773,000-year-old Moroccan cave fossils reveal human and neandertal evolutionary split
A set of ancient human fossils found on Morocco’s Atlantic coast now sits on one of the tightest…
New study uncovers the formative conditions that made Io dry and Europa watery
A moon can sit next door to another and still feel like a different world. Around Jupiter, that…
Scientists reveal how quantum electron spin can create magnetism
At the smallest scales of matter, nature behaves in ways that feel almost counterintuitive. Individual particles follow simple…
Event Horizon Telescope captures magnetic turbulence flickering at the edge of black hole M87*
For a few brief nights each year, you get a rare chance to watch a monster blink. The…
Simple amino acid in saliva could help you keep that beautiful smile
Morning routines can feel small until you picture what happens right after breakfast. Sugar hits your mouth. Bacteria…
Study finds microbes used oxygen far earlier than scientists thought
Oxygen fills the air today, but for most of Earth’s early history it barely existed. Scientists say the…
Scientists create the first global map of rare, deep-mantle earthquakes
Stanford University researchers have pulled back a curtain on a hidden part of Earth that rarely makes headlines.…
The surprising role of baby dinosaurs within the Jurassic food chain
About 150 million years ago, the land that is now the western United States was alive with dinosaurs.…
Chemists convert plastic waste into a powerful new tool to capture carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide levels keep climbing, even after years of promises to cut emissions. At the same time, plastic…
New study reveals how the human pelvis evolved for upright walking
Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the…
AI helps scientists read dinosaur footprints, offering new clues to ancient life
Dinosaur skeletons often dominate museum halls, from the towering Tyrannosaurus rex known as Sue in Chicago to Sophie…
Scientists develop a light-based approach to protecting football players’ brains
Repeated hits to the head do not have to knock you unconscious to harm the brain. Decades of…