Scientific discoveries and research
What physical processes govern the movement of microscopic structures capable of interacting with their environment? The answer lies in two mechanisms...
The fossil record has given us another new prehistoric species, named Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa (from the Greek personification of the morning star—the...
Earth and the course of life on Earth have been shaped by impacts. Scientists have uncovered links between massive impacts and changes in climate that...
Differences in how often older people use the internet are less driven by a person's age and more by cognitive ability and socioeconomic factors such...
Dramatic droughts linked to the decline of the Classic Maya civilization approximately 800 to 1000 CE may not have required any external trigger, acco...
Researchers from North Carolina State University have successfully synthesized bacteriochlorophyll a, which is a photosynthetic pigment found in bacte...
Caltech researchers have identified geological features on Mars that could point to the existence of a long-dried ocean that once covered a third of t...
A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published today in Oryx, warns that over 40% of more than 8,500 soil‑dependent species are at...
If you can't get no satisfaction, then maybe it's because happiness does not only stem from pleasure or a meaningful existence. Instead, a new Simon F...
A new study found that children who start school at older ages complete more total years of schooling, had greater wealth in adulthood, and had fewer...
Archaeologists working at the ancient settlement of Stăuceni-"Holm" in northeastern Romania have uncovered a mega-structure measuring 350 square meter...
"You want to stick your finger in a dinosaur brain?" asked Simba Srivastava. Surrounded by cabinets full of ancient bones in the paleobiology lab, the...
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