Ancient Supernovae Prompted Human Ancestors to Walk Upright
Did ancient supernovae induce proto-humans to walk on two legs, eventually resulting in homo sapiens with hands free to build cathedrals, design rockets and snap…
University Of Kansas
First Detailed Snapshot of Moments Following ‘Dinosaur-Killer’ Impact
A study to be published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers a scientific first: a detailed snapshot of the terrible…
Researchers Discover Switchblade-Like Defensive System in Stonefish
In dark alleys of the Pacific and Indian oceans, new research shows some of the deadliest, armored fishes on the planet are packing switchblades in…
Machine Learning Helps Predict the Geothermal Heat Flux in Greenland
A paper appearing in Geophysical Research Letters uses machine learning to craft an improved model for understanding geothermal heat flux — heat emanating from the…
New Research Explores Cosmological Simulations of Multicomponent Cold Dark Matter
New breakthrough research on dark matter explores dark matter candidates as quantum flavor-mixed particles and demonstrates that the two-component dark matter model agrees with observational…
Researchers Recreate the Song of 165 Million Year Old Katydid
At dusk, A. musicus sings in a Jurassic forest of Northwest China. By reconstructing the microscopic wing features found on a fossil discovered in North…