250-million-year-old fossil proves that mammal ancestors laid eggs
The little skeleton was curled so tightly it looked as if it had never really entered the world.…
Undergraduate students built a cavity detector to search for axion dark matter
Dark matter is supposed to be everywhere, threaded through the Milky Way and outnumbering ordinary matter by a…
An 80-Year-Old Woman Has an Elite VO2 Max Thanks to Simple Habits
“I have always seen myself as a very ordinary person with no real athletic ability,” said Linda Kelly.…
Key gene variants tied to developmental dysplasia of the hip and osteoarthritis
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a polygenetic disorder that increases the risk of hip osteoarthritis. A…
Sperm whale clicks contain vowel-like patterns similar to human speech
The sound is sharp, spare and strange, a burst of clicks cutting through seawater. For years, researchers treated…
AI identifies people with sharply elevated risk of skin cancer within 5 years
A skin cancer diagnosis can seem to arrive out of nowhere. But buried in years of health records,…
Scientists find unexpected immune pathways for mRNA cancer vaccines
The advent of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the…
Scientists reveal the hidden forces shaping how gravity works across the Universe
Gravity behaves predictably in your daily life. Drop a ball, and it falls. Planets loop around stars. On…
Hidden viral reservoirs in tonsils may explain school-year respiratory outbreaks
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that tissues such as the…
A single sauna session boosts immune cells within minutes
New research reveals how a brief Finnish sauna session mobilizes immune defenses within minutes, offering fresh clues into…
5 Questions for Edoardo Baldini – UT Austin News
What is a recent discovery your research has uncovered, and how would you explain it to someone outside…
Astronomers find compelling new evidence of the first stars formed after the Big Bang
A faint glow of helium, hanging near one of the earliest known galaxies, may be the clearest sign…