The Pacific Ocean’s currents support a diverse ecosystem, seen here from space with green indicating blooms of photosynthesizing plankton. Warmer currents during the ice age…
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Braincase and endocast of Thecodontosaurus antiquus. From CT scans of the braincase fossil, 3-D models of the braincase and the endocast were generated and studied.…
Figure 1. PER abundance oscillates in a circadian manner through an autoregulatory negative feedback loop. This oscillation enables robust timekeeping of circadian-timed physiological and behavioral…
At some point in life, most people have stood over a rolled-out slab of cookie dough and pondered just how to best cut out cookies…
A skeleton of an island fox. Credit: University of Missouri University of Missouri researcher adds to timeline of human evolution by studying an island fox.…
A full-brain analysis revealed a significant effect for modal force, eliciting stronger activity for the factual condition over the modal conditions. Credit: Tulling et al.,…
Mysterious Prehistoric “Sea Dragon” Discovered on English Channel Coast Is Identified As New Species
Illustration of Thalassodraco etchesi. Credit: Megan Jacobs “This animal was obviously doing something different,” Baylor University paleontologist says. A mysterious small marine reptile dating from…
Remnants of feather sheaths on the wings of the fossil bird Archaeopteryx, shows the earliest evidence of a complex moulting strategy. The white arrows indicate…
Eye position has a modest but measurable impact on speech intelligibility within a cocktail party setting. Several acoustic studies have shown that the position of…
View of asteroid Ryugu from Hayabusa 2. Credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo & collaborators Just weeks after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made a successful touch-and-go grab of samples…
Face shields worn alone are not effective against COVID-19 sneezes. Do face shields provide enough protection to the wearers against COVID-19 if they don’t also…
Food engineers in Brazil and France developed gels based on modified starch for use as “ink” to make foods and novel materials by additive manufacturing.…
The team uncovered the historical artwork, which is now being called the “Sistine Chapel of the ancients,” on cliff faces last year in the Chiribiquete…
An artist’s reconstruction of ‘Anomalocaris’ briggsi swimming within the twilight zone. Credit: Katrina Kenny Ancient marine creatures called radiodonts had incredible vision that likely drove…
Chemical compounds in muscadine grapes effectively inhibit an important SARS-CoV-2 protease. Credit: De-Yu Xie, NC State University Chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green…
Almond trees are at full bloom in late February. Most almond fields have two or more varieties within the field and require cross pollination by…
Lockdowns, job losses, and social isolation have been the hallmarks of 2020 as COVID-19 tightens its grip on the world, not only infecting millions and…
The ninth annual Golden Goose Award ceremony on December 1, 2020 will recognize three teams of scientists whose research has greatly benefited society. Led by…
An infant wears the LENA audio recording device in a pocket on the front of a special vest. Credit: Dr. Kathryn L. Humphreys Taking turns…