Previously Unknown Letter Reveals Einstein’s Thinking on Bees, Birds and Physics The 1949 letter by […]
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Underwater Archaeology Team Finds 9,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Artifacts
Underwater archaeology team finds ancient obsidian flakes 2,000 miles from quarry. An underwater archaeologist from […]
Quantum Birds: Breakthrough Discovery on Mechanism of Magnetic Sensing in Birds
Migratory birds such as European robins can sense the Earth’s magnetic field. Now researchers show […]
Scientists Resurrect “Forgotten” Genus of Symbiotic Algae Living in Marine Animals
“Yellow cells” of the symbiotic algae, Philozoon collosum, isolated from the soft coral, Capnella gaboensis, […]
Psychedelic Drug Psilocybin “Magic Mushrooms” Spurs Growth of Neural Connections Lost in Depression
The psychedelic drug psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound found in some mushrooms, has been studied […]
Newly Discovered Paleonursery Offers Rare, Detailed Glimpse at Life 518 Million Years Ago
Chuandianella ovata, an extinct shrimp-like crustacean. Credit: Xianfeng Yang, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Yunnan […]
“Problematic Stuff” – Tradition of Keeping Mementos in Memory of Loved Ones Goes Back at Least 2,000 Years
Objects including bone spoons, quernstones, and gaming pieces were incorporated into the walls of this […]
NASA Scientists Share Microgravity Bone Research
Micro-computed tomography bone density imaging shows ground mice (G) with highly connected, dense spongy bone […]
Scientists Can Now Design Single Atom Catalysts for Important Chemical Reactions
Artistic rendering of the propane dehydrogenation process taking place on the novel single atom alloy […]
Schizophrenia: Brain Capillary Structures Show a Correlation With Their Neuron Structures
Drs. Itokawa, Mizutani and colleagues performed microtomography experiments the BL20XU beamline of the SPring-8 synchrotron […]
New Species of Ancient Shark Discovered
In a new study, an international team led by Sebastian Stumpf from the University of […]
A Comet Strike 13,000 Years Ago May Have Sparked Key Shift in Human Civilization
There is evidence that a comet struck Earth around 13,000 years ago. A cluster of […]
Cancer Cells Eat Themselves to Survive Life-Threatening Damage
It is the membrane of cancer cells that is at the focus of the new […]
Scientists Identify Specific Human Brain Circuit for Spirituality
Using datasets from neurosurgical patients and those with brain lesions, investigators mapped lesion locations associated […]
Astronauts Successfully Demonstrate CRISPR/Cas9 Genetic Editing in Space for the First Time
First successful use aboard International Space Station of new technique for studying DNA repair in […]
Sweet and Salty Sonora: Chocolate Mountains and a Salty Lake
Chocolate mountains and a salty lake highlight this desert landscape. This photo of the Sonoran […]
Seeds Coated With Fertilizer-Generating Microbes May Enable Agriculture on Marginal Land
Researchers have used silk derived from ordinary silkworm cocoons, like those seen here, mixed with […]
Scientists Discover Unreported Plant Body Part – “I Thought It Must Be an Artifact of Genetic Contamination”
Cantils, so named for their cantilever function of supporting the flower-bearing stalk, are newly reported […]