Paleontologists have unearthed the skeletal remains from a previously unknown species of lithostrotian titanosaur at the fossil site of Lo Hueco, Cuenca, Spain. An artist’s reconstruction of Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra. Image…
Unlike its descendants, Sasayamagnomus saegusai didn’t feature horns or frills. Credit: Carleton University Ceratopsians are most famous for the triceratops, but the beaked family of herbivorous dinosaurs also included numerous…
Science ideas are everywhere. Some of the greatest discoveries have come from tinkering and toying with new concepts and ideas. NASA astronaut Don Pettit is no stranger to inventing and…
Young male adolescent seals were observed on camera and detected by hydrophones, a first-ever glimpse into the elusive animal’s deep-sea behaviors. Ocean Networks Canada While studying how light affects baitfish…
Environmental proteins called protease allergens are found in pollens, dust mites, some insect venoms, and more and can trigger allergic inflammation. Deposit Photos Allergens are everywhere, but our physiological responses…
Antarctica may be remote, but it hasn’t escaped the scans of Google Street View. If you digitally drop into McMurdo Station, the U.S.’s busiest Antarctic installation, and slide along the…
Named Haliotis pirimoana, the newly-identified gastropod species is only found at Manawatāwhi Three Kings Islands, off New Zealand’s North Island. Shells of Haliotis pirimoana from Manawatāwhi Three Kings Islands (A-D)…
Human identity has long been considered to be rooted in our DNA, the unique genetic code that supposedly defines who we are. Yet there are extraordinary cases that challenge this…
Around a fifth of U.K. citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials, and an estimated 7% believe that they have seen a UFO. The figures are even higher in…
The kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) is a living species of flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand. The kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus). Image credit: Jake Osborne. “Our research had prompted a rethink of…
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede has an ancient impact structure called a furrow system. This system is the largest impact structure in the outer Solar System, and the impact should have significantly…
The so-called i-motifs are knot-like DNA structures formed in the nuclei of human cells and believed to provide critical genomic regulation. In new research, scientists from the Garvan Institute of…
The Hubble team has released a striking new photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the open cluster NGC 346, which resides in one of our Milky Way…
The pregnant porbeagle shark, subject of the study, after her release after tagging. Jon Dodd Marine biologist Brooke Anderson simply could not believe her eyes. Something was off about the…
Sustainable and biodegradable: packaging made from mycelium. Credit: Fraunhofer IAP/Jadwiga Galties Fungi have more to offer than meets the eye. Their thread-like cells, which grow extensively and out of sight…
Beyond illegal drugs, the evidence behind aphrodisiacs is patchy. Credit: DepositPhotos Humans have been having sex for a long time. For most of that period, we have been searching for…
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The Neurospora fungus transformed moldy rice bread into a cheese-like toast. Credit: Courtesy of Blue Hill at Stone Barns and Alchemist Science is uncovering more novel ways to transform those…
By any measure, Richard Garwin is one of the most decorated and successful engineers of the 20th century. The IEEE Life Fellow has won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the…
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