Genetic researchers led by Dr Jürgen Liebig of Arizona State University have sequenced the genome of the Nevada dampwood termite (Zootermopsis nevadensis).
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An international group of astronomers using the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a new image of NGC 3590.
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Entomologists have described a new species of praying mantis from Nyungwe National Park, the Republic of Rwanda.
Dystacta tigrifrutex, female. Image credit:...
The Clarion Nightsnake (Hypsiglena unaocularus) – a nocturnal snake species that was initially discovered in 1936 and then struck from the scientific...
A group of archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology digging at the site of the U.S. Embassy in Vauxhall, South London, has discovered flint...
Geologists from France and the United States have discovered that the island of O’ahu consists of three major volcanoes, not two, as previously thought.
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An international team of scientists headed by Prof Steve Rose from Imperial College in London, UK, has discovered how to create matter from light.
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Paleontologists led by Dr Pablo Gallina of CONICET in Buenos Aires have discovered a new sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina during the...
How does lightning travel through the air? A new study led by Dr Chris Scott from the University of Reading, UK, suggests that high-energy particles accelerated...
Astronomers using Gemini Planet Imager have captured an amazingly clear and bright image of a gas giant orbiting Beta Pictoris.
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The well-preserved, genetically intact skeleton of a teenage girl who lived about 13,000-12,000 years ago in what is now Mexico is helping resolve a long-standing...
Botanists from the University of Calicut in Kerala, India, have described a new species in the genus Musa.
Musa arunachalensis. Image credit: Sreejith...
A newly discovered extrasolar planet takes about 80,000 years to make a complete orbit around its star, GU Psc.
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Sometimes, studying past technologies leads to remarkable discoveries that can help design better materials for the future. This is the little known science...
Underwater archaeologists led by the famed treasure hunter Barry Clifford believe they have discovered remains of the Santa Maria – the flagship of Christopher...
Paleontologists from the Case Western Reserve University have discovered a fossil of a kitten-sized predator that lived in what is now Bolivia during the...
Astronomers from the United States, Russia and Australia have discovered the first true solar sibling – HD 162826.
HD 162826. Image credit: sky-map.org.
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An international team of botanists has described a new, nickel-hyperaccumulating species of plant from Luzon Island, Philippines.
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Australian researchers led by Dr Timothy Bredy of the University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute say they may have found a way to silence...
