Time is running out in the tropics: Researchers warn of global biodiversity collapse
A global biodiversity collapse is imminent unless we take urgent, concerted action to reverse species loss in the tropics, according to a major scientific...
Brain discovery could block aging’s terrible toll on the mind
Aging vessels connecting the brain and the immune system play critical roles in both Alzheimer's disease and the decline in cognitive ability that comes...
GRAVITY confirms predictions of general relativity near the galactic centre’s massive black hole
Observations made with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have, for the first time, detected the effects of general...
Yellowstone super-volcano has a different history than previously thought
The long-dormant Yellowstone super-volcano in the American West has a different history than previously thought, according to a new study by a Virginia Tech...
A century-old model for life’s origin gets significant substantiation
In 1924, Russian biochemist Alexander Oparin claimed that life on Earth developed through gradual chemical changes of organic molecules, in the "primordial soup" which...
Young galaxy’s halo offers clues to its growth and evolution
A team of astronomers has discovered a new way to unlock the mysteries of how the first galaxies formed and evolved.
In a study published...
Discovery reveals how obesity causes disease — and two ways to stop it
New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine explains why obesity causes harmful inflammation that can lead to diabetes, clogged arteries and...
Paleontologists discover largest dinosaur foot ever
The Black Hills region of the United States is famous today for tourist attractions like Deadwood and Mount Rushmore, but around 150 million years...
Gault site research pushes back date of earliest North Americans
For decades, researchers believed the Western Hemisphere was settled by humans roughly 13,500 years ago, a theory based largely upon the widespread distribution of...
‘Ribbon’ wraps up mystery of Jupiter’s magnetic equator
The discovery of a dark ribbon of weak hydrogen ion emissions that encircles Jupiter has overturned previous thinking about the giant planet's magnetic equator.
An...
Liquid water is buried beneath Martian landscape, study says
A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility that more water—and maybe even life—exists there, international...
