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November 20, 2024
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Nov. 18, 2024 — A newly discovered pterosaur fossil is shedding light on the evolutionary journey of these ancient flying reptiles. This complete specimen, named Skiphosoura bavarica, provides crucial insights into how pterosaurs transitioned from early, smaller ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — An international team of researchers has achieved an unprecedented milestone: the creation of mouse stem cells capable of generating a fully developed mouse using genetic tools from a unicellular organism, with which we share a common ancestor that ...
Nov. 16, 2024 — Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier than previously ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...
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Nov. 20, 2024 — Antibacterial drugs are important for treating infections. But increasingly, bacterial resistance to current drugs -- so they don't work well, or even at all -- means new ones are urgently needed. ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of paleontologists prefer drumsticks. That part of the leg, they say, is where fibular reduction ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Scientists discovered a stretch of DNA in both C3 plants, like wheat and soybeans, and C4 plants, like corn and sorghum, that is responsible for ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — A new study finds that, in healthy women, some breast cells that otherwise appear normal may contain chromosome abnormalities typically associated with invasive breast cancer. The findings question ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Chemists have developed a novel way to capture and convert carbon dioxide into methane, suggesting that future gas emissions could be converted into an alternative fuel using electricity from ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — The Aztec skull whistle produces a shrill, screaming sound. A study shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Up until recently, habituation -- a simple form of learning -- was deemed the exclusive domain of complex organisms with brains and nervous systems, such as worms, insects, birds, and mammals. But a ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Humans and animals move with remarkable economy without consciously thinking about it by utilizing the natural oscillation patterns of their bodies. A new tool can now utilize this knowledge for the ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers have used pulses of light to prevent seizure-like activity in ...
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Nov. 18, 2024 — Through the intricate study of lava tubes -- caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools down -- an international team of researchers has uncovered clues about Earth's ancient ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — The history of a major animal group, composed of millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nemotodes, has been elusive -- until now. A team has now identified the oldest known ecdysozoan in the ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — An international group of authors who developed the science behind net zero demonstrate that relying on 'natural carbon sinks' like forests and oceans to offset ongoing CO2 emissions from ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — A theoretical astrophysicist may have solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery over the origins of an unusual 'zebra' pattern seen in high-frequency radio pulses from the Crab ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — It turns out gaming is good for you! New research indicates massive multiplayer online gamers learn by gaming and their skills in the workplace are enriched by those seemingly endless hours ...
Nov. 16, 2024 — The Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since. The shift could indicate Earth's continents have entered a persistently drier ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — From the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro to the shoulders of pirates: parrots are synonymous with color for people across the world. In a new study, scientists uncover a 'switch' in the DNA of ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — More time spent sitting, reclining or lying down during the day may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death, according to a new study. More than roughly 10-and-a-half hours of ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — Scholars for the first time identified chemical signatures of the components of a liquid concoction contained in a Bes mug. A new technique helped identify a sample flavored with honey, sesame seeds, ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have created a headphone prototype that allows listeners to hear people speaking within a bubble with a programmable radius of 3 to 6 feet. Voices and sounds outside the bubble are ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Scientists have found a trigger for social learning in wild animals. An experiment on great tits has pinpointed a single factor --immigration -- that can cause birds to pay close attention to others, ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution -- by 91% and plastic-related ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Capturing carbon dioxide from the hot industrial exhaust of cement and steel plants requires cooling the exhaust from around 200 C to 60 C so that liquid amines can react with the CO2. Chemists have ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — New research suggests that it could be possible to separate treatment from hallucinations when developing new drugs based on psychedelics. The anti-anxiety andhallucination-inducing qualities of ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow, opening new possibilities for technologies that could use a laser beam to control ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — A new study has revealed that the shape of the heart is influenced in part by genetics and may help predict the risk of cardiovascular ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Glaciers that are within three miles of a volcano move nearly 50% quicker than average, a new study has found, which could help create early warning of future ...
