New research reveals the origin of most of the largest stones at Stonehenge, the Neolithic monument built on England’s Salisbury Plain about 4,500 years ago. More than 60 years ago, a worker at Stonehenge kept a drilled-out cylinder from one…
A magnified image shows the revived microbes. Microbes found themselves buried in the dirt 101.5 million years ago, back before even Tyrannosaurus rex when Earth’s biggest meat-eating dinosaur, called Spinosaurus roamed the planet. Time passed, continents shifted, oceans rose and…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover launched atop an Atlas V rocket at 7:50 a.m. EDT (4:50 PDT) on July 30. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover left Earth’s atmosphere and began the long journey to Mars this morning under clear skies. The launch…
Sumatran Tiger Tigers are the largest members of the cat family (Felidae) and one of the most charismatic endangered species on the planet. Over the last century, tiger numbers have fallen by about 95 percent and tigers now survive in…
The fly’s abdomen is a perfect match for Deadpool’s mask. Quick: Think of the most heroic animal on Earth. If you said “the fly” — that notoriously annoying insect that eats garbage, breeds in dung and transmits disease all over…
Left: Color image after the 1950s treatment. Right: Color image after the 2019 treatment that removed all of the 16th century overpaint, revealing the face of the Eyckian Lamb. The dotted lines indicate the outline of the head before removal…