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Paleontologists from University College London and the University of Cambridge have unveiled that the small arms of large predatory dinosaurs evolved in tandem with their massive…
A recent study on the radiation haze phenomenon in Pennsylvania revealed that bacteria thriving in fog droplets actively multiply and consume toxic pollutants like formaldehyde, demonstrating…
Reconstruction of Arunashetri seropolisiensis Credit: Gabriel Díaz Yantén, National University of Rio Negro. The nearly complete skeleton of a small dinosaur, weighing less than a domestic…
Michael Benson’s photograph of an insect fly, with the flower and fly measuring just over 1 cm in diameter. © 2025 Michael Benson Inside a drawstring…
Paleontologists have unearthed a 2.9-centimeter fossil foot bone believed to belong to a bowerbird at the Miocene site of St Bassans in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Recreating…
The bed nuclei of the stria terminalis comprise a larger, banded structure in the brain known as the stria terminalis. My Box/Alamy Brain regions that influence…
Introducing the Cosmic Welcome Mat, the newest addition to our solar system. On Tuesday, astronomers discovered a new satellite approximately the size of 90 soccer fields.…
IIn my observations, it is quite uncommon for resource management simulators set in retail or service environments to achieve just the right tone and pace that…
Leaf-toed Gecko from Rabida Island Rory Stansbury/Island Conservation A small gecko has been rediscovered on Rabida Island in the Galapagos, previously believed to have been eradicated…
Helgoland Island occupies a nearly mythical position in quantum mechanics history Shutterstock/Markus Stappen Having attended numerous scientific conferences, the recent one on Helgoland Island, marking a…
Theodor Diener had a problem. It was in 1967, and he and his colleagues successfully isolated an infectious agent that caused spindle tuber disease in potatoes…
Over 50% of the world’s population experiences at least one cavity in childhood, increasing to over 90% in adults. Using a fluoride gagging agent, brushing and…
Are you an insect fan? Please leave now: Victory image Royal Insect SocietyThe 2024 photography competition has been announced. This year's close-up creature selection has a…
Webcam images show asteroid burning up in the atmosphere over SiberiaLensk LR/YouTube Astronomers discovered the asteroid, about 70 centimeters in diameter, hours before it exploded harmlessly…
Gravity is one of the four fundamental forces that bind matter in the universe. The other three forces (electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and strong nuclear) are explained…
Predicted trajectory of asteroid CAQTDL2 over the Philippines Catalina Sky Survey/ESA The asteroid struck Earth and burned up in the atmosphere east of the Philippines. Astronomers…
Astronomers Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array observed Polaris, the nearest and brightest classical Cepheid star, which is part of a triple star system.…
Hydrogel-made brain sensor is small enough to be injected with a needle Hanchuan Tang and Jianfeng Zang Tiny sensors can be injected into the skull with…
Huge mouth of a small nematode Sarah Wiggard and Ralf Sommer / Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen Tiny soil insects called nematodes usually feed on…
Danionella celebraum male fish Ralph Blitz/Senkenberg Dresden One of the world’s smallest fish, measuring just 12 millimeters long, it can make a sound as loud as…
Uranus (left) and Neptune (right) have several more moons NASA, ESA, Mark Showalter (SETI Institute), Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Andrew I. Hsu, Michael H. Wong (University of…
Science fiction has often depicted microscopic robots, but these tiny machines have become a reality with a wide range of real-world applications such as disease prevention…
used by astronomers CSIRO's Australian Telescope Compact Array captured the most detailed radio images ever seen of the 47-member Tukanae star cluster, the second brightest globular…
small black hole battery Following the feedback discussion on New Zealand’s Blackhole public toilets (25 November 2023), news has arrived of a plan called “Using black…
Illustration of Nanotyrannus fighting a young Tyrannosaurus Rexraul martin tyrannosaurus rex After all, it may not have been the only large carnivore that ruled North America…
Biologists have discovered a new species of land-nesting tree frog Limnonectes Lives in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Adult body size is the smallest of all species. Limnonectes Island…