A Crabs-Eye View of the Ancient World – Unusually Large Optical Features on 95-Million-Year-Old Crab Fossil
Their legs may get more attention, but a new study says a crab’s eyes have much to offer, too — at least scientifically. Writing in…
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New Study Finds That COVID-19 Vaccine Does Not Increase Risk of Preterm Birth
Pregnant people who contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death, yet only 31% of pregnant people in the United States had…
New Generation of Synthetic Solar Fuel Catalysts: A Superstar Enzyme Is Ready for Its Close-Up
A Yale-led team of chemists has unveiled the blueprints for a key enzyme that may contain design principles for a new generation of synthetic solar…
Future Hurricanes and Typhoons Will Roam Over More of the Earth
A new, Yale-led study suggests the 21st century will see an expansion of hurricanes and typhoons into mid-latitude regions, which includes major cities such as…
Nasal Vaccine May Be the Secret Weapon Against New COVID-19 Variants
The emergence of COVID-19 variants such as delta and omicron have sent scientists scrambling to determine whether existing vaccinations and boosters are still effective against…
Extinction of Ancient Grazers Triggered a Global Rise in Fires
From 50,000 years to 6,000 years ago, many of the world’s largest animals, including such iconic grassland grazers as the woolly mammoth, giant bison, and…
Specialized MRI Shows Autism Changes Brain’s White Matter Significantly
Researchers at Yale University analyzing specialized MRI exams found significant changes in the microstructure of the brain’s white matter in adolescents and young adults with…
For Unvaccinated, COVID Reinfection Is Likely – “Can Happen in Three Months or Less”
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much uncertainty about how long immunity lasts after an unvaccinated person is infected with SARS-CoV-2. Now a team…
Tyrannosaurus rex Appears To Have Had an East Coast Cousin
Tyrannosaurus rex, the fearsome predator that once roamed what is now western North America, appears to have had an East Coast cousin. A new study…
Hidden Bacterial Hairs Power Nature’s “Electric Grid” – A Global Web of Bacteria-Generated Nanowires
A hair-like protein hidden inside bacteria serves as a sort of on-off switch for nature’s “electric grid,” a global web of bacteria-generated nanowires that permeates…
Why It Gets Colder As We Age: Immune Cell Betrayal
Human evolution has provided us a level of protection from the existential threat of cold temperature with the capacity to produce heat from fat stored…
Historical Timeline Is Inaccurate: Advanced Radiocarbon Dating Reveals Machu Picchu Is Older Than Expected
Machu Picchu, the famous 15th-century Inca site in southern Peru, is up to several decades older than previously thought, according to a new study led…
Astronomers Catch a Cosmic Boomerang in Action for the First Time
For the first time, astronomers have observed a cosmic boomerang effect — streams of heavy, molecular gas that are stripped away from a distant galaxy…
Videos Capture Deadly March of COVID-19 Virus
Video images capture for the first time in live animals the inexorable spread of the COVID-19 virus, tracking the infection as it moved from the…
Psychedelic Drug Psilocybin “Magic Mushrooms” Spurs Growth of Neural Connections Lost in Depression
The psychedelic drug psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound found in some mushrooms, has been studied as a potential treatment for depression for years. But exactly…
Common Cold Can Protect Against Infection by COVID-19 Virus
Exposure to the rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, can protect against infection by the virus which causes COVID-19, Yale researchers have…
Raucous Barks Reverberating in the Night Lead to the Discovery of New Species
The raucous calls of tree hyraxes — small, herbivorous mammals — reverberate through the night in the forests of West and Central Africa, but their…
Massive Die-Off Discovered by Accident: A Shark Mystery Millions of Years in the Making
The biggest shark attack in history did not involve humans. A new study by Earth scientists from Yale and the College of the Atlantic has…
