25 years of fossil collecting yields clearest picture of extinct 12-foot aquatic predator
After 25 years of collecting fossils at a Pennsylvania site, scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University now have a much...
Scientists train spider to jump on demand to discover secrets of animal movement
Scientists have unlocked the secrets of how some predatory spiders catch their prey whilst hunting by successfully training one to jump different distances and...
Dutch astronomers photograph possible toddler planet by chance
An international team of astronomers headed by Dutch researchers from Leiden University has coincidently found a small companion around the young double star CS...
Tech bends light more efficiently, offers wider angles for light input
Engineering and physics researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technology for steering light that allows for more light input and...
Powerful hurricanes strengthen faster now than 30 years ago
Hurricanes that intensify rapidly—a characteristic of almost all powerful hurricanes—do so more strongly and quickly now than they did 30 years ago, according to...
Waves similar to those controlling weather on Earth have now been found on the...
A team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) and the University of Göttingen has discovered new waves...
Geoscientists suggest ‘snowball Earth’ resulted from plate tectonics
About 700 million years ago, the Earth experienced unusual episodes of global cooling that geologists refer to as "Snowball Earth."
Several theories have been proposed...
Earth’s orbital changes have influenced climate, life forms for at least 215 million years
Scientists drilling deep into ancient rocks in the Arizona desert say they have documented a gradual shift in Earth's orbit that repeats regularly every...
Built for speed: DNA nanomachines take a (rapid) step forward
When it comes to matching simplicity with staggering creative potential, DNA may hold the prize. Built from an alphabet of just four nucleic acids,...
Global tourism carbon footprint quantified in world first
For the first time, the world's tourism footprint has been quantified across the supply chain—from flights to souvenirs—and revealed as a significant and growing...
Astronomers find exoplanet atmosphere free of clouds
Scientists have detected an exoplanet atmosphere that is free of clouds, marking a pivotal breakthrough in the quest for greater understanding of the planets...
