150-year-old Darwin mystery solved by a carnivorous alpine flower
Saxifraga candelabrum, an alpine flowering plant from China, has been confirmed as carnivorous because it attracts, traps, digests,…
Ancient mammal ancestors gave birth to live young, 236-million-year-old fossil finds
A 236-million-year-old cynodont fossil from Argentina contains evidence that the animal may have given birth to live young…
ETH Zurich researchers detect a possible fifth force of nature
Precision measurements of calcium atoms revealed an unexpected pattern that cannot be explained by the simplest atomic physics…
Surprise helps people learn and think better, brain study finds
Surprise appears to help the brain loosen its grip on old expectations, allowing people to respond more accurately…
Hidden fungal networks more than 100 quadrillion km in length help plants survive climate change
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich developed a new 3D imaging method that reveals plant roots and…
A new wave equation for light challenges how physics explains the arrow of time
A new wave equation suggests accelerating waves can move only toward positive time, offering a possible microscopic explanation…
Underground gases may explain Earth’s most devastating climate changes and mass extinctions
A hidden process deep beneath Earth’s surface may have played a powerful role in some of the most…
Scientists discover how our sixth sense really works
Proprioception, the body’s quiet sense of position and movement, depends on sensory neurons that are genetically programmed to…
Neandertal DNA linked to more muscle mass in modern adults
A Neandertal version of the growth hormone receptor is linked to slightly greater muscle mass, height and weight…
Scientists discover why tiny dinosaurs never roamed the Earth
The smallest known non-bird dinosaurs were far larger than the tiniest mammals, birds, and reptiles alive today.Energy-based models…
For the first-time ever, scientists image the 3D wavefunction of an organic molecule
Scientists reconstructed a molecule’s full three-dimensional electron wavefunction using a laboratory system instead of a large synchrotron facility.A…
JWST captures stunning images of one of the lightest known exoplanets
Astronomers discovered Beta Pictoris d, a gas giant about 2.4 times Jupiter’s mass, after spotting it in VLT…