Snakes Diversified Explosively After Mass Extinction Where Dinosaurs Were Wiped Out
Modern snakes evolved from ancestors that lived side by side with the dinosaurs and that likely fed mainly on insects and lizards. Then a miles-wide…
Modern snakes evolved from ancestors that lived side by side with the dinosaurs and that likely fed mainly on insects and lizards. Then a miles-wide…
In a major breakthrough, researchers have discovered how amyloid beta — the neurotoxin believed to be at the root of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) — forms…
A new study has shown how circadian rhythms in heart cells help to change heart function over the course of the day and may explain…
Photosynthesizing algae injected into the blood vessels of tadpoles supply oxygen to their brains. Leading a double life in water and on land, frogs have…
May be worth further exploring cannabinoids as potential cancer treatment, say researchers. It may be worth exploring further the use of cannabidiol (‘CBD’) oil as…
Half of COVID survivors experience lingering symptoms six months after recovery. More than half of the 236 million people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19…
Why is my awareness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for each of us, into a subject and…
Astrophysicists led by the UNIGE and the NCCR PlanetS have investigated the past of Venus to find out whether Earth’s sister planet once had oceans….
When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches, it will undergo one of the most harrowing deployment processes any spacecraft has ever endured. But before it…
Giant gas planet orbiting a dead star gives glimpse into the predicted aftermath of our sun’s demise. Astronomers have discovered the very first confirmed planetary…
New research by a City College of New York team has uncovered a novel way to combine two different states of matter. For one of…
Sunscreen that includes zinc oxide, a common ingredient, loses much of its effectiveness and becomes toxic after two hours of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, according…
Wind blowing in the same direction as a cough can increase viral transmission. As the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread…
Multicenter study finds that oxytocin was safe, but ineffective at boosting social skills among children with autism. Oxytocin, a naturally occurring hormone that acts as…
Quarks and Antiquarks at High Momentum Shake the Foundations of Visible Matter Jefferson Lab and Fermilab experiments present new results on nucleon structure. Two independent…
Some pristine meteorites contain a record of the original building blocks of the solar system, including grains that formed in ancient stars that died before…
NASA, along with the European Space Agency, is developing a campaign to return the Martian samples to Earth. On September 1, NASA’s Perseverance rover unfurled…
The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived safely at Pariacabo harbor in French Guiana. ESA in close collaboration with NASA will now prepare this once-in-a-generation…