Monday, November 18, 2024
- New Research Explores Volcanic Caves, Advancing the Search for Life on Mars
- Tiny Worm Makes for Big Evolutionary Discovery
- Dieting: Cause of the Yo-Yo Effect Deciphered
- Redefining Net Zero Will Not Stop Global Warming
- New Idea May Crack Enigma of the Crab Nebula's 'zebra' Pattern
- Gaming for the Good!
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024
- Biologists Reveal the Genetic 'switch' Behind Parrot Color Diversity
- Sitting Too Long Can Harm Heart Health, Even for Active People
- Egyptians Drank Hallucinogenic Cocktails in Ancient Rituals, Study Confirms
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Scientific Thought on Emotions in Animals
- AI Headphones Create a 'sound Bubble,' Quieting All Sounds More Than a Few Feet Away
- Backyard Birds Learn from Their New Neighbors When Moving House
- Four Global Policies Could Eliminate More Than 90% of Plastic Waste and 30% of Linked Carbon Emissions by 2050
- Breakthrough in Capturing 'hot' CO2 from Industrial Exhaust
- Anti-Anxiety and Hallucination-Like Effects of Psychedelics Mediated by Distinct Neural Circuits
- Scientists Discover Laser Light Can Cast a Shadow
- Living Microbes Discovered in Earth's Driest Desert
- New Research Shows Relationship Between Heart Shape and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
- Faster Flowing Glaciers Could Help Predict Nearby Volcanic Activity
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- 12,000-Year-Old Stones May Be Very Early Evidence of Wheel-Like Technology
- Meteorite Contains Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars 742 Million Years Ago
- Gas-Churning Monster Black Holes
- Bird Brain from the Age of Dinosaurs Reveals Roots of Avian Intelligence
- In 10 Seconds, an AI Model Detects Cancerous Brain Tumor Often Missed During Surgery
- Three Galactic 'red Monsters' In the Early Universe
- Can We Live on Our Planet Without Destroying It?
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Increase Again in 2024
- Earliest Ancient Maya Salt Works Excavated
- A Formula for Life? New Model Calculates Chances of Intelligent Beings in Our Universe and Beyond
- Time Alone Heightens 'threat Alert' In Teenagers -- Even When Connecting on Social Media
- Synthetic Cells Emulate Natural Cellular Communication
- Giving Robots Superhuman Vision Using Radio Signals
- One Genomic Test Can Diagnose Nearly Any Infection
- Breakthrough in Photonic Time Crystals Could Change How We Use and Control Light
- Possible to Limit Climate Change to 1.5°C, If EU and 17 Other Countries Go Beyond Their Own Targets
- Astronomers' Theory of How Galaxies Formed May Be Upended
- First Amber Find on the Antarctic Continent
- New Solar Composition Ratios That Could Reconcile Longstanding Questions
- Remarkable New Swimming Sea Slug in the Deep Sea
Monday, November 11, 2024
- A Milestone in the Study of Octopus Arms
- While More Is Better, Even Moderate Amounts of Exercise May Reduce Risk for Common Heart Condition
- Swirling Polar Vortices Likely Exist on the Sun
- Was 'Snowball Earth' A Global Event? Study Delivers Best Proof Yet
- Storm in a Laser Beam: Physicists Create 'light Hurricanes' That Could Transport Huge Amounts of Data
- Einstein's Equations Collide With the Mysteries of the Universe
- Secret Behind the Corpse Flower's Famous Stench
- Asthma May Place Children at Risk of Memory Difficulties
- Compact Error Correction: Towards a More Efficient Quantum 'hard Drive'
- Super Microscope Shows Nanoscale Biological Process for the First Time
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Deep Ocean Clues to a Million-Year-Old Ice Age Puzzle Revealed in New Study
