Genetic researchers have successfully sequenced the genome of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans), a bloodsucking insect that transmits the parasite Trypanosoma...
PS1-10afx, an unusually bright supernova that was discovered in 2010 using the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System, is so luminous because...
U.S. and Chinese paleontologists say they have unearthed the fossils of what is the oldest and most primitive pterodactyloid pterosaur. This creature lived...
U.S. researchers from the University of Missouri and the University of New Mexico have used satellite images to track the movements and demographic health...
Scientists led by Dr Yann Guiguen from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research have successfully sequenced the genome of the rainbow trout,...
Paleontologists have described a new species of assassin fly found preserved in two pieces of 100-million-year-old Burmese amber.
Burmapogon bruckschi,...
Ichthyologists have described a new genus and species of electric knifefish from the Rio Negro, the Amazonia State of Brazil.
Procerusternarchus pixuna....
Scientists led by Dr Christo Buizert of Oregon State University have successfully used an innovative radiometric-Krypton-dating technique to determine...
The more massive the bulge of a galaxy, the redder the galaxy, says a team of astronomers reporting in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical...
Linguistic, ecological, archaeological and genetic evidence show that the domesticated chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, originated in central-east Mexico...
Marine biologists have described a new species of beaked whale known only from seven specimens found stranded on tropical islands in the western and central...
In two separate studies, geologists led by Dr Haley Sapers from the University of Western Ontario and Dr Pete Schultz of Brown University have found floral,...
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) select a certain type of wood to make their nests, says a team of biologists from the United States.
A male chimpanzee at...
Archaeological activities at the site of the ancient city of Ostia have yielded new and exciting finds.
Newly discovered features at Ostia. Satellite imagery...
A large team of astronomers has announced the discovery of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of Kepler-186.
This artistic concept...
According to a team of forensic linguists from Aston University in Birmingham, UK, a mysterious creator of the digital currency Bitcoin is most likely...
