Creating a (synthetic) song from a zebra finch’s muscle
Birds create songs by moving muscles in their vocal organs to vibrate air passing through their tissues. While previous research reported that each of...
Experimental drug reverses hair loss and skin damage linked to fatty diet, shows new...
In a series of experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins investigators have used an experimental compound to successfully reverse hair loss, hair whitening and skin...
Study reveals the Great Pyramid of Giza can focus electromagnetic energy
An international research group has applied methods of theoretical physics to investigate the electromagnetic response of the Great Pyramid to radio waves. Scientists predicted...
Astronomers assemble ‘light-fingerprints’ to unveil mysteries of the cosmos
Earthbound detectives rely on fingerprints to solve their cases; now astronomers can do the same, using "light-fingerprints" instead of skin grooves to uncover the...
Platinum provides evidence for ancient volcanic-related climate change, says study
Supervolcanoes are one of Mother Nature's deadliest phenomena, and when they erupt, they can change the climate of the entire planet.
To get a glimpse...
Great tits have as much impulse control as chimpanzees
Biologists at Lund University in Sweden have shown that the great tit, a common European songbird, has a tremendous capacity for self-control. Until now,...
DNA repair after CRISPR cutting not at all what people thought
Despite high hopes and high investment in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, scientists still have a lot to learn about how it works in humans.
In the...
Plate tectonics not needed to sustain life
There may be more habitable planets in the universe than we previously thought, according to Penn State geoscientists, who suggest that plate tectonics—long assumed...
Research solves a 160-year-old mystery about the origin of skeletons
Scientists at The University of Manchester and the University of Bristol have used powerful X-rays to peer inside the skeletons of some of our...
Homo sapiens developed a new ecological niche that separated it from other hominins
Critical review of growing archaeological and palaeoenvironmental datasets relating to the Middle and Late Pleistocene (300-12 thousand years ago) hominin dispersals within and beyond...
World’s biggest king penguin colony shrinks 90 percent
When two Sun-like stars collide, the result can be a spectacular explosion and the formation of an entirely new star. One such event was...