A mathematical game governed by simple rules throws up patterns of seemingly infinite complexity – and now a question that…
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A team of researchers has reported for the first time the live birth of a monkey that contains a high…
The first images from Euclid, planets, invisible rings, and the first hints of a neutron star’s wispy magnetic field. Here…
Drawing together an array of interdisciplinary studies across archaeology, ecology, anthropology, and evolutionary theory, Erle Ellis, professor of geography and…
Perucetus colossus lived 39 million years ago and weighed in at between 85 and 340 tonnes, meaning it was probably…
The forests of Borneo are home to squirrels with extravagant tails and teeth so sharp they could slash a deer’s…
The stories we tell about orcas might say more about us than about them Read The Full Article Here
Unlike their relatives, individuals of the poison frog Allobates femoralis are not poisonous but are captivating due to their different…
The death of a grandparent may be a rite of passage, but it is not harmless for many boys, particularly…
The Cold Moon — the 13th and final full moon of 2023 — will rise on Dec. 26 and reach…
Cheeses such as Stilton and Camembert contain species of mold that are safe for humans to eat. Why? Read The…
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced a review that could eventually lead to the end of PVC…
Get to grips with the deepest layer of reality we know of with our inventory of the subatomic realm, from…
Cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are rocketing, but what's the cause? Fortunately, we now have a better understanding of…
The tension, centered around a value for cosmic lumpiness known as S8, could join the Hubble tension in dethroning our…
On Dec. 26, 2022, NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter witnessed Mars’ magnetic shield and atmosphere drastically “balloon” outward by thousands of miles.…
The discovery of stars with their outer layers of hydrogen stripped by companions fills a glaring hole in our understanding…
A group of condors rip into the carcass of a calf at the top of a Colombian mountain which rises…
Most ectopic pregnancies, in which a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, take place in a fallopian tube, but in…
Hours after the applause and relief that the world had finally reached a landmark climate agreement in Dubai, US special…
Passing 1.5°C of global warming isn't just a political disaster, it will have dire consequences for us all, as those…
Universities need to train their faculty to be better mentors to students of color, and to understand these students’ vulnerabilities…
Scientists have discovered 14 new transient objects during their time-lapse study of galaxy cluster MACS0416 — located about 4.3 billion…
We have a bumper crop of new sci-fi books for you this September, including talking spy cats from John Scalzi,…
Four years after Google first demonstrated the supremacy of quantum computers over ordinary ones, why aren't these exotic machines being…
A tomb in Iberia that dates to 6,000 years ago contained bones that were cracked after death. Read The Full…
Researchers have found that the human brain can distinguish between an outcome caused by human error and one in which…
“Woolly dogs” that were kept by the Coast Salish peoples are now extinct, but researchers were able to see their…
An analysis of 42 ancient stars in the Milky Way reveals the first hints of nuclear fission in the cosmos,…
Johns Hopkins researchers have identified minuscule particles that supercharge therapeutic cancer vaccines, which train the immune system to attack tumors.…