A team of reproductive specialists from Queens Medical Research Institute, Imperial College London and University College London, all in the U.K., has conducted a systematic review and associated meta-analysis ...

Early maniraptoran dinosaurs (alvarezsaurs and therizinosaurs) had extraordinary claws of mysterious function.

In the news last October for the damage inflicted by a forest fire over 100 hectares, Easter Island is now in the news again – for the discovery and addition of a new Moai statue on the Chilean

When you tap on your phone screen to check something on the internet, you make use of wireless communications technology. With the advent of 5G networks, this technology has made our lives easier than ...

The results of new experiments indicate that surface-adsorbed water molecules are responsible for contact electrification in granular matter, a finding that challenges established models of this phenomenon.

Australia’s rarest bird of prey — the red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) — is facing extinction, with Cape York Peninsula now the only place in Queensland known to support breeding populations. PhD candidate Chris MacColl from The University of Queensland’s…

Researchers modeling eastern Neanderthal migration from Europe have found the area south of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran to be the most likely route, suggesting there could be significant yet-to-be-discovered ...

A trio of paleontologists, two with the Russian Academy of Sciences, the third with the University of Silesia in Katowice, has identified the oldest known pollen-carrying insect. The research by Alexander ...

As the planet warms, animals that breed in the Arctic are at particular risk. But a new study reported in Current Biology on March 1 offers some encouraging news: in an apparent reaction to pressures ...

Byzantine earrings and an Islamic-style coin were found by a town key to Viking trade in Germany.

Japanese researchers have located the wreck of USS Albacore, one of the most successful U.S. submarines of World War II, off the island of Hokkaido, where the sub sank after hitting a mine in November 1944.

New research led by Imperial College London suggests that Eurasian woodcocks (Scolopax rusticola) have evolved their bright white feather patches for long-range visual communication in dimly lit environments.

Nature - A pair of studies offer the most detailed look yet at groups of hunter-gatherers living before, during and after the last ice age.

New service occupies a middle ground between E2EE and mere server-side encryption.

Was this German silver mine really defended by two Roman forts and a line of "spike defenses”? Or, were the Romans protecting something even more valuable than silver?

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, seems to have become a permanent presence in our lives. Research from Whitehead Institute Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch's lab reveals that this may be true ...

Gigantic tsunamis have been decimating coastlines since time immemorial and hold warnings for our present and future

New studies broaden the perspectives on what constitutes a "computer" and how small a computational unit can be. When we define a "computer" as any device that processes information through input and output, it raises the questions of what objects can perform…

Study Shows Those With a Higher Omega-3 Index Are More Protected From Severe COVID Infection Omega-3 fatty acids, especially EPA and DHA, might be protective against contracting and/or suffering adverse outcomes of COVID-19 infection. A study just published…