New Spinosaurus Species Discovered in Niger
Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Strain Found Preserved in 5,000-Year-Old Cave Ice
Japanese Archipelago Was Once a Refuge for Cave Lions
CHEOPS Discovers Rocky Exoplanet that Defies Conventional Formation Theories
Mars Organics Can’t Be Fully Explained by Geological Processes Alone, NASA Study Says
Archaeopteryx’s Feeding-Related Structures Reflect Elevated Demands of Flight, Scientists Say
Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have for the first time identified the progenitor of a nearby supernova — a red supergiant star cloaked in thick, dust-rich shrouds that made it invisible to previous observatories. The main image at left shows a combined Webb and Hubble view of the spiral galaxy NGC 1637, with the region of interest in the top right; the remaining...
As human space exploration pushes farther from Earth, the need for sustainable ways to obtain local resources is becoming increasingly urgent, as routine resupply missions grow impractical. Asteroids — some of them rich in valuable metals such as platinum-group elements — have emerged as especially promising targets. In a new experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS), scientists...
A tiny copper-alloy object long dismissed as a simple awl has been reclassified as the earliest known rotary metal drill from ancient Egypt. Original photograph of the Badari drill published in 1927 by Guy Brunton (left) and the actual artifact. Image credit: Martin Odler & Jiří Kmošek, doi: 10.1553/AEundL35s289. The ancient drill is only 6.3 cm (2.5 inches) long and weighs about 1.5 grams. Dating...
Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a previously unknown species of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur with European affinities, hinting at ancient migration routes that once linked two continents now separated by the Atlantic Ocean. An artist’s impression of Dasosaurus tocantinensis. Image credit: TotalDino / CC BY 4.0. The new dinosaur species lived about 120 million years ago during the...
As human space exploration pushes farther from Earth, the need for sustainable ways to obtain local resources is becoming increasingly urgent, as routine resupply missions grow impractical. Asteroids — some of them rich in valuable metals such as platinum-group elements — have emerged as especially promising targets. In a new experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS), scientists...
Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst argue that an ultra-high-energy neutrino detected by the KM3NeT experiment could be the signature of an explosion of a ‘quasi-extremal primordial black hole,’ pointing toward new physics beyond the Standard Model. The KM3NeT experiment has recently observed a neutrino with an energy around 100 PeV, and IceCube has detected five neutrinos with...
A large prospective cohort study finds that older adults who eat more virgin olive oil — a key component of the Mediterranean diet — have slower cognitive decline and a more diverse gut microbiota over two years of follow-up; in contrast, higher intake of common refined olive oil was tied to lower microbial diversity and faster decline. Extra-virgin olive oil, a major component of the...
Between 73,000 and 20,000 years ago (Late Pleistocene), the Japanese Archipelago was inhabited by cave lions (Panthera spelaea), according to a new genetic and proteomic analysis of fossilized felid remains previously attributed to tigers (Panthera tigris). Cave lions painted in the Chauvet Cave, France. Lions and tigers were widespread apex predators during the Late Pleistocene and integral components...
New orbital data reveal that the most recently active volcanic systems on Mars weren’t simple one-off blasts into space; instead, long-lived magmatic plumbing beneath Pavonis Mons, one of the Red Planet’s largest volcanoes, reshaped lava flows over time, with distinct eruptive phases and evolving chemical signatures, offering fresh insights into the planet’s inner dynamics and how rocky planets...
A large prospective cohort study finds that older adults who eat more virgin olive oil — a key component of the Mediterranean diet — have slower cognitive decline and a more diverse gut microbiota over two years of follow-up; in contrast, higher intake of common refined olive oil was tied to lower microbial diversity and faster decline. Extra-virgin olive oil, a major component of the...
