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Rare Skull Fossil of Miocene Ape Lufengpithecus Found

The cranium of juvenile Lufengpithecus lufengensis found at the site of Shuitangba (Xue-Ping Ji / Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology).
Sep 9, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has announced the discovery of a 6.1-million-year-old relatively complete and largely undistorted juvenile cranium of the fossil ape Lufengpithecus lufengensis at the Miocene site Shuitangba in Yunnan Province, China. The cranium of juvenile Lufengpithecus lufengensis found at the site of Shuitangba (Xue-Ping Ji / Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology). Juvenile crania of apes and hominins are extremely...

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Studies in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, shown here, over the past two decades have found a connection between rDNA genes and lifespan.

rDNA Genes May Be Key to Human Longevity

Sep 6, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology has found evidence that ageing works through a special set of genes that...

The Solar System moves through a local galactic cloud at a speed of 50,000 miles per hour, creating an interstellar wind of particles, some of which can travel all the way toward Earth to provide information about our neighborhood (NASA / Adler / U. Chicago / Wesleyan).

Astrophysicists: Interstellar Winds Changed Direction over Forty Years

Sep 6, 2013 by News Staff

The particles streaming into the Solar System from interstellar space have changed direction over the last forty years, says a group of astrophysicists...

The deep-sea squid Grimalditeuthis bonplandi (Hendrik J. T. Hoving et al / MBARI).

Marine Biologists Capture First Footage of Deep-Sea Squid Grimalditeuthis bonplandi

Sep 6, 2013 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has filmed for the first time the deep-sea squid Grimalditeuthis bonplandi...

Biswamoyopterus laoensis, female, ventral view (adapted from Daosavanh Sanamxay et al).

Biswamoyopterus laoensis: New Species of Flying Squirrel from Laos

Sep 6, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of biologists from Thailand, UK and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic has described a new species of flying squirrel in...

This artist's impression shows how Gliese 1214b may look as it transits its parent star. Image credit: NAOJ.

Super-Earth Gliese 1214b Has Water-Rich Atmosphere, Japanese Astronomers Say

Sep 5, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers from Japan using NAOJ’s Subaru Telescope have found that the extrasolar planet Gliese 1214b has a water-rich atmosphere. This artist’s...

A depiction of the ultrasound signals emitted by a bat, and the echo from a nearby object. Image credit: Petteri Aimonen.

Echolocation: Genetic Similarities Found between Dolphins, Bats

Sep 5, 2013 by News Staff

According to European scientists reporting in the journal Nature, bottlenose dolphins and bats have a genetic resemblance due to their echolocation capability. A...

Brachyhypopomus bennetti, female, 8.5 inches / 21.5 cm long. Scale bar - 1 cm (Sullivan JP et al).

Two New Species of Electric Knifefishes Discovered in Central Amazon

Sep 5, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists have reported the discovery of two new species of toothed electric knifefishes that live under rafts of unrooted grasses and water hyacinth...

Faience vessel fragment inscribed with the name of the pharaoh Aha, the first king of ancient Egypt's first dynasty. Image credit: Captmondo / CC-BY-SA-2.5.

Scientists Rewrite Timeline of Ancient Egypt’s First Dynasty

Sep 5, 2013 by News Staff

British archaeologists led by Dr Michael Dee from the University of Oxford have been able for the first time to set a robust timeline for the first eight...

This image shows the bipolar planetary nebula PN Hb 12, popularly known as Hubble 12, in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Image credit: NASA / ESA. Acknowledgement: Josh Barrington.

Hubble Zooms in on Bipolar Planetary Nebulae

Sep 5, 2013 by News Staff

Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ESO’s New Technology Telescope, two astronomers from University of Manchester, UK, have studied 130...

This photograph shows soldiers of the Eight nations alliance in 1900. British and also American soldiers are taller than continental European and Asian soldiers. Left-to-right: Britain, United States, Australian, British India, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan.

European Men Grow Four Inches in Century, Says Researcher

Sep 4, 2013 by News Staff

According to a new study by Prof Timothy Hatton from the University of Essex and the Australian National University in Canberra, the average height of...

Scientist Finds Manuscript with First English Recipes for Iced Chocolate Desserts

Sep 4, 2013 by News Staff

Dr Kate Loveman from the University of Leicester, UK, has uncovered the first English recipes for chilled chocolate treats, collected by the Earl of Sandwich...

Image of Nycticeinops schlieffenii which is represented by a new species in Senegal (© Natalie Weber).

Five New Bat Species Found in Africa

Sep 4, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of biologists has described five new species of Vesper bats from Senegal. Image of Nycticeinops schlieffenii which is represented...

King Solomon's Pillars in Timna Valley, Israel. Image credit: Little Savage.

Copper Mines in Timna Valley Dated to Time of King Solomon

Sep 4, 2013 by News Staff

According to archaeologists from the Tel Aviv University, copper mines in Timna Valley that were thought to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the...

An image shows a comet striking coastal Yucatan, forming the giant Chicxulub impact crater and causing the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs (Don Davis / NASA)

Younger Dryas Climate Shift 12,900 Years Ago Linked to Asteroid or Comet Impact in Quebec

Sep 3, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to an international team of scientists reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an asteroid or comet that landed in...

Sting of Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis (RW Gess / University of the Witwatersrand).

Paleontologist Finds 360-Million-Year-Old Scorpion Fossil

Sep 3, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Dr Robert Gess from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg has discovered what he says is the oldest known land-living animal from Gondwana,...

This is an artist's impression of Sagittarius A* (NASA / CXC / M.Weiss).

Chandra Peers into Super-Heated Gas around Supermassive Black Hole Sagittarius A*

Sep 2, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has taken a major step in understanding why gas near the Milky Way’s...

This image shows the Trojan asteroid 2011 QF99 (Mike Alexandersen).

2011 QF99: Newly Discovered Trojan Asteroid Shares Orbit with Uranus

Aug 30, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers from Canada and France have announced the discovery of the first Trojan asteroid known to share its orbit with Uranus. This image shows the...

The team has found that three songbirds from New Zealand - the Whitehead, shown in this image, the Yellowhead and the Brown Creeper - belong to a new bird family. Image credit: Andrew Hardacre / CC BY 2.0.

Ornithologists Describe New Songbird Family from New Zealand

Aug 30, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists from New Zealand, Ecuador, Australia and the United States have identified a new songbird family – the Mohouidae – in New Zealand. The...

This is a 3D visualization of the giant canyon in Greenland (Jonathan Bamber / University of Bristol / NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio).

Scientists Discover Giant Canyon beneath Greenland Ice Sheet

Aug 30, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of researchers using radar data from NASA’s Operation IceBridge has discovered a previously unmapped canyon hidden for all...

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