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Artistic representation of sparks from flint and pyrite Craig Williams, Trustee of the British Museum Approximately 400,000 years ago, Neanderthals or their ancestors in Britain struck…
“This site, dating back 400,000 years, represents the earliest known evidence of fire not just in Britain and Europe but across the globe,” stated Nick Ashton,…
The ancient human foot bones have puzzled scientists since their discovery in 2009. Johannes Haile-Selassie The origins of a 3.4-million-year-old foot bone uncovered in Ethiopia may…
For nearly a century, dark matter has posed a significant enigma. Although it outnumbers ordinary matter by a ratio of five to one, it remains invisible…
“Plants lack ears and brains, so they can’t experience music like we do…” Credit: Michele Cornelius/Alamy Do you serenade your plants? As a botanist passionate about…
Lupus can cause severe fatigue, rashes, and joint and muscle painShahril Maulana/Alamy The virus responsible for glandular fever, also referred to as mononucleosis or the kissing…
Caves in the Hebrus Valley of Mars may have been sculpted by ancient water flows NASA Mars Earth Surveyor Subsurface caves shaped by flowing water on…
Paleontologists from China and Brazil have reported the discovery of 320 phytoliths (tiny mineral structures formed within plant cells) found in the fossilized stomach of a…
Researchers have uncovered new DNA evidence that challenges established theories regarding Napoleon’s ill-fated 1812 invasion of Russia. As his Grand Army, comprising around 500,000 soldiers, advanced…
No blue pigments have been found in Paleolithic art. This absence is attributed to the scarcity of naturally occurring blue pigments and the subtlety of these…
The mantle of Mars houses ancient fragments measuring up to 4 km in width from its formation, as revealed by an analysis of seismic data gathered…
Researchers from University College London and other institutions have analyzed the molars of female Boss Torus (cattle) discovered at Stonehenge. Stonehenge. Image credit: Regina Wolf. In…
Cut marks on the foot bone from El Mirador cave, Spain iphes-cerca The discovery of human remains in caves in northern Spain indicates that Neolithic people…
Paleontologists have uncovered footprints that are 76 million years old, belonging to a dominant group of Ceratopsian dinosaurs, in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. This remarkable…
Generates brain cells from the hippocampus that proliferate in cultureArthur Chien/Science Photo Library The ongoing debate about whether adults can produce new brain cells takes a…
In collaboration with the Chicago-Carnegie Hubble program, astronomers utilizing the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have conducted new measurements of the Hubble constant. The findings align…
Polar ecosystems are bolstered and enriched by birds that nest there seasonally, serving as keystone members of these ecosystems. Despite the significant ecological role of polar…
Illustration of an ancient bird nesting above the Arctic Circle Gabriel Ugueto Recent findings of bone fragments from Alaska indicate that birds have been nesting and…
Locally referred to as Makarahi, meaning “big rock,” this boulder was displaced over 200 m inland by a tsunami approximately 7,000 years ago. Limestone rock Makarahi.…
Often referred to as the Earth’s “twin planet,” Venus presents a stark contrast in surface conditions, atmospheric composition, and structural characteristics. Gaining insight into the internal…
Significant amber deposits found in northern Japan may have been propelled from the forest into the sea by tsunamis occurring between 116 million and 114 million…
Stepping into the Royal Society of London, the UK’s foremost National Academy of Sciences, you’ll encounter a three-word phrase: Nullius in Verba. This motto, held for…
In Roman arenas, gladiators fought lions and other wildlife. Despite the tales of epic battles found in ancient texts, sculptures, mosaics, and portrayed in modern media,…
Impressions of the artists of Planet K2-18B and its host starESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser Astronomers claim they have seen the most powerful evidence ever for living on…
Congressional speeches have shifted to not based on evidencevolodymyr tverdokhlib/alamy The language used by US Congress members in the debate has increasingly included words like “fake,”…
Enjoy the beautiful scene of Music sounds as Maria and von Trapp’s children sing about the lonely Jasteld Jodel in the Austrian Alps (lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hee-hoo). Despite the…
Astronomers using Atacama’s Large Millimeter/Sub-Millimeter Array (ALMA) detected oxygen in the most perilous confirmed galaxy ever discovered. This detection, made by two different teams, suggests that…
For a century, astronomers have been studying Bernard's stars in the hopes of finding planets around them. First discovered by Ee Barnard at the Yerkes Observatory…
The mass of the ultra-large black hole in the heart of the large Magellan cloud, a small milky satellite galaxy, is approximately 600,000 solar mass. Impressions…
New research suggests that Mars once was the perfect holiday destination (if they were willing to overlook radiation exposure or lack of food sources), but also…
Illustrations of two types of traboa, or sledge, which may be used by ancient people in North AmericaGabriel Uguet Drugmarks and human footprints, composed up to…
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The Earth is about 4.5 billion years ago. When it was formed from rocks colliding around the dim young sun, it was probably not lively, and…
People report lower alcohol cravings when using semaglutideShutterStock/David MG According to the first randomized clinical trials of drugs for this purpose, semaglutide appears to help people…
Anti-Japanese and Mongolian paleontologists have found the footprints of Hadrosaurus dinosaur fossils eating large plants from the Cretaceous. A huge Hadrosaurus dinosaur footprint in the Gobi…
A stone tablet with a sun motif discovered on the Danish island of BornholmAntiquity Publications/John Lee, National Museum of Denmark Hundreds of mysterious carved “sun stones”…
Scientists of University of Bergen: The surprising diversity of behavior within the rosette-shaped colony has been revealed. Salpingoeca Rosetta is a rare species of choanoflagellates -…
Microneedling may trigger a wound healing response that promotes collagen formationRick Eglinton/Toronto Star via Getty Images This article is part of a special issue that explores…
Scientists from Tel Aviv University conducted geochemical surveys at two smelting camps dating back to the 10th century BC, the time of the Biblical kings David…
Physicists are Alice Collaboration. Evidence of antihyperhelium-4 has been seen for the first time at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Antihyperhelium-4 consists of two antiprotons, an…