Amber-Encased Fossil Shines Light on Evolution of Bioluminescent Insects Trapped in amber for ~100 million years, an exceptionally well-preserved, light-producing beetle sheds light on the…
Social inequality was “recorded on the bones” of Cambridge’s medieval residents, according to a new study of hundreds of human remains excavated from three very…
When you think of fungi, what comes to mind may be a crucial ingredient in a recipe or their amazing ability to break down dead…
Research Shows How Language Humanizes AI Intelligent algorithms are used to create paintings, write poems, and compose music. According to a study by an international…
Early Bronze Age cultures traded in bronze objects of standardized weight. In the Early Bronze Age of Europe, ancient people used bronze objects as an…
Joint research by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University and Bar Ilan University. “King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of…
Black holes are considered amongst the most mysterious objects in the universe. Part of their intrigue arises from the fact that they are actually amongst…
One of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters — a dam collapse that also killed more than 200 people — could have been foreseen with the right…
Dark clouds, the smell of rain on a hot sidewalk, the flashes of intense light followed by a loud crackling and then a low, rolling…
New research from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Maryland, has reignited the debate around the behavior of the giant dinosaur Spinosaurus….
Redirecting transatlantic flights to take better advantage of favorable winds at altitude could save fuel, time, and emissions. Airlines could save fuel and reduce emissions…
The first people to settle in the Americas likely brought their own canine companions with them, according to new research that sheds more light on…
The brains of musicians have stronger structural and functional connections compared to those of non-musicians, regardless of innate pitch ability, according to new research from JNeurosci….
They are among the largest predators ever to walk the Earth, but experts have discovered that some baby tyrannosaurs were only the size of a…
The first new skull of a rare species of the dinosaur Parasaurolophus (recognized by the large hollow tube that grows on its head) discovered in…
In a Nature Reviews Endocrinology article authors from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) highlight the interconnection of obesity and impaired metabolic health with…
Marine microalgae-based cellular agriculture is a promising new way to sustainably produce plant-based ‘meat’ and healthy ‘superfoods’ for the future. Researchers at Flinders University’s Centre…
By 2050, most of humanity will live downstream of large dams built in the 20th century; Increasingly expensive to maintain, experts foresee a trend to…