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An international team of astrophysicists has developed a new model that shows how an elusive type of black hole can be formed in the gas surrounding their...

An international team of paleontologists has discovered two ancient species of South American rodents, including the oldest chinchilla, a discovery that...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered what they believe is a 2,300-year-old harbor of the ancient city of Akko. A member of the Israel Antiquities Authority...

Japanese astronomers using two radio telescopes have produced a map of carbon monoxide distribution in the central region of our Galaxy. While mapping...

A new study, which examines how dolphins might process their sonar signals, could provide a new system for man-made sonar to detect targets, such as sea...

After sequencing the complete genome of Leishmania donovani, a parasite causing one of the most important tropical diseases after malaria, a team of scientists...

An international consortium of plant scientists has completed the first sequencing of the banana genome. Bananas (Steve Hopson / www.stevehopson.com) The...

Scientists have discovered the first molecular evidence that Neanderthals not only ate a range of cooked plant foods, but also understood its nutritional...

Astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth. This artist’s concept shows...

An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the Universe’s oldest spiral galaxy yet seen, an object that...

Astronomers using three telescopes – APEX in Chile, SMA in Hawaii, and the Submillimeter Telescope in Arizona – have observed the heart of...

According to NASA scientists, the unexpected slowing of the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft – the so-called ‘Pioneer Anomaly’ – turns out...

A network of porous carbon tubes that is three-dimensionally interwoven at nano and micro level – this is the lightest material in the world. Aerographite...

Archaeologists led by the University of Cincinnati have revealed new details about sustainable water and land management among the ancient Maya, including...

A team of Spanish paleoanthropologists has reconstructed the diet of Australopithecus anamensis, a hominid that lived in the east of the African continent...

An international group of researchers led by the University of Bristol has used computed tomography and biomechanical modeling to show how plant-eating...

In an ongoing study in Costa Rica, wildlife biologists are exploring the ecology of two species of sloths in a rapidly changing environment. Three-toed-sloth,...

A new study led by Carnegie Institution of Washington has suggested that most of the volatile elements on Earth – which include hydrogen, nitrogen,...

Paleoanthropologists at the Wits Institute for Human Evolution in Johannesburg, South Africa, have announced the discovery of a large rock containing significant...