Mammutus primigeniusThe mammoth, a species…
Tachyon They are hypothetical particles that always travel faster than light. Until recently, they were commonly thought to be entities that did not fit into the…
A recent study indicates that multiple instances of gene flow occurring between 250,000 and 200,000 years ago impacted the genomes and biology of both modern humans…
In a new study, planetary scientists have found strong similarities between the soil of Gale Crater on Mars and that of the cold, sub-Arctic climate of…
“Demographic composition has changed significantly in recent years,” Li Junhua, the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, said in a news release. The report predicts…
Solar power plantYaor Shen/Getty Images Things are a bit shaky right now, both environmentally and politically, so I decided to call up some experts to find…
Any random series of events, like ocean waves lapping on a shore, could be a clock, and physicists have now devised a mathematical procedure for building such strange clocks and measuring their accuracy. “How can you turn anything into a watch? We decided to approach that problem by thinking about the process that is, in
Nut deficiency What happens when you remove most of the nuts from the bolts on three of the four sides of a tall electricity pylon? New…
39,000-year-old mammoth leg Love Darren/Stockholm University The woolly mammoth, which died 52,000 years ago, has been so well preserved that it’s now possible to sequence its…