Science and Technolgy blog
Three newfound thylacine relatives recently unearthed in Australia suggest that marsupial predators were more widespread in ancient Australia than previously thought.
Wild gorillas eat the same tree bark used by traditional healers, which can inhibit the growth of E. coli in petri dishes, according to a new study.
Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the sky, may have a secret sunlike companion that drives the star’s mysterious six-year-long “heartbeat,” new research suggests.
New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the “city-killer” asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a collision course with Earth by another asteroid before it flies past our planet in 2029.
If Atlantic Ocean currents collapse due to melting ice sheets, researchers predict there will be huge shifts in tropical monsoon systems — and the effects could be irreversible for at least 100 years.
Researchers exploring the seafloor off the coast of Chile recently captured mesmerizing footage of a flying spaghetti monster — a carnivorous, colonial creature with countless milky-white arms.
DNA from a partial skeleton found in France indicates that European Neandertals consisted of at least two genetically distinct populations.
Thorin — nicknamed after a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” — is also called the “last Neanderthal” because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 years ago.
A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the inhabitants commingled with Native Americans.
Droughts temporarily dampen the number of valley fever cases across the state, but cases spike in the years after rains return.
