Analysis of Ancient Bone Tools Shows Neanderthals Were Quite Sophisticated
Evidence continues to mount that the Neanderthals, who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago, were more sophisticated people than once thought….
Evidence continues to mount that the Neanderthals, who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago, were more sophisticated people than once thought….
The lightness of water vapor buffers climate warming in the tropics. Conventional knowledge has it that warm air rises while cold air sinks. But a…
Earth’s molten core may be leaking iron, according to researchers who analyzed how iron behaves inside our planet. The boundary between the liquid iron core…
The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spillover. As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, a common question is, can infectious diseases be…
Market Needs to Plan for Weather Risk, or Face Extreme Correction Physical climate risk from extreme weather events remains unaccounted for in financial markets. Without…
Bumblebees are the big lifters of the insect world, able to fly back to the hive with almost their own bodyweight in nectar on board….
What if solar cells worked at night? That’s no joke, according to Jeremy Munday, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC…
Scientists have detected Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone, marking the first time the deadly virus has been found in West Africa. Eleven…
Warm, cold, just right? Physicists at the University of California, Davis, are taking the temperature of dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up about…
With the growth of home DNA testing, online services such as GEDMatch, MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA have become popular places for people to upload their genetic…
Saturn’s tiny, frozen moon Enceladus is a strange place. Just 300 miles (480 kilometers) across, the moon is thought to have an outer shell of…
Fire plays important role for Sierra Nevada bats. Bats face many threats — from habitat loss and climate change to emerging diseases, such as white-nose…
Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten marine mammals in the North Pacific,…
Study Finds 27 Percent Drop in Child Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries More than half of child deaths worldwide stem from preventable causes, such…
A group of astronomers led by the University of California, Davis has obtained new data that suggest the universe is expanding more rapidly than previously…
New measurement of Hubble constant adds to cosmic mystery. New measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe, led by astronomers at the University…
If “Why?” is the first question in science, “Why not?” must be a close second. Sometimes it’s worth thinking about why something does not exist….
The Earth formed relatively quickly from the cloud of dust and gas around the sun, trapping water and gases in the planet’s mantle, according to…