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Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology, UK, in cooperation with SWIP Property Trust and Endurance Land, have uncovered an extraordinary Roman...

According to astronomers reporting in the journal Nature, Kepler-78b is the first Earth-sized exoplanet found to have an Earth-like density. This image...

A team of scientists from the United States and China has sequenced the genome of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis). Kiwifruits. Image credit: Hiperpinguino...

An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of a new species of humpback dolphin in the waters off northern Australia. A newly identified...

A new study conducted in the Netherlands has shown that heavy cannabis users, who had a history of cocaine use, have increased levels of impulsive behavior. A...

According to a new study published in the journal Palaeontology, two footprints found at Dinosaur Cove in southern Victoria are the oldest avian tracks...

Using a visual and infrared mapping spectrometer and an imaging science subsystem onboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists have mapped liquid...

Paleontologist from Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has described an odd new hippopotamus-like animal that lived in what is now California...

Marine biologists reporting in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution say that they have identified the world’s first venomous crustacean –...

According to new research reported in the journal Science, potentially deadly stings of scorpions are nothing more than a slight nuisance to grasshopper...

Tert-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ) – a common food additive – may protect people from the avian influenza A strain H7N9, according to a new study published...

A multinational group of scientists used the Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array in Chile to observe the Boomerang Nebula – the coldest...

An international team of ornithologists led by Dr Townsend Peterson from the University of Kansas’ Biodiversity Institute has discovered a new species...

Radiocarbon dating of ancient moss clumps on Baffin Island in the Eastern Canadian Arctic suggests that local summer temperatures during the past 100 years...

Men tend to slow down by about 7 percent when walking with romantic partners, says a team of scientists from Seattle Pacific University, the United States. Men...

Researchers from Australia and the United States have documented a massive extinction among bee populations, concurrent with an event that wiped out dinosaurs...

Astronomers led by Dr Steven Willner from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered what they believe is the most distant galaxy ever...

Astronomers used a new astronomical software system called the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory to discover a new Type Ib supernova and link it to...

Australian researchers reporting in the journal Nature Communications have detected particles of gold in the branches and leaves of eucalyptus trees growing...