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130,000-year-old Neanderthal jewelry. Image credit: Luka Mjeda.

130,000-Year-Old Neanderthal ‘Eagle Claw Necklace’ Found in Croatia

Mar 11, 2015 by News Staff

Eight, mostly complete talons of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) from the Krapina Neanderthal site in present-day Croatia may be part of...

A rippled Milky Way Galaxy may be 50 percent larger than previously estimated. Image credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Our Milky Way Galaxy May Be Larger Than Thought

Mar 11, 2015 by News Staff

According to a new study led by Yan Xu of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, our Galaxy is at least 50 percent larger than is commonly estimated. A...

The veiled chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus. Image credit: Russell Ligon.

Researchers Explain How Chameleons Change Color

Mar 11, 2015 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, chameleons shift color through active tuning of a lattice of nanocrystals within...

This image shows the newly-discovered dwarf galaxy Reticulum 2. Image credit: Sergey E. Koposov et al / Dark Energy Survey.

Reticulum 2: Gamma Rays from Dwarf Galaxy May Be Clue on Mysterious Dark Matter

Mar 11, 2015 by News Staff

A team of astronomers, led by Dr Alex Geringer-Sameth of Carnegie Mellon University, has detected gamma rays emanating from the recently discovered dwarf...

VLT Survey Telescope Focuses on Ara OB1 Stellar Association

Mar 11, 2015 by News Staff

Dusty star nurseries, clusters and emission nebulae can be seen in this composite image from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope at Paranal Observatory, Chile. This...

Cats love cat-appropriate songs. Image credit: © Natali Anderson.

Cats Prefer ‘Cat Music,’ New Study Says

Mar 10, 2015 by News Staff

While cats ignore human music, they are highly responsive to music written especially for them, says a new study reported in the journal Applied Animal...

This VLA radio image shows the galaxy cluster Abell 2256. Image credit: Owen et al. / NRAO / AUI / NSF.

Abell 2256: Radio Telescope Zooms in on Gigantic Collision of Galaxies

Mar 10, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have captured the most detailed image yet of the merging cluster Abell 2256. This VLA radio...

Moist muddy layer with Zospeum vasconicum in the Cueva Arrikrutz, Gipuzkoa, Spain. Image credit: Jochum A et al.

Two New Snail Species Discovered in Northern Spain

Mar 10, 2015 by News Staff

A multinational team of scientists headed by Dr Adrienne Jochum from the University of Bern, Switzerland, has described two new species of the genus Zospeum...

Young Maasai cattle herder in Kenya, 1979. Image credit: John Atherton / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Research Sheds New Light on Migration Routes of Ancient African Herders

Mar 10, 2015 by News Staff

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences debunks the widely-held conservative notion that early human herders, moving...

This image shows the newly-discovered dwarf galaxy Eridanus 2. Image credit: Sergey E. Koposov et al / Dark Energy Survey.

Astronomers Discover Nine New Satellites of Milky Way Galaxy

Mar 10, 2015 by News Staff

Using the data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), astronomers have found nine new ultra-faint Milky Way satellites. Based on the morphological properties,...

This image shows the dwarf irregular galaxy UCG 8201. Image credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA.

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Dwarf Irregular Galaxy UGC 8201

Mar 9, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new image of the M81 group post-starburst galaxy UGC 8201. This image shows...

Agate stone flake tool found beneath the volcanic ash at the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter, Riley, Oregon. Image credit: University of Oregon.

Archaeologists Find 16,000-Year-Old Stone Flake Tool in Oregon

Mar 9, 2015 by News Staff

A group of archaeologists from the University of Oregon and the Bureau of Land Management has found an at least 15,800-year-old orange agate tool at a...

Asia’s peoples, Nordisk familjebok, 1904.

Many Modern Asian Men Have Genetic Links to Genghis Khan, Ten Other Dynastic Leaders

Mar 9, 2015 by News Staff

According to a new study reported in the journal European Journal of Human Genetics, millions of modern Asian men are descended from eleven dynastic leaders,...

This artist’s conception shows the extrasolar planet Gliese 581d. Image credit: Tyrogthekreeper / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Gliese 581d Probably Does Exist, Scientists Say

Mar 9, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers Dr Guillem Anglada-Escudé from the Queen Mary University of London and Dr Mikko Tuomi from the University of Hertfordshire have dismissed...

Callicebus miltoni: New Species of Titi Monkey Discovered in Brazil

Mar 9, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists led by Dr Julio César Dalponte of the Institute for the Conservation of Neotropical Carnivores in Atibaia has described a new species...

Statuette of a goddess discovered near the temple of Ptah. Image credit: © CNRS-Cfeetk / J. Maucor.

2,700-Year-Old Osiris Statues, Small Sphinx Unearthed at Karnak

Mar 7, 2015 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from the French-Egyptian Centre for the Study of Karnak Temples has made a new discovery near the temple of Ptah at Karnak, Luxor,...

Dawn will use its ion propulsion system to change orbits at Ceres, allowing it to observe the dwarf planet from different vantage points. Image credit: NASA / JPL.

NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Finally Arrives at Dwarf Planet Ceres

Mar 6, 2015 by News Staff

After a seven-year cruise, and a one-year successful mission at the giant asteroid 4 Vesta, NASA’s Dawn space probe today successfully entered the orbit...

An artist impression of the mass-transfer phase followed by a double-detonation supernova that leads to the ejection of US 708. While this illustration shows the supernova, bottom center, and the ejected star, left, at the same time, in reality the supernova would have been faded away long before the star reached that position. Image credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA / S. Geier.

US 708: Hypervelocity Star Ejected by Supernova Breaks Galactic Speed Record

Mar 6, 2015 by News Staff

A multinational team of astronomers led by Dr Stephan Geier from the European Southern Observatory in Garching, Germany, has determined that a hypervelocity...

The Myanmar Jerdon’s babbler (Chrysomma altirostre altirostre). Image credit: © Robert Tizard / WCS.

Extremely Rare Subspecies of Jerdon’s Babbler Rediscovered in Myanmar

Mar 6, 2015 by News Staff

The Myanmar Jerdon’s babbler (Chrysomma altirostre altirostre), last seen in Myanmar more than 70 years ago, has been discovered still living in the...