A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has tried to answer the question: did a massive comet explode over Canada...
Dutch nanotechnologists have developed a new material that is not only extremely water-repellent but also extremely oil-repellent.
The newly developed...
Archaeologists at the University of Tübingen suggest that eight extremely well-preserved wooden throwing spears found more than a decade ago in Germany...
Biologists from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, have discovered a new species of snail-eater in the highlands of western Panama.
Adult...
Archaeologists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have discovered what they believe is the largest Roman mosaic ever found in southern Turkey.
This...
An archaeological team from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz has discovered the precise location of the oldest Roman military fortification known...
An amateur paleontologist has discovered the world’s smallest known fossil vertebrate footprints at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a 689 ha paleontological...
Archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority have unearthed 9,500-year-old figurines of a ram and a wild bovine at the Tel Moza archaeological site,...
A team of researchers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship R/V Falkor has discovered the S.S. Terra Nova, a whaler, sealer and polar exploration...
A study by Melbourne University researcher Prof John Hayman shows that some ancient marine animals, including ichthyosaurs, giant dolphin-like reptiles...
An international team of scientists has reconstructed dietary preferences of three groups of early hominins from the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.
Reconstructions...
The new genetic study by a multinational group of scientists has shown that a large percentage of genes in our bodies are likely to affect bone strength,...
Scientists have used ancient DNA from bones of giant extinct New Zealand birds to show that significant climate and environmental changes did not have...
A team of archaeologists from the University of Bonn, Germany, has discovered a tomb of a young prince at the ancient Mayan city of Uxul.
A cup from the...
A survey of the extensive fruit and seed collections from the Middle Eocene of the Messel fossil site in Germany has revealed 140 genera, representing...
A large international team of researchers led by University of Adelaide, Australia, has found that women who use marijuana can more than double the risk...
A new study led by Dr Susan Wolver, and Dr Diane Sun, from Virginia Commonwealth University, explains why if you have been bitten by a tick, you may develop...
Israeli archaeologists have discovered what they believe is a 2,300-year-old harbor of the ancient city of Akko.
A member of the Israel Antiquities Authority...
Scientists have discovered the first molecular evidence that Neanderthals not only ate a range of cooked plant foods, but also understood its nutritional...
