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A planetary geologist from the University of California in Los Angeles has discovered the first strong evidence that the geological phenomenon known as...

Zooarchaeologists at the University of Florida have found that the wild turkey was domesticated by the ancient Maya more than 1,000 years earlier than...

An international team of scientists has reconstructed dietary preferences of three groups of early hominins from the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. Reconstructions...

An arachnologist from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, has discovered the world’s first eyeless huntsman spider. A very special...

Astronomers have constructed the largest-ever 3D map of massive galaxies and distant black holes, which will help better explain the mysterious ‘dark...

A study led by the University of Zürich and the ETH Zürich has revealed the presence of large amounts of invisible ‘dark matter’ near the Solar System. The...

Geologists from the University of Saskatchewan and the Geological Survey of Canada have discovered a massive meteor impact from at least 130 million years...

The new genetic study by a multinational group of scientists has shown that a large percentage of genes in our bodies are likely to affect bone strength,...

A citizen scientist and professional taxonomists have jointly discovered an unusual new species of green lacewing. Female Semachrysa jade (Guek Hock Ping) Green...

An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to make the first detection of X-rays from the remains of a supernova...

A team of astronomers at the University of Bonn in Germany has suggested that the four ultramassive stars, discovered two years ago and located in the...

Archaeologists have discovered that people living 700 to 900 years ago in Cahokia, a massive pre-Columbian settlement near the confluence of the Missouri...

Cornell University ornithologists have discovered a colorful, fruit-eating bird with a black mask, pale belly and scarlet breast in the remote Peruvian...

Macrozamia, a genus of cycad found only in Australia, is now believed to have arrived inland far more recently than initially thought. The MacDonnell Ranges...

Scientists have used ancient DNA from bones of giant extinct New Zealand birds to show that significant climate and environmental changes did not have...

NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity has successfully landed in the Gale Crater on Mars. The one-ton rover touched down onto the Red Planet early Monday to...

Astronomers led by Dr Stella Kafka of the Carnegie Institution for Science have reported the discovery of a star system, prior to explosion, which will...

A team of European researchers has discovered that strawberry extract added to skin cell cultures acts as a protector from ultraviolet rays. Strawberries...

Dr Stephanie Bush, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Rhode Island, has discovered a never-before-seen defensive strategy used by a small species...