The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over 230 million years ago, a new study reveals. The Late TriassicThe…
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Archaehierax sylvestris. Credit: Jacob Blokland 63 bone fossil finding in desert is one of the “best preserved” eagles ever and a very rare discovery. A…
Thomas Urban conducts magnetometer survey of mammoth footprints at White Sands. Credit: David Busto Footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico provide…
A U.S. Soldier speaks to a group of Afghan National Army Soldiers. A panel of foreign-policy experts surveys the uncertainties facing the country as it…
Sawfly larvae protect themselves by secreting cocktails of unpleasant, volatile chemicals intended to repel predators, particularly ants. Researchers can assess the effectiveness of these defenses…
Current excavations at Bacho Kiro Cave of the 2021 season are unearthing new artifacts from the Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal occupations. The Initial Upper Palaeolithic Layer…
Scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory discovered a mutation that makes normal Arabidopsis plants (left) deficient in sterol (right). They did extensive genetic and biochemical experiments…
A mathematical equation can assess how you feel about experiences using your mood and brain activity. People can struggle to accurately assess how they feel…
With the app Phobys, people with arachnophobia can practice to encounter a virtual spider. Credit: University of Basel, MCN Researchers from the University of Basel…
In the face of a global pandemic, with more than 200 million global infections and 4 million deaths, and despite unprecedented efforts by public health…
Jomon pottery from the Hirajo shell midden (Late Jomon) and a skull from which ancient DNA was extracted. Credit: Shigeki Nakagome, Lead researcher, Assistant Professor…
Asian elephant siblings. Credit: Virpi Lummaa A study of semi-captive Asian elephants in Myanmar has found that calves benefit from having older sisters more than…
New research shows how a racing heart may alter decision-making brain circuits. Mount Sinai study discovers that body-state monitoring neurons can hijack the decision-making process.…
A pocket gopher emerging from burrow. Researcher discovers that the underground species has a secret glow. You can learn a lot about animals by simply…
Bone tools excavated from Castel di Guido in Italy. Credit: Villa et al. 2021 PLOS ONE Ancient humans could do some impressive things with elephant…
Scientific research has shown that sexuality exists on a spectrum. But how certain are people about where they fit on it? A new University of…
Researchers at Osaka University train a deep learning algorithm to find features of movement disorders shared across species distant in evolutionary lineage — such as…
The dispersal of the Vishnuonyx otters from the Indian subcontinent to Africa and Europe about 13 million years ago. The star (HAM 4) shows the…
This image shows a bone tool from Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco that was used for leather working 120,000 to 90,000 years ago. Credit: Jacopo Niccolò Cerasoni…