Scientists Revisited a Forest Experiment That Was Forgotten for 30 Years. What They Found Was Astounding
An almost forgotten forestry experiment has revealed surprising clues about how mountain ash forests respond to different kinds…
Humanity May Soon Have the Technology To Reach Other Star Systems
Light sails can propel spacecraft using the energy of the Sun. Credit: NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart Tiny spacecraft riding…
Underwater Cameras Expose the Secret Lives of Whale Sharks
Shark-mounted cameras reveal that whale sharks feed far beyond the surface, using diverse strategies from shallow krill pursuits…
The Exercise Paradox: Why Workouts Don’t Guarantee Weight Loss
Exercise may do less for initial weight loss than commonly assumed, but it could be crucial for preventing…
567-Million-Year-Old Fossils Suggest Animals Evolved Earlier Than We Thought
Reconstruction of a hypothetical deep-water paleocommunity from the new fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories, based on fossils…
Chimpanzees Keep Throwing Stones at the Same Trees – Scientists Want To Know Why
Accumulative stone throwing is a rare, potentially cultural, behavior that has been observed among four groups of wild…
Just Two Hours of This Simple Exercise Habit a Week May Help You Live Longer
Researchers found that a relatively small weekly dose of resistance exercise was associated with lower mortality risk, but…
Your Daily Orange Juice Could Have an Unexpected Health Benefit
Scientists have found that regular orange juice consumption may alter gene activity linked to inflammation and cardiovascular health.…
The universe isn’t as uniform as we thought
Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed…
What Happened to Australasia’s Lost Crocodiles? New Research Reveals a Dramatic Extinction Story
Australia’s crocodiles are the last survivors of a far more diverse group of ancient crocodylians that once dominated…
Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Fossils of Humans’ Closest Invertebrate Relatives
A deuterostome cambroernid fossil from the Jiangchuan Biota (~554-539mya), plus artist’s reconstruction (scale bar: 2mm). Credit: Gaorong Li…
Is Planet Nine Real? New Discovery at the Edge of the Solar System Adds a Twist
The Sun’s gravitational pull extends more than 160 times further into space than Neptune. Credit: Vadim Petrakov The…