Starcrete sample. Researchers have found that mixing simulated Mars dust with ordinary potato starch creates a concrete-like material called StarCrete. In testing, StarCrete showed compressive…
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Sunrise image as used in the research study. Credit: University of Exeter For the first time, a new study has quantified the impact of fleeting…
A recent article published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration investigated whether the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an increase in UFO sightings. The authors…
A rendering of the sauropod known as Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, which had a 15-meter-long neck. Credit: © Júlia d’Oliveira With their long necks and formidable bodies,…
Fossil of the Late Jurassic shark Protospinax annectans from Solnhofen and Eichstätt, Germany. Credit: Sebastian Stumpf The evolutionary history of sharks and rays has been…
Grávalos inside an ancient Recuay household at the archaeological site of Jecosh in Ancash, Peru. Recuay was one of the local cultures with whom Wari…
An international panel of scientists has identified 100 important questions facing plant science in order to tackle global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity crises,…
Using geochemicalanalyses, the researchers were able to prove that stone stelae on the Iberian peninsula that date back to the Final Bronze Age feature complex…
Trichloroethylene, a common and widely used chemical, may be fueling the rise in Parkinson’s disease. The chemical, which is sometimes used in industrial solvents, commercial…
Copulation attempt of two Drosophila males in ozone-enriched air. Credit: Benjamin Fabian, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology High levels of ozone destroy the chemical…
The brown widow spider, scientifically known as Latrodectus geometricus, is a venomous spider that is closely related to the more well-known black widow spider. Brown…
Mineralized fossils of Protomelission gatehousei from Wirrealpa, Australia. Credit: Reproduced from Zhang et al. (Nature, 2021) A recent study has revealed that the origins of…
Stevia-based sweeteners are natural sweeteners extracted from the stevia plant, known for their high sweetness levels with little to no calories. New research from the…
Rutgers University scientists have identified a portion of a protein called “Nickelback” that is a likely candidate for kickstarting life on Earth over 3 billion…
Alvarezsaurs claws when digging dirt. Credit: Shuyang Zhou for the 3D modeling and functional scenario restoration The claws of dinosaurs had many functions, but a…
The fossil extinct giant ant Titanomyrma from Wyoming that was discovered over a decade ago by SFU paleontologist Bruce Archibald and collaborators at the Denver…
Tilted lanes captured in a human-crowd experiment. The lanes are formed by two groups of people moving in opposite directions. The inclination results from a…
What a whole Aepyornis egg would have looked like when freshly laid, seen in a market near the town of Toliara on the southwest coast…
The scientists demonstrated that the enzyme, called Huc, turns hydrogen gas into an electrical current. Australian researchers have discovered an enzyme that can convert air…
A study published in PeerJ Life & Environment analyzed the species of larvae found in bottles of Mezcal, a distilled alcoholic beverage made from agave.…