- New Insights Into the Denisovans: New Hominin Group That Interbred With Modern Day Humans
- Scarlet Macaw Parents 'play Favorites,' Purposefully Neglect Younger Chicks
- Elephant Turns a Hose Into a Sophisticated Showering Tool
- Chimpanzees Perform Better on Challenging Computer Tasks When They Have an Audience
- How Plants Grow Thicker, Not Just Taller
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- New Study Maps Dramatic 100-Million-Year Explosion in Color Signals Used by Animals
- Memories Are Not Only in the Brain, New Research Finds
- DNA Evidence Rewrites Story of People Buried in Pompeii Eruption
- Astrophysicists Use Echoes of Light to Illuminate Black Holes
- Off-the-Shelf Thermoelectric Generators Can Upgrade CO2 Into Chemicals: The Combination Could Help Us Colonize Mars
- Finding Function for Noncoding RNAs Using a New Kind of CRISPR
- Plastics Pollution Worsen the Impacts of All Planetary Boundaries
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- Climate Change Parching the American West Even Without Rainfall Deficits
- Five Minutes of Extra Exercise a Day Could Lower Blood Pressure
- How Gophers Brought Mount St. Helens Back to Life in One Day
- Sleepiness During the Day May Be Tied to Pre-Dementia Syndrome
- Scientists Calculate Predictions for Meson Measurements
- Use of 'genetic Scissors' Carries Risks
- Interstellar Methane as Progenitor of Amino Acids?
- Newly Discovered Neurons Change Our Understanding of How the Brain Handles Hunger
- What Happens in Your Brain While You Watch a Movie
- Quantum Vortices Confirm Superfluidity in Supersolid
- Imaging Nuclear Shapes by Smashing Them to Smithereens
- New Haptic Patch Transmits Complexity of Touch to the Skin
- Researchers Have Uncovered the Mechanism in the Brain That Constantly Refreshes Memory
- Breakthrough in Energy-Efficient Avalanche-Based Amorphization Could Revolutionize Data Storage
- Asteroid Grains Shed Light on the Outer Solar System's Origins
- Mighty Radio Bursts Linked to Massive Galaxies
- The Egg or the Chicken? An Ancient Unicellular Says Egg
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
- Despite Its Impressive Output, Generative AI Doesn't Have a Coherent Understanding of the World
- Groundbreaking Study Provides New Evidence of When Earth Was Slushy
- Bio-Based Fibers Could Pose Greater Threat to the Environment Than Conventional Plastics
- Towards a Hydrogen-Powered Future: Highly Sensitive Hydrogen Detection System
- Deaf Male Mosquitoes Don't Mate
Monday, November 4, 2024
- New Trigger Proposed for Record-Smashing 2022 Tonga Eruption
- The Secrets of Baseball's Magic Mud
- Did the World's Best-Preserved Dinosaurs Really Die in 'Pompeii-Type' Events?
- Fossil of Huge Terror Bird Offers New Information About Wildlife in South America 12 Million Years Ago
- Dance of Electrons Measured in the Glow from Exploding Neutron-Stars
- Synthetic Genes Engineered to Mimic How Cells Build Tissues and Structures
- Astronomers Discover the Fastest-Feeding Black Hole in the Early Universe
Friday, November 1, 2024
- Indigenous Cultural Burning Has Protected Australia's Landscape for Millennia, Study Finds
- NASA's Hubble, Webb Probe Surprisingly Smooth Disk Around Vega
- Revolutionary High-Speed 3D Bioprinter Hailed a Game Changer for Drug Discovery
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Restricting Sugar Consumption in Utero and in Early Childhood Significantly Reduces Risk of Midlife Chronic Disease, Study Finds
- First Blueprint of the Human Spliceosome Revealed
- Violating Bredt's Rule: Chemists Just Broke a 100-Year-Old Rule and Say It's Time to Rewrite the Textbooks
- Echolocating Bats Use an Acoustic Cognitive Map for Navigation
- New Findings on Animal Viruses With Potential to Infect Humans