The ‘Crazy Beast’ That Lived With the Dinosaurs
66M-year-old mammal fossil baffles scientists The fossil of a mammal that lived 66 million years ago "bends and even breaks a lot of [...]
Black Soil Samples Found in Hayabusa2 Capsule
A small capsule dropped by Japans' Hayabusa2 spacecraft in a container box arrives at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's research facility in Sagamihara, [...]
Ravens Have Sophisticated Cognitive Skills at Four Months Old
Young ravens' brain power akin to that of adult apes (Pixabay) Ravens' intellectual abilities have long been touted, and now researchers have found [...]
Life in Deep Ocean Sediments Can Survive Boiling Hot Temperatures
Deep-sea microorganisms can withstand extreme heat Researchers have found evidence that microorganisms live in extremely hot sediment around 1,180 meters deep beneath the [...]
Orca Deaths a Result of Human Activity
Study: Human activity endangering orcas (Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images) Necropsies on 53 orcas found dead in the northeastern Pacific Ocean over a [...]
Arctic Sea Ice Hits Second-Lowest Level on Record
Arctic sea ice declines to near-record low Scientists who monitor Arctic sea ice report that it has hit the second-lowest level on record [...]
Neutrinos Prove the Sun is Doing a Second Kind of Fusion
Like all stars, our Sun is powered by the fusion of hydrogen into heavier elements. Nuclear fusion is not only what makes stars [...]
E-cigarette Users Have 30% Higher Risk for Chronic Lung Disease
Study: Vaping increases lung disease risk Research published in JAMA Network Open found that current and past users of e-cigarettes are at greater risk than [...]
Curiosity Finds Evidence of Ancient Megaflood On Mars
Mars may have once had massive floods The Curiosity rover may have found evidence of megafloods that occurred on Mars about 4 billion [...]
A Very Dusty Curiosity Rover Snaps a Selfie
Curiosity shows its hard work with dust-covered selfie NASA has released an image of the Mars rover Curiosity covered in dust as it [...]