Sabertooth cats make up a diverse group of long-toothed predators that roamed Africa around 6-7 million years ago, around the…
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Muons continue to confound physicists. These unstable subatomic particles are much like familiar electrons, only with 200 times the mass…
The Himalayas include the world’s tallest mountains. (Image credit: Inigo Cia via Getty Images)The Himalayas, which include the world’s tallest…
Female killer whales live up to ninety years in the wild, and most live an average of twenty-two years after…
Architecture of the ultrafast high FoV metasurface lidar. (a) Emissions and scanning modules of the lidar. (b) SEM image of…
Human skin, hair, and eyes come in a huge variety of colors, but until now, scientists have only known a…
For the first time, researchers have observed “quantum superchemistry” in the lab. Long theorized but never before seen, quantum superchemistry is…
Distribution and sampling sites for Z. marina and their widely varying genetic diversity. a, Green areas indicate the presence of…
An automated robot gardener has shown its nurturing side by matching humans in trials of growing vegetables – and it…
Temnothorax nylanderi ants may benefit from a tapeworm infectionthatmacroguy/Shutterstock Ants infected with a tapeworm live several times longer than usual.…
Credit: Trinity College Dublin Approximately 99.9% of fish and shark species are “cold-blooded,” meaning their body tissues generally match the…
A single human cell teems with as many 100,000 different proteins. Actin is one of the most abundant and essential…
An elusive “demon” particle has been observed inside a superconductor nearly 70 years after it was first predicted. Its discovery…
Approximately 99.9% of fish and shark species are “cold-blooded,” meaning their body tissues generally match the temperature of the water…
JWST’s view of the galaxy JADES-GS+53.18343-27.79097NASA, ESA, CSA, JADES Collaboration Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Wildfires, pushed by…
The Chimané people have provided insights into the power of number wordsREUTERS/David Mercado LAST February, amid the fjords of southern…
Female zebrafish stock up their eggs with a supply of a compound that acts as a sunscreenGrigorev Mikhail/Shutterstock Zebrafish eggs…
The giant water strider (Gigantometra gigas) and its habitat.A researcher (a) observing giant water striders (Gigantometra gigas, b) in their…
Flexible spheres of the biomolecule chitosan, made from shrimp waste, can be used for catalysts that generate hydrogen gas from…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Increasingly divisive messages about science have led some people to see scientists as a group that…
In March 2022, the Hubble Space Telescope detected the most distant star ever seen in the cosmos. Now, the James Webb…
An SwRI-led team compared the early impact history of Venus and Earth, determining that Venus experienced higher-energy impacts creating a…
Plant geneticists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes the “weeping” architecture — branches growing downwards — in…
Two new species of blind and colorless daddy longlegs spider have been discovered — one in the dry western region…
CLIMATEWIRE | For nearly 400 million years, the world’s oldest moss has survived the shifting landscapes of planet Earth. Takakia, as…
The fastest way to heat food and drink might also rank as the fastest route to ingesting massive quantities of…
A magnificent flurry of colors. It shows the activation of a chemical signaling pathway (ERK pathway; top-right) merged with a…
Honeybees can be weakened by the fungal parasite NosemaMark Robert Paton/500px/Getty Images A genetically engineered gut bacterium has helped protect…
Omega-3 fatty acids, which are abundant in fish and fish oil supplements, appear promising for maintaining lung health, according to…