Researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) claim that they have found the accurate spot in Rome where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death...
A team of Australian scientists has proposed a new mathematical theory to explain the mysterious phenomenon known as ball lightning.
Sightings of ball...
Astronomers have discovered an unexpected spiral structure in the gas around the red giant star R Sculptoris.
Observations using ALMA have revealed an...
Yale researchers have discovered that a rocky super-Earth orbiting a nearby star is a diamond planet.
This illustration shows the interior of 55 Cancri...
A team of biologists led by Dr Yuen Ip of the National University of Singapore has discovered that Chinese soft-shelled turtles, Pelodiscus sinensis, effectively...
Canadian researchers have provided new evidence that gamblers interpret near-misses as frustrating losses rather than near-wins. This frustration stimulates...
Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have discovered huge amounts of water vapor in a cold pre-stellar core in the constellation of Taurus...
According to a new study led by Dr Gillian Forrester of the University of Sussex, a predominance to be right-handed is not a uniquely human trait but one...
A team of Lund University scientists has discovered that the accelerated learning of foreign languages can lead to the growth of language-related regions...
Paleontologists have discovered an extraordinarily rare fossil of a spider attacking a wasp caught in its web.
This is the only fossil ever discovered...
Cambridge researchers have discovered a new population of enormous, rapidly growing supermassive black holes in the early Universe.
Infrared color image...
A new study by scientists from the University of Southampton’s School of Mathematics explains how the spin of a pulsar slows down as the star gets older.
This...
Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have detected magnesium-rich material in a dust belt around the young star Beta Pictoris.
This composite...
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a remarkable star that orbits the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy in only 11.5 years –...
A team of Harvard and Max Planck Institute researchers has estimated the date when Neanderthals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors to explore why...
Consumption of caffeinated coffee is associated with an increased risk of developing exfoliation glaucoma, the leading cause of secondary glaucoma worldwide,...
A professional paleontologist studying fossils in a collection at Harvard University has identified a new species of dinosaur.
The newly discovered species,...
