International blackouts and promises of 'dinosaur skin' (Photo credit: fhm/cumhurkaplan/SimoneN/Getty Images) Jump to: Dinosaur Bags Little secrets of life 18th century mummification Also in science news this week Scientific focus Something for the weekend Science in pictures An international power…
Bone collection boxes. Silk containers are decorated with the remains of previous meals, including fly wings, ant heads, weevil heads, and bark beetle abdomens. (Photo courtesy of Rubinoff Lab, Department of Entomology, University of Hawaii, Manoa) Name: Bone Collector Caterpillar…
The presence of Planet Nine could explain the unusual orbits of a number of objects in the Kuiper Belt. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Astronomers searching for a ninth planet in our solar system say they have discovered an “encouraging” candidate far…
The upper part of the column was found upside down in the ruins of a Byzantine building from the 6th or 7th century AD and was probably used as building material for the structure. Israel Antiquities Authority/Facebook Unlike all previously…
The material left behind by the lander will likely burn up on re-entry. (Image credit: ESA) New images of the spacecraft suggest that the aging 53-year-old Soviet lander now returning to Earth may be equipped with a parachute. The Kosmos…
Each robot has a magnet on the bottom, yellow gears made of polylactic acid, and a center section with a ring of gears. (Photo credit: Matthew Devlin/University of California, Santa Barbara) A new study has found that swarms of robots…