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European Paleolithic Art Reveals Use of Complex Astronomy

The Lascaux Shaft Scene: a panel with a rhino, a duck/goose and a disemboweled aurochs/bison with a dying man on the main wall. Image credit: © Ministère de la Culture / Centre National de la Préhistoire / Norbert Aujoulat.
Nov 29, 2018 by News Staff

As far back as 40,000 years ago (Upper Paleolithic), ancient people kept track of time using relatively advanced knowledge of astronomy. The Lascaux Shaft Scene: a panel with a rhino, a duck/goose and a disemboweled aurochs/bison with a dying man on the main wall. Image credit: © Ministère de la Culture / Centre National de la Préhistoire / Norbert Aujoulat. “Artworks at Paleolithic sites across Europe are not simply depictions of wild animals,”...

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Mitochondrial DNA is the small circular chromosome found inside mitochondria, which are organelles found in cells and sites of energy production. Image credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI.

Study Shows Mitochondrial DNA Can Be Passed Through Fathers

Nov 29, 2018 by The Conversation

Some things you learn in school turn out not to be true, for example that there are just five senses or three states of matter. Now cutting-edge research...

An artist’s impression of Elasmotherium sp. Image credit: W. S. Van der Merwe, www.deviantart.com/willemsvdmerw.

Giant Siberian Rhinoceros Lived alongside Early Modern Humans

Nov 28, 2018 by News Staff

For a long time it was believed that a giant rhinoceros called Elasmotherium sibericum went extinct around 200,000 years ago — well before the...

InSight Successfully Lands on Mars, Sends First Images

Nov 27, 2018 by News Staff

After an almost seven-month, 300-million-mile (458 million km) journey from Earth, NASA’s InSight lander successfully touched down Monday, November 26,...

An artist’s impression of the hot-Jupiter HD 2685b. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Discovers New Hot Jupiter: HD 2685b

Nov 27, 2018 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered a hot-Jupiter exoplanet orbiting the early F-type star...

This is an illustration showing a simulated view of NASA’s InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

InSight Landing on Mars: Watch Live

Nov 26, 2018 by News Staff

NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet...

The cellular compartment of the tumor microenvironment is made up of tumor cells, immune cells, and stromal cells. Image credit: National Cancer Institute.

Oncolytic Virus Developed that Targets Cancer Cells and Associated Stromal Cells

Nov 26, 2018 by Sam Sander Effron

Researchers from the University of Oxford and PsiOxus Therapeutics have successfully adapted an oncolytic adenovirus that specifically kills cancer cells,...

The endorestiform nucleus is found near the brain-spinal cord junction. Image credit: George Paxinos, Neuroscience Research Australia.

Australian Neuroscientist Discovers Hidden Region in Human Brain: Endorestiform Nucleus

Nov 23, 2018 by News Staff

Professor George Paxinos from Neuroscience Research Australia has discovered a hidden region of the human brain. The endorestiform nucleus is found near...

The VISIR instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured this stunning image of the 2XMM J160050.7-514245 system. Image credit: ESO / Callingham et al.

Astronomers Find Potential Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor

Nov 22, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have observed an elaborate serpentine system sculpted by colliding stellar winds. The object, called 2XMM...

The termite mounds are found in dense, low, dry forest and can be seen when the land is cleared for pasture. Image credit: Roy Funch.

Scientists Find 3,820-Year-Old Termite Mounds in Brazil

Nov 22, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of entomologists has found that numerous termite mounds in Brazil are between 690 to 3,820 years old. The termite mounds are found...

Lavocatisaurus agrioensis. Image credit: Canudo et al, doi: 10.4202/app.00524.2018.

New Species of Long-Necked Dinosaur Discovered

Nov 21, 2018 by News Staff

A new species of sauropod dinosaur that stretched 39 feet (12 m) from head to tail has been unearthed in Patagonia, Argentina. Lavocatisaurus agrioensis....

A replica of the prototype of the kilogram at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in Paris, France. Image credit: Japs / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Redefine Four Basic Metric Units: Kilogram, Ampere, Kelvin and Mole

Nov 20, 2018 by News Staff

After decades of groundbreaking laboratory work, the world’s scientific and technical community came together on November 16, 2018, to redefine kilogram...

Hemimastix kukwesjijk. Image credit: Lax et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0708-8.

Newly-Discovered Protists Add New Branch to Tree of Eukaryotic Life

Nov 20, 2018 by News Staff

A team of researchers from Dalhousie University, Canada, has identified two previously undescribed species of hemimastigotes — members of the extremely...

An artist’s impression of W2246-0526, the most luminous galaxy ever discovered. Image credit: NRAO / AUI / NSF / S. Dagnello.

Universe’s Most Luminous Galaxy Is Accreting Its Smaller Neighbors

Nov 19, 2018 by News Staff

WISE J224607.55-052634.9 (W2246-0526 for short), the most luminous galaxy ever discovered, is accreting (eating) at least three of its smaller neighbors,...

An artist’s impression of ‘Oumuamua. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Interstellar Comet Oumuamua is Smaller than Previously Thought, Has Highly Reflective Surface

Nov 16, 2018 by News Staff

In October 2017, a fast moving comet of extrasolar origin, 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua), was discovered close to the Earth with a ground-based telescope in...

An aerial view of the archaeological excavation site near Chiliomodi, Greece. Image credit: Greek Culture Ministry.

Archaeologists Uncover Remnants of Ancient City of Tenea

Nov 15, 2018 by News Staff

Archaeologists in Greece have unearthed what they believe are the remnants of the long-lost ancient city of Tenea. An aerial view of the archaeological...

An artist’s impression of Barnard’s star b. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Frozen Super-Earth Found Orbiting Barnard’s Star

Nov 14, 2018 by News Staff

A potentially rocky super-Earth orbits one of our closest stellar neighbors, Barnard’s star, only 6 light-years away. An artist’s impression of Barnard’s...

Antlia 2: Enormous Dwarf Galaxy Discovered in Orbit around Milky Way

Nov 14, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using data from ESA’s Gaia satellite have discovered a new dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The dwarf galaxy, named Antlia 2, is...

A reconstruction of Mirarce eatoni perched on the horns of the ceratopsian dinosaur Utahceratops gettyi. Image credit: Brian Engh, dontmesswithdinosaurs.com.

Mirarce eatoni: Newly-Discovered Cretaceous Bird Lived Among Dinosaurs, Was Strong Flier

Nov 13, 2018 by News Staff

Paleontologists have unearthed the partial skeleton of an enantiornithine (opposite bird) that lived in what is now Utah approximately 75 million years...

This image captured by NASA’s Juno orbiter shows a multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter’s North North Temperate Belt. The image was taken at 4:58 p.m. EDT on October 29, 2018 (1:58 p.m. PDT) as the spacecraft performed its 16th close flyby of Jupiter. At the time, Juno was about 4,400 miles (7,000 km) from the planet’s cloud tops, at a latitude of approximately 40 degrees north. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstaedt / Sean Doran.

Juno Takes Closer Look at Jupiter’s Magnificent, Swirling Clouds

Nov 13, 2018 by News Staff

NASA’s Juno spacecraft made its 16th close science flyby of Jupiter on October 29, 2018 and captured stunning images of the gas giant. This image captured...

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