Scientists Show Laziness Lead to the Extinction of Primitive Humans
New archaeological research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found that Homo erectus, an extinct species of primitive humans, went extinct in part because…
Chandra Reveals Critical Evidence of Elusive Intermediate-Mass Black Holes
Scientists have taken major steps in their hunt to find black holes that are neither very small nor extremely large. Finding these elusive intermediate-mass black…
Astronomers Show How Colliding Galaxies May Seed Future Stars
A pair of dwarf galaxies closely circling the Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, were in the throes of merging into one when…
Paleontologists Discover a New Species of Lobopodian
Yale paleontologist Derek Briggs was part of a research team that identified Thanahita distos, a new species of lobopodian, an ancient relative of modern-day onychophorans,…
Scientists Create a Mouse That Eats Fat But Doesn’t Get Fat, Possible Treatment for Obesity
Yale scientists set out to create a morbidly obese mouse. They failed miserably. What they found was much more interesting. “We created a mouse that…
Ultrahot Jupiters – A Place Where Water Is Destroyed, Then Reborn
Imagine a place where the weather forecast is always the same: scorching temperatures, relentlessly sunny, and with absolutely zero chance of rain. This hellish scenario…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is Set to Lift Off on August 11
At 3:33 a.m. EDT on August 11, while most of the U.S. is asleep, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be abuzz with excitement….
Astronomers Use the Umov Effect to Unravel the Mysteries of the Universe
FEFU scientists are developing a methodology to calculate the ratio of dust and gas in comas and tails of comets. This will help learn more…
Researchers Discover Tunnels From Tiny Boring Microorganisms in Garnet Crystals
Complex systems of microscopic tunnels found inside garnet crystals from Thailand are most likely the result of microorganisms making their homes inside these minerals, according…
Engineers Incorporate Optoelectronic Diodes Into Washable Fabrics
The latest development in textiles and fibers is a kind of soft hardware that you can wear: cloth that has electronic devices built right into…
VPS13 Proteins Role in Neurological Disorders, Including Parkinson’s
Several gene mutations have been linked to Parkinson’s disease, but exactly how and where some of them cause their damage has been unclear. A new…
Scientists Provide Evidence for Why Earth’s Early Climate Was More Stable and Warmer
Yale researchers have provided a new explanation for why Earth’s early climate was more stable and warmer than it is today. When life first evolved…
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe Launched 40 Years Ago Today to Study Venus
On August 8, 1978, the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe spacecraft launched to study Venus, a planet that has an atmosphere 100 times denser than Earth’s atmosphere…
Scientists Reveal The Great Pyramid Of Giza Can Focus Electromagnetic Energy
An international research group applied methods of theoretical physics to investigate the electromagnetic response of the Great Pyramid to radio waves. Scientists predicted that under…
Floral Scents Have Provided Olfactory Excitement Since Mid-Cretaceous Period
The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since dinosaurs walked the Earth amid the first appearance of flowering…
Scientists Investigate Self-Excited Dust Density Wave Behavior in Plasmas
New microgravity research finds that microparticles in complex plasma behave in nonuniform ways around varying electrical fields. 400 kilometers above Earth, researchers examined waves in…
Elliptical Elegance – ESO Views Elliptical Galaxy NGC 5018
A glittering host of galaxies populate this rich image taken with ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, a state-of-the-art 2.6-m telescope designed for surveying the sky in…
NASA Views One of the Most Rapidly Changing Glaciers in the World
The Columbia Glacier descends from an ice field 10,000 feet (3,050 meters) above sea level, down the flanks of the Chugach Mountains, and into a narrow inlet that…