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Tasmania, Western North America were Once Neighbors, Finds New Research

Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point (Tasmania), by John Glover, 1834.
Aug 4, 2014 by News Staff

According to a new study led by Dr Joanne Whittaker of the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, the Australia’s island state, Tasmania, and the U.S. states of Idaho, Montana, the Canadian province of British Columbia, were close geographical neighbors about 1.4 billion years ago in the Mesoproterozoic supercontinent Columbia (also known as Nuna or Hudsonland). Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point...

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A group of Neanderthals in a cave. Image credit: Tyler B. Tretsven.

Low Testosterone Led to Technology Boom 50,000 Years Ago, Anthropologists Say

Aug 2, 2014 by News Staff

According to a group of anthropologists headed by Dr Brian Hare of Duke University, a decline in testosterone levels about 50,000 years ago led to the...

This image shows the galaxy cluster IRC 0218. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Kim-Vy Tran, Texas A&M University / Kenneth Wong, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Hubble Discovers Most Distant Gravitational Lens Yet

Aug 1, 2014 by News Staff

A team of astronomers using the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera onboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the most distant...

New Research Traces Evolution of Theropod Dinosaurs into Flying Birds

Jul 31, 2014 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Science highlights the dramatic evolutionary transformation of carnivorous, ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs into...

Example wave model hindcast during the September 2012 storm in Arctic Ocean; the map is centered on the North Pole; the color scale indicates significant wave height from 0 to 5 m. Image credit: Jim Thomson / W. Erick Rogers.

Extreme Waves Recorded in Arctic Ocean

Jul 30, 2014 by News Staff

Five-meter-high waves have been detected in the middle of the Arctic Ocean by Dr Jim Thomson of the University of Washington and Dr Erick Rogers of the...

Illustration of a DNA molecule. Image credit: Christoph Bock, Max Planck Institute for Informatics / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Only 8.2 % of Human DNA is Functional, Say Genetic Researchers

Jul 30, 2014 by News Staff

According to a group of genetic scientists led by Dr Gerton Lunter of the University of Oxford’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, only 8.2 percent...

This view looks across the geyser basin of Enceladus, along fractures spewing water vapor and ice particles into space. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

Scientists Discover 101 Geysers on Enceladus

Jul 29, 2014 by News Staff

A team of U.S. researchers using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has discovered 101 active geysers erupting on Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon...

Study Sheds New Light on Extinction of Dinosaurs

Jul 28, 2014 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal Biological Reviews, non-avian dinosaurs might have survived the impact of a large bolide about 66 million...

Hand axes found at the Kathu Townlands site, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Image credit: Walker SJH et al.

1-Million-Year-Old Artifacts Found in South Africa

Jul 26, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the University of Toronto and the University of Cape Town have unearthed a large number of Early to Middle Pleistocene stone artifacts...

Reconstruction of Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus. Image credit: Andrey Atuchin.

Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus: Feathered Herbivorous Dinosaur Discovered

Jul 25, 2014 by News Staff

Dr Pascal Godefroit, a paleontologist with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, and his colleagues have discovered the fossilized...

This is an illustration of a hot Jupiter orbiting a Sun-like star.

Astronomers Discover Three Surprisingly Dry Jupiter-Like Exoplanets

Jul 25, 2014 by News Staff

A team of astronomers headed by Dr Nikku Madhusudhan of the Cambridge University’s Institute of Astronomy has found that the abundance of water vapor...

German Shepherd puppy. Image credit: Marilyn Peddle / CC BY 2.0.

Dogs Can Experience Jealousy, Scientists Say

Jul 24, 2014 by News Staff

According to University of California San Diego researchers Dr Christine Harris and Dr Caroline Prouvost, dogs feel jealousy too. German Shepherd puppy....

The Greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) is an European species of bat in the Vespertilionidae family.

Greater Mouse-Eared Bats Use Polarized Light to Calibrate Their Internal Compass

Jul 23, 2014 by News Staff

The Greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) is the first mammal that’s known to use polarization patterns in the sky to calibrate an internal magnetic...

According to Prof Adrian Bejan, the supersonic trans-Atlantic Concorde aircraft went the way of the dodo - it hit an evolutionary cul-de-sac. This image shows the British Airways Concorde in 1986. Image credit: Eduard Marmet / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Physics Law Helps Explain Evolution of Passenger Airplanes

Jul 23, 2014 by News Staff

A new study, published in the Journal of Applied Physics, uses a now-famous law of physics called the Constructal law to witness the evolution of airplane...

This artist's conception shows Kepler-421b. Image credit: David A. Aguilar / CfA.

Kepler-421b: Astronomers Discover Exoplanet with Longest Known Year

Jul 22, 2014 by News Staff

A year on the newly discovered Uranus-sized exoplanet Kepler-421b lasts for 704.2 days, making it the longest orbital period exoplanet yet found. Its parent...

This image shows Ctenomys tucumanus, a previously known species of tuco-tuco. Image credit: Er-wiki / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tuco-Tuco: Four New Species of Gopher-Like Mammal Discovered in Bolivia

Jul 22, 2014 by News Staff

A multinational group of scientists headed by Dr Scott Gardner of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has described four new species of burrowing rodents...

Artist's concept of a cryobot in the ocean of Jupiter's moon Europa. Image credit: NASA.

New Study Highlights Importance of Oceans for Exoplanet Habitability

Jul 21, 2014 by News Staff

Oceans are crucial for supporting Earth-like life on extrasolar planets, according to a study published in the journal Astrobiology. Artist’s concept...

Aerial photograph of Mount Rainier taken on September 14, 2011. Image credit: Michael Arthur Hill / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Geophysicists Crack Secrets of Mount Rainier

Jul 19, 2014 by News Staff

A team of geophysicists led by Dr Stephane Rondenay from the University of Bergen has made a detailed picture of Mount Rainier’s deep volcanic plumbing. Aerial...

This artist's impression shows the structure of our Milky Way Galaxy, including the location of the spiral arms and other components such as the bulge. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ESO / R. Hurt.

Scientists Discover Two Most Distant Stars Ever Detected in Milky Way Galaxy

Jul 18, 2014 by News Staff

A team of astronomers using the Red Channel spectrograph at the MMT Observatory on Mt. Hopkins in Arizona has discovered the most distant Milky Way stars...

The common wheat, Triticum aestivum. Image credit: Matt Lavin, Bozeman, Montana / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Genetic Researchers Unveil Draft Sequence of Wheat Genome

Jul 18, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists from the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium have published a draft sequence of the genome of the common wheat (Triticum aestivum). The...

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