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.
This...
An international team of scientists headed by Prof Steve Rose from Imperial College in London, UK, has discovered how to create matter from light.
European...
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.
Gemini Planet Imager captured...
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...
A newly discovered extrasolar planet takes about 80,000 years to make a complete orbit around its star, GU Psc.
This composite image shows the exoplanet...
Sometimes, studying past technologies leads to remarkable discoveries that can help design better materials for the future. This is the little known science...
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.
HD...
An international team of botanists has described a new, nickel-hyperaccumulating species of plant from Luzon Island, Philippines.
Rinorea niccolifera....
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...
Entomologists have discovered 24 new species of wasps that mummify caterpillars, several were named after famous people including Jimmy Fallon, John Stewart,...
Astronomers from the United States and China have discovered a hypervelocity star (HVS) that is the closest bright HVS and one of the three most massive...
Scientists from Alberta Geological Survey and the University of Alberta have discovered an 8 km wide bowl-shaped impact crater near Bow City in southern...
Astronomers led Dr Mark Vogelsberger of MIT/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have created the first realistic virtual Universe using a computer...
