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Giant Prehistoric Penguin Fossil Found in New Zealand

Artististic reconstruction of the Paleocene giant penguin Kumimanu biceae. Image credit: Senckenberg Research Institute.
Dec 13, 2017 by News Staff

Paleontologists have found the fossil remains of a giant prehistoric penguin that lived about 59 to 56 million years ago (Paleocene epoch) in what is now New Zealand. Artististic reconstruction of the Paleocene giant penguin Kumimanu biceae. Image credit: Senckenberg Research Institute. The giant penguin’s remains were found in the Otago region on New Zealand’s South Island. “Age datings reveal that the bird lived during the Late Paleocene,...

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Young adults could be at risk of heavy drinking with shortened night of sleep. Image credit: Michal Jarmoluk.

Study: Shortened Night of Sleep May Increase Young Adults’ Risk of Heavier Drinking

Dec 13, 2017 by News Staff

According to a study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, heavier alcohol use may delay sleep timing among heavy-drinking young adults; in...

Hard tick grasping a dinosaur feather preserved in 99 million-year-old Burmese amber. Image credit: Peñalver et al.

Ticks Sucked Blood of Feathered Dinosaurs, Fossil Discovery Shows

Dec 13, 2017 by News Staff

Preserved in 99 million-year-old Burmese amber paleontologists found a tick grasping a dinosaur feather. The discovery, reported in the journal Nature...

This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar asteroid -- 1I/2017 U1 (’Oumuamua). Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Breakthrough Listen Initiative to Observe First Interstellar Asteroid

Dec 12, 2017 by News Staff

The Breakthrough Listen initiative — the largest ever scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of alien civilizations — announced...

This full-disc image of Jupiter was taken on 21 April 2014 with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Simon, Goddard Space Flight Center.

NASA’s Juno Orbiter Explores Depths of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

Dec 12, 2017 by News Staff

Data collected by Juno during its first pass over Jupiter’s mysterious, roiling storm called the Great Red Spot in July 2017 indicate that this famous...

The silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus). Image credit: Quinten Questel / CC BY-SA 3.0.

DNA Reveals that Silky Anteaters Are Seven Species

Dec 12, 2017 by Natali Anderson

The silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) has previously been recognized to be a single species divided into several sub-species. But a new genetic analysis,...

An old man diagnosed as suffering from senile dementia. Color lithograph, 1896, J. Williamson, Byrom Bramwell. Image credit: Wellcome Images / CC BY 4.0.

Scientists May Have Discovered Major Cause of Dementia

Dec 12, 2017 by News Staff

The build-up of urea, also known as carbamide, in the brain to toxic levels can cause brain damage — and eventually dementia, according to new research. An...

DNA rendering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa viewed with atomic force microscopy. Image credit: Tikhomirov et al.

Researchers ‘Paint’ World’s Smallest Mona Lisa

Dec 11, 2017 by News Staff

A team of scientists at Caltech has created the smallest version of the Mona Lisa ever — out of DNA. The work is described in a paper appearing in...

Gas-phase structure of alpha-pinene was experimentally unveiled, using Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. Image credit: Elias M. Neeman.

Scientists Determine Structure of Alpha-Pinene, Major Component of Forest Aroma

Dec 11, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of scientists from France and Spain has accurately determined the gas-phase structure of alpha-pinene, a molecule emitted into the...

Physicists Prove Existence of New Form of Matter: Excitonium

Dec 11, 2017 by News Staff

New research led by a University of Illinois physicist has proved the existence of a new form of matter — ‘excitonium,’ a solid crystal of excitons....

One diet doesn’t fit all, and what works for some may not be best for others. Image credit: Rita E.

Study: Diet Success Depends on Your Genes

Dec 11, 2017 by News Staff

A diet that makes one individual lean and healthy might have the complete opposite effect on another, according to a new study published in the journal...

This Hubble image shows Abell 2163, one of the richest and most distant galaxy clusters known. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Observes Galaxy Cluster Abell 2163

Dec 11, 2017 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking image of a rich cluster of galaxies called Abell 2163. This Hubble image shows Abell 2163,...

New Caledonian crows know what it takes to make a good tool. Image credit: James St Clair.

Study Provides Insights into How New Caledonian Crows Make Their Hooked Stick Tools

Dec 10, 2017 by News Staff

A team of researchers at the University of St Andrews has discovered how New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) make one of their most sophisticated...

An artist’s rendering of Halszkaraptor escuilliei. Image credit: Lukas Panzarin / Andrea Cau.

Halszkaraptor escuilliei: Bizarre New Dinosaur Was a Mix of Aquatic Bird and Theropod

Dec 8, 2017 by News Staff

Paleontologists have discovered what they say is a completely unexpected semi-aquatic theropod dinosaur that lived 75 million years ago in what is now...

New Research Shows Black Holes Have Significantly Weaker Magnetic Fields than Originally Thought

Dec 8, 2017 by News Staff

A sudden flare from a low-mass black hole in the binary system V404 Cygni has offered astrophysicists a unique opportunity to make precise measurements...

The International Space Station. Image credit: NASA.

Study: Microbial Community on International Space Station Resembles Homes on Earth

Dec 8, 2017 by Natali Anderson

The microbial community composition on the International Space Station (ISS) is more similar to home surfaces than to the human microbiome samples, according...

The Indian chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum). Image credit: KENPEI / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chrysanthemum Genome Sequenced

Dec 8, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers from the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and the Amway Botanical Research Center...

Artist’s impression of a pair of galaxies from the early Universe. Image credit: NRAO / AUI / NSF / D. Berry.

ALMA Finds Two Extremely Massive Star-Forming Galaxies in Very Early Universe

Dec 7, 2017 by News Staff

New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) push back the epoch of massive-galaxy formation even further by identifying...

Reconstruction of Wakaleo schouteni challenging the thylacinid Nimbacinus dicksoni over a kangaroo carcass in the late Oligocene forest at Riversleigh, Australia. Image credit: Peter Schouten.

Dog-Sized Marsupial Lion Once Lived in Australia: Wakaleo schouteni

Dec 7, 2017 by News Staff

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of carnivorous marsupial lion that lived 26 to 18 million years ago (late Oligocene to early Miocene) in...

Mars may have been enveloped in a steamy atmosphere as the planet’s crust cooled and solidified. That ‘steam bath’ could have created many of the clay mineral deposits that have long been attributed to water flow on or just beneath the Martian surface. Image credit: Kevin Cannon.

Research Suggests Martian Clays Formed in Ancient ‘Steam Bath’

Dec 7, 2017 by News Staff

On Mars, phyllosilicate (clay) minerals are widespread in terrains that date back to the Noachian period, 4.1 to 3.7 billion years ago. Phyllosilicates...

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