Apr 17, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a study published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health, teen smokers who increased the days on which they got just 20 minutes of exercise...

Apr 16, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of biologists studying monkfish has found that the bottom-dwelling creature can prey on a small Arctic seabird called dovekie, the...

Apr 15, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Australian biologists announced the unexpected capture of an extremely rare ray – the Magpie fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina melaleuca). Magpie fiddler...

Apr 12, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a study conducted by Dr Jemma McCready and Dr Mark Moss from the University of Northumbria, England, the aroma of rosemary oil may improve...

Apr 11, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of paleontologists has unearthed the earliest collection of fossilized dinosaur embryos to date, and discovered organic material...

Apr 10, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of biologists led by Prof DeeAnn Reeder from Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, and Dr Adrian Garside from Fauna & Flora International...

Apr 9, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A multinational team of researchers led by marine geophysicist Dr Bryan Davy from GNS Science has found what may be the world’s biggest pockmarks...

Apr 8, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A new study published online in the Astrophysical Journal Letters (arXiv.org version) shows that hydrogen peroxide – an important energy supply for...

Apr 8, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An analysis of weapons made from shark teeth and used by 19th century residents of the Gilbert Islands (Republic of Kiribati, Central Pacific) has revealed...

Apr 5, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope has found the most distant Type Ia supernova ever detected. This is a Hubble view...

Apr 4, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Biologists from the University of Helsinki and the Institute of Biology and Soil Science in Bishkek have found a new species of onion in the Babash-Ata...

Apr 4, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of scientists using the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer aboard the International Space Station has announced the first results in the...

Apr 2, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of ichthyologists has described a remarkable new genus and species of miniature fish from the Rio Negro, one of the best explored...

Mar 27, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of genetic researchers has sequenced and analyzed the complete genomes of three separate populations of aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis),...

Mar 22, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A new research on the elusive giant squid Architeuthis, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, has revealed there is just one species. Architeuthis...

Mar 22, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a daily vitamin C intake equivalent to eating two kiwifruits a day is...

Mar 21, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Biologists led by Dr Kevin de Queiroz from the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, have described two new species of woodlizards in the...

Mar 21, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Australian scientists have discovered a clear link between seismic activity and the precipitation of gold and other trace elements in earthquake fault...

Mar 20, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a new study published today online in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft appears to have exited the heliosphere. Voyager...

Mar 20, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Geophysicists suggest that large chunks of an ancient tectonic plate known as the Farallon Plate are still present under parts of central California and...