Wolves are helping trees regenerate in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever recorded. (Image credit: William Campbell/Sygma via Getty Images/Darryl Seligman et al.) Jump to: Science news this week informs us that the interstellar object passing through our solar…
Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado is a famous fossil site famous for its dinosaur tracks. (Image courtesy of Milehightraveler via Getty Images) About 100 million years ago, male dinosaurs would gather in a “mating arena” in Colorado and perform dances to…
This 13th-century BC breastplate, found in southern Moravia, was found surrounded by a sacrificial burial containing weapons including a battle axe and a harpoon. A folded fragment of bronze armour found in southern Moravia. /p/div p class=”dropcaps”>Archaeologists in Brno, Czech…
Scientists decided to use dental floss to vaccinate mice. (This is an archived image, not the mouse in the study.) (Image credit: Lidia_Efimova via Shutterstock) Researchers have developed an innovative method of administering vaccines without using needles: through the gum.…
Researchers analyzed DNA from more than 1,000 people around the world to study human genomic variations in detail. (Image credit: Boris Zhitkov via Getty Images) Twenty-two years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have produced the most…
Researchers have found a significant number of whale bones on Vilcheka Island, located in the far north of Russia. (Photo: Nikita Demidov, AARI, Alexander Ermolov) Scientists have discovered that a glacier in the Russian Arctic is retreating at an astonishing…
A new study suggests that giant terror birds could have become prey if they weren’t careful around bodies of water. (Photo: Julian Bayona Becerra/Biology Letters) Fossilised bite marks suggest there may have been a spectacular fight between a giant terror…
It was not obvious why the woman and her partner were unable to become parents, but a series of allergy tests pointed to a possible cause. (Image credit: SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) Patient: 29-year-old woman from Lithuania.…
A non-hormonal birth control pill for men that aims to block spermatogenesis is in early clinical trials. (Image credit: Wavebreakmedia via Getty Images) An experimental non-hormonal birth control pill for men has just completed its first safety trials in humans.…
A very recent study suggests that Mollisonia symmetrica, an early ancestor of arachnids and horseshoe crabs, had a “primitive” brain similar to those of modern spiders. (Photo: Nick Strausfeld) A new study has shown that a unique fossilized brain suggests…