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Humans Evolved from African Ape-Like Ancestor, Research Suggests

Drummond-Clarke et al. show that trees were an essential component of the hominin adaptive niche, with bipedalism evolving in an arboreal context, likely driven by foraging strategy. Illustration by Arturo Asensio, via Quo.es.
Oct 20, 2025 by News Staff

In new research, paleoanthropologists from the United States and Canada analyzed the morphology of a hominin talus (large bone in the ankle that joins with the tibia of the leg and the calcaneus of the foot) attributed to Ardipithecus ramidus, a species of hominid that lived in the east of the African continent around 4.4 million years ago. Their results demonstrate that the fossil bears similarities to the tali of chimpanzees and gorillas, who are...

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This Hubble image shows NGC 3370, a spiral galaxy some 90 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Riess / K. Noll.

Hubble Space Telescope Observes NGC 3370

Oct 20, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a new image of the nearly face-on spiral galaxy NGC 3370. This Hubble image shows NGC...

Hierococcyx tiganada. Image credit: Robert O. Hutchinson.

New Species of Hawk-Cuckoo Discovered in Borneo

Oct 17, 2025 by Natali Anderson

A team of ornithologists from the National University of Singapore, Birdtour Asia Ltd., and the University of Queensland has described a new and cryptic...

This artist’s impression shows the evolution of heavy water molecules as they have been observed in giant molecular clouds, a planet forming-disk, and comets -- before they eventually may have made their way to Earth. Image credit: NSF / AUI / NSF’s NRAO / P. Vosteen / B. Saxton.

ALMA Detects Heavy Water in Planet-Forming Disk around Distant Protostar

Oct 17, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected doubly deuterated water (D2O), or ‘heavy water,’ in the protoplanetary...

Huayracursor jaguensis. Image credit: Jorge Blanco.

Paleontologists Discover New Species of Triassic Long-Necked Dinosaur

Oct 16, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have unearthed a new assemblage of Triassic fossils at the Quebrada Santo Domingo site of the Northern Precordillera Basin in northwestern...

An artist’s reconstruction of Anteavis crurilongus. Image credit: Jorge Blanco.

New Species of Triassic Carnivorous Dinosaur Identified in Argentina

Oct 15, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of theropod dinosaur being named Anteavis crurilongus has been described by a team of paleontologists from the Universidad Nacional...

A small crystal of ice XXI formed through nucleation and slow melting process. Image credit: Lee et al., doi: 10.1038/s41563-025-02364-x.

New Form of Ice Discovered: Ice XXI

Oct 15, 2025 by News Staff

Scientists have demonstrated that supercompressed water transforms into ice VI at room temperature through multiple freezing-melting pathways, which occur...

Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) seeds. Image credit: Karyna Panchenko.

Cardamom Seed Extract Can Enhance Production of Antiviral Proteins, Study Says

Oct 14, 2025 by News Staff

Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) seed extract as well as its main bioactive ingredient, 1,8-cineole, have the potential to act as a beneficial antiviral...

Two examples of Martian dunes with linear dune gullies: (a) linear dune gullies on a dune field in Galle crater; (b) linear dune gullies on a dune field in an unnamed crater in the center of Hellas Planitia. Image credit: Roelofs et al., doi: 10.1029/2024GL112860.

Martian ‘Linear Dune Gullies’ are Created by Sliding Blocks of Carbon Dioxide Ice, Researchers Find

Oct 14, 2025 by News Staff

On some of the dune fields on Mars, parallel channels, called linear dune gullies, are found. Contrary to their name these gullies are often highly sinuous....

The 166-million-year-old sauropod dinosaur trackways at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England. Image credit: University of Birmingham.

Europe’s Longest Sauropod Dinosaur Trackway Unearthed in England

Oct 14, 2025 by News Staff

In 2024, a major new sauropod dinosaur track site was uncovered at Dewars Farm Quarry, near Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. This year, paleontologists...

Model depicting the importance of RNP condensate in mediating survival under Mars-like stress condition. Image credit: Dhage et al., doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf300.

