Scientists find how heat determines sex in leopard Geckos
Researchers pinpoint when temperature determines sex and uncover early genetic changes guiding male or female development in leopard gecko.
What erased a billion years of Earth’s history? Scientists offer a new answer
Study reveals what really caused Earth’s ‘Great Unconformity’.
Scientists can now see deep-brain activity without disrupting it
Scientists make living brain tissue transparent for imaging.
Scientists reveal the spine secret behind cats landing on feet
Scientists reveal how cats twist midair to land on feet.
Scientists find blood protein shape changes that signal Alzheimer’s early
Blood protein shape changes may reveal early Alzheimer’s.
Scientists discover tiny dinosaur that rewrites evolution story
Tiny dinosaur discovery rewrites Alvarezsaur evolution.
Scientists discover deep-sea wrinkle structures in 180-million-year-old rocks
Deep-sea wrinkle structures reveal ancient microbial life.
Scientists discover a hidden ‘Gravity Hole’ beneath Antarctica
A giant ‘Gravity Hole’ beneath Antarctica formed over millions of years.
How fire-loving fungi evolved to digest charcoal
When a wildfire tears through a landscape, most life retreats or disappears. Plants burn. Animals flee. The soil itself is left dark, dry, and...
Late Jurassic predators likely fed often on baby dinosaurs
This novel food web is the first study of its kind to use trophic analysis to examine Morrison Formation ecological interactions.
Giant prehistoric kangaroos were likely able to hop, fossil study suggests
Fossils show giant prehistoric kangaroos could still hop
Archaeologists uncover Africa’s earliest cremation site
It is the first time this behavior has been documented in the African hunter-gatherer record.
A single tooth reveals Mosasaurs could live in freshwater
Isotopes show how they lived and what they ate.
Kissing emerged over 21 million years ago, study suggests
A new Oxford study traces the origins of kissing
Eliminating cockroaches could improve indoor air quality, study
Nobody likes cockroaches. They're the uninvited guests that scatter when the kitchen light flicks on, and somehow, no matter how clean you keep your...
How parasitic worms use static to find prey
Nematodes that leap from the ground to infect flies need the help of a static electrical charge to land on their host.
Technology to freeze and preserve stem cells from birds
The techniques will enable reconstituting birds from stored cells of endangered species.
A new skull discovery in China is shaking up human origins research
The history of our own species has just had a major shake-up.
Most complete dome-headed dinosaur fossil ever discovered
A new species of dome-headed dinosaur is the oldest of its kind.
Victoria’s Surf Coast Yields Ancient Whale Wonder
It was about two metres long, small enough to fit on a standard single bed.
Nanophotonic devices rewrite the rules of light manipulation
New tech lets light devices reprogram themselves.
What do ancient mummies smell like? Scientists finally find out
A rare sensory glimpse into the embalming practices of the past.
Caffeine could help slow down the aging process
Caffeine doesn’t just wake up your brain—it also has surprising effects inside your cells. It can speed up how cells grow and divide, and...