Bronze bells discovered in the 2,600-year-old tomb of Lord Qiu were likely dismantled on purpose…
Category: Biology
Euclid Space Telescope Discovers 31 Ancient Quasars, Including the Earliest Ever Seen From Just 670 Million Years After the Big Bang
European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has uncovered 31 of the oldest known quasars, including…
James Webb Space Telescope Reveals the Hidden Heart of Centaurus A, Exposing Millions of Stars and a Dynamic Supermassive Black Hole
Four years after beginning science operations, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced its most…
Galaxy 1.8 Billion Light-Years Away Has Emitted an Unusually Bright Radio Jet for More Than Eight Years
Exceptionally persistent radio emission from the nearby galaxy SDSS J110546.07+145202.4 has revealed a rapidly growing,…
Holoparasitic Plant Found to Replace Its Own Mitochondrial Genes With Functional DNA From Host Species
Genes transferred from unrelated host plants can do more than simply persist inside a parasitic…
300-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fish Brain Reveals Early Ray-Finned Fish Evolution, Study Finds
Exceptionally preserved brain tissue inside a 300-million-year-old fossil fish has given researchers an unusually detailed…
First Dinosaur Fossil Ever Found in Antarctica Officially Identified as a Titanosaur From 82 Million Years Ago
Discovered during a British Antarctic Survey expedition in 1985, the first dinosaur fossil ever found…
Museum Fossil Misidentified for Decades Turns Out to Be One of North America’s Earliest Saber-Toothed Cats and Reveals How Their Iconic Fangs First Evolved
Hidden for decades under a simple “feline” label, a nearly complete fossil skull has been…
Scientists Discover the Earliest Known Ancestor of Spider Fangs in a 518-Million-Year-Old Fossil, Revealing How Chelicerae First Evolved
The earliest known evidence of the structures that evolved into spider fangs has been identified…
Brain Size May Have Lagged Behind Body Growth in Human Evolution Before Surging Beyond Expectations, New Analysis Suggests
Body size appears to have increased before brain size in several primate lineages, including humans,…
Nearby Exoplanet GJ 3378b May Be More Earth-Like Than Scientists Thought After New Measurements Cut Its Mass in Half and Strengthen Its Habitability Potential
Closer measurements of the nearby exoplanet GJ 3378b have significantly changed scientists’ understanding of the…
Are You in a Toxic Relationship? Here’s How to Tell
Relationships have the power to bring joy, comfort, security, and a deep sense of belonging.…
How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset
Have you ever looked at someone who seems naturally talented and thought, I could never…
Humans Have Been Aging Slowly for Up to 30 Million Years, Study Suggests—and the Secret May Lie Across the Primate Family Tree
Humans appear to have inherited their unusually slow aging rate from ancient ape ancestors rather…
Scientists Discover a Hidden Antiviral Immune System in Sea Anemones That Works the Opposite Way From Humans Yet Still Stops Deadly Viruses
Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown antiviral defense system in sea anemones that turns conventional…
Tiny 350-Million-Year-Old Fossils Overturn a Long-Held Evolution Theory by Revealing the First Tetrapods Never Had Tadpole-Like Larvae
Tiny fossilized hatchlings from Illinois have overturned one of evolution’s longest-standing assumptions, revealing that some…
Ancient Fossil Forest Reveals Flowering Plants Ruled Earth 10 Million Years Before the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
Buried beneath volcanic ash 74.6 million years ago, an exceptionally preserved fossil forest in New…
Human Evolution Wasn’t a Steady Climb: Study Finds Biggest Body Size Jump Happened 2 Million Years Ago
Body size in human evolution did not increase in a simple, gradual march toward modern…
Ancient Proteins From Homo naledi Teeth Reveal Possible All-Female Burial Chamber
Ancient proteins recovered from Homo naledi fossils have provided the first direct molecular clues about…
Bird Brains May Explain Why Some Birds Lay Eggs Larger Than Dinosaur Eggs, Study Finds
Researchers have identified a fundamental evolutionary link between brain size and offspring size across birds,…
How Does the Sun Produce Energy? The Secrets of Solar Fusion
Every morning, the Sun rises above the horizon and fills the world with light. Its…
What Is a Gas Giant? Understanding the Massive Worlds of the Outer Solar System
Imagine standing beneath a night sky and looking toward the distant planets of our Solar…