Baker’s Yeast Can Survive Mars-like Stress Conditions, New Study Shows

Oct 14, 2025 by News Staff

Exploring the possibility of the survival of life under extraterrestrial conditions is an important goal of astrobiology. In a new study, scientists used...

Horizontal land motion observed by the 58 GNET stations in Greenland. Image credit: Longfors Berg et al., doi: 10.1029/2024JB030847.

Greenland is Shrinking and Drifting towards Northwest, Geoscientists Say

Oct 14, 2025 by News Staff

This happens due to plate tectonics and movements in the bedrock, caused by the large ice sheets on top melting and reducing pressure on the subsurface,...

Life reconstruction of Xiphodracon goldencapensis. Image credit: Bob Nicholls.

Fossil of Long and Narrow-Snouted Ichthyosaur Uncovered in England

Oct 13, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

University of Manchester paleontologist Dean Lomax and his colleagues have identified a new genus and species of leptonectid ichthyosaur from a fossilized...

A reconstructed illustration of Polistodon chuannanensis. Image credit: Chuang Zhao / PNSO.

Two Jurassic Mammal Relatives Had Uniquely Shaped Jaw Joints

Oct 13, 2025 by News Staff

The evolution of the modern mammal jaw is more complex than previously thought, according to a new analysis of fossils belonging to two mammaliamorph species:...

Kiwifruits, rye bread and high mineral water, psyllium supplements, certain probiotic strains and magnesium oxide supplements are recommended to improve specific constipation outcomes. Image credit: Aziz3625.

Kiwifruits, Rye Bread and High Mineral-Content Water Could Help Alleviate Chronic Constipation

Oct 13, 2025 by News Staff

That’s according to the first ever evidence-based dietary guidelines for adults with chronic constipation. Published in the Journal of Human Nutrition...

Radiocarbon dating reveals the mid-Weichselian presence of common hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Upper Rhine Graben in Germany. Image credit: Gemini AI.

Hippos Lived in Central Europe around 40,000 Years Ago, New Study Suggests

Oct 13, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A small, isolated population of common hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) was present in the Upper Rhine Graben in southwestern Germany during the middle...

This Hubble image shows NGC 7496, a barred spiral galaxy some 24 million light-years away in the constellation of Grus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R. Chandar / J. Lee / PHANGS-HST Team.

Hubble Sees Dusty Spiral Galaxy: NGC 7496

Oct 13, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

NGC 7496 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 24 million light-years away in the constellation of Grus. This Hubble image shows NGC 7496, a...

This colorized image, taken by the CaSSIS instrument aboard ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter on October 3, 2025, shows the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Image credit: ESA / TGO / CaSSIS.

3I/ATLAS-Like Interstellar Objects Could Kick Start Planet Formation around High-Mass Stars

Oct 10, 2025 by News Staff

The discovery of 1I/Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov and 3I/ATLAS showed that significant numbers of interstellar objects populate interstellar space. Their omnipresence...

This RadioAstron map two supermassive black holes at the center of OJ 287, a galaxy located about 5 billion light-years away in the constellation of Cancer: if the central component corresponds to the primary black hole, then the next one upwards marks the secondary black hole, and the highest component represents a knot in its jet; the elongation of the individual components is not real, but is a reflection of the beam shape. Image credit: Valtonen et al., doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae057e.

RadioAstron Captures Radio Image of Two Supermassive Black Holes Circling Each Other

Oct 10, 2025 by News Staff

Using data from the RadioAstron satellite, astronomers have produced a radio image of two supermassive black holes at the center of the distant quasar...

The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact. Image credit: Jeff Andrews-Hanna / University of Arizona / NASA / NAOJ.

Southward Impact Excavated Magma Ocean at Moon’s Biggest Crater: Study

Oct 9, 2025 by News Staff

Roughly 4.3 billion years ago, when our Solar System was still in its infancy, a giant asteroid slammed into the far side of the Moon, blasting an enormous...

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