An artistic reconstruction of Pakudyptes, one of the smallest penguins ever known. (Photo credit: Tatsuya Shinmura and the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology) A tiny penguin that walked, swam and dived along the coast of southern New Zealand 24 million years…
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Ptolemais on the Mediterranean coast of Libya recently stumbled upon a Roman-era villa adorned with a terrifying cast of a human face that appears to be trying to break free. Republic of PolandA plaster…
Stone blades dating back 80,000 years also provide information about the migration route of Homo sapiens from Africa to Asia. K. Bretzke et al. Location of the archaeological site of Jebel Faya, where 80,000
Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station have produced rocket fuel and oxygen from water and carbon dioxide, mimicking the photosynthesis process common in plants. (Image courtesy of China Manned Space Agency) Chinese astronauts have just synthesized rocket fuel and oxygen…
Exposure to microbes in the natural environment, including soil, can boost children's immunity. (Image credit: Cavan Images via Getty Images) As a child, you may have been told that playing outside in the dirt is good for your immune system.…
Japanese engineers have launched the world's first hybrid quantum supercomputer, called Reimei, which uses trapped ion qubits, as opposed to superconducting qubits that require charged atoms or ions to be isolated in an electromagnetic field. (Image credit: Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino)…