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...
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,...
Paleoanthropologists at the Wits Institute for Human Evolution in Johannesburg, South Africa, have announced the discovery of a large rock containing significant...
An international team of researchers has found that Native American populations arose from at least three migrations, with the majority descended entirely...
For the first time ever, astronomers from NASA and the University of Tübingen in Germany have detected rare noble gases krypton and xenon in the spectrum...
Biologists have discovered a new species of coral reef crustacean and named it after Bob Marley, the late popular Jamaican singer and guitarist.
A Caribbean...
Astronomers using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected a fifth and tiniest moon yet orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto.
This image, taken by...
A team of Israeli archaeologists has unearthed one of the largest hoards of gold coins ever found in the country.
Gold coins and a pottery vessel found...
Biologist Dr Mario Vallejo-Marín from the University of Stirling has found a new species of monkey flower, created by the union of two foreign plant species,...
