A blooming flower of the Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides). (Photo by Jacob S. Suissa, CC BY-ND) Visualize a picture of your great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents sitting side by side. You will notice some similarities, but each generation will be different…
The new species, Ahvaytum bahndooiveche, was about the size of a chicken, scientists say. But it was likely an ancestor of the giant sauropod dinosaurs. (Photo: Gabriel Hugueto) A previously unknown predator dating back 230
(Image credit: FlashMovie/Getty Images) It’s a scene straight out of science fiction: a person is placed in a state of total freeze-dry on their deathbed, so that they can be brought back to life at a future date. But is…
The diamond battery captures fast-moving electrons excited by radiation, similar to how solar energy uses photovoltaic cells to convert photons into electrical energy. (Image courtesy of the University of Bristol) Researchers say the world's first nuclear battery, using a radioactive…
It is possible that the human outer ear evolved from the gills of ancient fish. (Photo credit: A. Martin UW Photography/Getty Images (left); photographer Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images (right)) A recent study suggests that humans' outer ears may be evolutionarily…
The skull of a new species of sauropodomorph dinosaur, known as Lishulun Wangyi, was found in the Lufeng Dinosaur National Geopark, located in southern China's Yunnan Province (Image credit: Qian-Nan Zhang et al/PeerJ, 2024) A huge, exceptionally well-preserved dinosaur skull…