Disintegrating Mercury-like Exoplanet Found
A team of astronomers has detected a possible planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be evaporating under the blistering heat of its parent star. Artist’s impression of a Mercury-like exoplanet More...
Study Suggests Color-Polymorphic Birds Evolve Faster
Australian researchers have found that bird species with multiple plumage color forms within in the same population evolve into new More...
Chimpanzees May Use Innovative Foresighted Methods to Fool Humans
A team of researchers from Lund University in Sweden studying the behavior of Santino the chimpanzee at Furuvik Zoo in Stockholm has More...
New Trapdoor Spider Discovered in Alabama
A team of researchers from Auburn University has discovered a new trapdoor spider species from a well-developed housing subdivision More...
Study Reveals Distribution of Cypress Reflects Breakup of Pangaea
An international team of researchers has found that the current distribution of cypress subfamilies reflects the breakup of the supercontinent More...
24 New Species of Skinks Discovered on Caribbean Islands
A team of biologists from Penn State University has discovered 24 new species of lizards known as skinks, all from islands in the Caribbean. The More...
New Haplochromine Cichlid Species Discovered in Africa
Dr. Jay Stauffer from the Penn State University and Adrianus Konings from Cichlid Press have announced the discovery of a new haplochromine More...
Scientists Say Ambient Noise Affects Creativity
An international team of scientists has found ambient background noise to be an important factor affecting creative cognition among consumers. The new study shows that a moderate-level More...
Study Unveils Why Healers See Human Aura
A team of scientists from the University of Granada in Spain has found that many of the individuals claiming to see the aura of people – traditionally called healers or quacks More...
Study Uncovers Secrets of Human Memory
A team of researchers from the University of Warwick and Indiana University has found that humans move between patches in their memory using the same strategy as birds searching More...
Study Provides More Evidence of Water and Dense Atmosphere on Early Mars
A team of US researchers has found new evidence that early Mars was saturated with water and that its atmosphere was considerably thicker, at least 20 times more dense, than it More...
Rover Opportunity Data Reveals Necessary Conditions for Life Once Existed on Mars
An international team of scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity has announced that the rover found what appeared to be veins of gypsum when examining More...
Paleolithic Stone Artifacts Found in China
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a collection of 37 stone artifacts at three new localities near the Liuhuaishan, an More...
Old Shipwrecks Reveal Their Chemical Secrets
A team of scientists from the University of Gothenburg and Stockholm University has found large quantities of sulphur More...
Ancient Giant Turtle Discovered in Colombia
Paleontologists have discovered fossilized remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant turtle that lived in what...
Seven New Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Found in South Eastern Australia
A team of paleontologists and volunteers has discovered remains of at least seven different killer dinosaurs...
Paleontologists Suggest Jurassic Reptiles Suffered Arthritis
British paleontologists have found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw...
New Particle Discovered at CERN
A team of physicists from the University of Zurich’s Physics Institute working with the Compact Muon Solenoid More...
Towards the Redefinition of the Kilogram
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), UK, have produced technology capable of accurate measurements of Planck’s constant, the final piece..Researchers Make 3D Object Invisible to Microwaves
For the first time ever, a team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin has cloaked a 3D object..Study Reveals Polar Bears Evolutionarily Older Than Previously Thought
An international team of researchers has revealed that polar bears evolved some 600 thousand years ago, five More...
Study Confirms Limited Genetic Diversity in Thylacine
An international team of scientists has confirmed the Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) had limited genetic diversity prior to its..Study Reveals House Mice Followed Vikings
An international team of researchers has discovered that house mice accompanied Vikings during their invasions in the 10th century. In a..Diamonds and Chocolate: New Volcanic Process Discovered
Scientists from Britain and Australia have discovered a previously unrecognized volcanic process, similar to one that is used in chocolate manufacturing,..
Scientists Say Ambient Noise Affects Creativity
An international team of scientists has found ambient background noise to be an important factor affecting creative cognition among consumers. “We..
Old Shipwrecks Reveal Their Chemical Secrets
A team of scientists from the University of Gothenburg and Stockholm University has found large quantities of sulphur and iron compounds..
Diamonds and Chocolate: New Volcanic Process Discovered
Scientists from Britain and Australia have discovered a previously unrecognized volcanic process, similar to one that is used in chocolate manufacturing,..
