The Kawhia giant penguin Kairuku waewaeroa. Credit Simone Giovanardi A giant fossilized penguin discovered by New Zealand school children has been revealed as a new…
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The ability of cognitive control allows humans to override the brain’s impulses, like focusing on one person in the crowd and ignoring distractions. It also…
Multi-spectrally imaging the fragments at Bristol Central Library with Team Pigment. Credit: Professor Leah Tether Bristol manuscript fragments of the famous Merlin legend among the…
Athletic talent isn’t all that is needed to succeed, study finds. It takes more than athletic talent to play varsity sports in college, at least…
All living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs and most other living things…
Drinking straws are single use plastic products which will be subjected to a Europe-wide sales ban from 2021 onwards. This is stated in EU Directive…
500-Million-Year-Old “Worm-Like” Fossil Represents Rare Discovery of Ancient Animal in North America
Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a rare, 500-million-year-old “worm-like” fossil called a palaeoscolecid, which is an uncommon fossil group in North America.…
Representative image of a branching tree. The diversity of human languages can be likened to branches on a tree. If you’re reading this in English,…
Artist’s reconstruction of Carnotaurus based on the scaly skin of described in the present study. Credit: Illustration by Jake Baardse Scientists Reveal the Fossilized Skin…
Making eye contact repeatedly when you’re talking to someone is common, but why do we do it? When two people are having a conversation, eye…
Tribute in Light, an annual display near the site of Ground Zero, commemorates the September 11 attacks. Credit: Scott Spitzer Experts across the University of…
Archaic sequence length decay (black bands on chromosomes) for different populations sampled at multiple time points. The length of generation intervals (GI) is represented by…
A new dinosaur from the lower Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan, Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis, was described from a single maxilla fossil. The University of Tsukuba-led research team…
The shell of the brachiopod Discinisca tenuis is hard and brittle but becomes soft and flexible when exposed to water. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory An…
View of Titanokorys gainesi reconstruction. Credit: Illustration by Lars Fields, © Royal Ontario Museum Royal Ontario Museum paleontologists unearth one of the largest radiodonts of…
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…
Neolithic agriculturalists. Credit: Illustration by L.P. Repiso A new investigation of stone tools buried in graves provides evidence supporting the existence of a division of…
New research from the University of Southampton shows that removing confectionery and other unhealthy products from checkouts and the end of nearby aisles and placing…
UC Davis Health study warns of risks associated with opioid dose tapering. Opioid therapy is complex. In recent years, a rise in opioid-related deaths and…