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...
An international group of researchers led by the University of Bristol has used computed tomography and biomechanical modeling to show how plant-eating...
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...
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...
A team of scientists from the Aalto University in Finland has located where the sounds associated with the northern lights, or aurora borealis, are created.
The...
An international team of researchers led by Lanzhou University, China, has completed the genomic sequence of a female domestic yak.
Yak near the sacred...
Librarians at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, have discovered a previously unknown variant of the famous map of the world printed...
