Ancient ‘Deep Skull’ from Borneo full of surprises
Bones from the 37,000 year old Deep Skull from Niah Cave in Sarawak.Credit: Curnoe
A new study of the 37,000-year old remains of the "Deep...
Glorious, glowing Jupiter awaits Juno’s arrival
In preparation for the imminent arrival of NASA's Juno spacecraft in July 2016, astronomers used ESO's Very Large Telescope to obtain spectacular new infrared...
Giant Blobs of Rock, Deep Inside the Earth, Hold Important Clues About Our Planet
Cutaway of the Earth's surface, down to the liquid core. A numerical convection experiment shows blobs in green, surrounding mantle rock in blue, and...
Alcohol consumption contributes to cancer, even in moderate drinkers
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of several types of cancer, and was responsible for 236 cancer deaths under 80 years of age in New...
Researchers trace Mercury’s origins to rare meteorite
An image, taken by MESSENGER during its Mercury flyby on Jan. 14, 2008, of Mercury’s full crescent. Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie...
Fastest-spinning brown-dwarf star is detected by its bursts of radio waves
An artist's impression of a star classified as a "brown dwarf." Credit: R. Hurt/NASA
Astronomers have detected what may be the most-rapidly-rotating, ultra-cool, brown-dwarf star...
Skeletons, coins found in dig of ancient Pompeii shop
An undated picture made available by the Pompeii Archeological site Press Office, showing skeleton's bones recently discovered in Pompeii, near Naples, Italy. Italian and...
Zika virus alerts may have prompted uptick in abortion requests in Latin America
Pregnant women in Latin American countries were more likely to seek an abortion after receiving health alerts about Zika virus, according to a study...
Probing giant planets’ dark hydrogen
Hydrogen is the most-abundant element in the universe. It's also the simplest--sporting only a single electron in each atom. But that simplicity is deceptive,...
What did Earth’s ancient magnetic field look like?
This is an illustration of ancient Earth's magnetic field compared to the modern magnetic field courtesy of Peter Driscoll. Credit: Peter Driscoll
New work from...
Human brain houses diverse populations of neurons, new research shows
A team of researchers has developed the first scalable method to identify different subtypes of neurons in the human brain. The research lays the...
