On nights before a full moon, people go to bed later and sleep less,...
For centuries, humans have blamed the moon for our moods, accidents and even natural disasters. But new research indicates that our planet's celestial companion...
Precision measurements of intracluster light suggest possible link to dark matter
A combination of observational data and sophisticated computer simulations have yielded advances in a field of astrophysics that has languished for half a century....
Cell death shines a light on the origins of complex life
Organelles continue to thrive after the cells within which they exist die, a team of University of Bristol scientists have found, overturning previous assumptions...
How heavy is dark matter? Scientists radically narrow the potential mass range for the...
Scientists have calculated the mass range for Dark Matter—and it's tighter than the science world thought.
Their findings—due to be published in Physics Letters B in March—radically...
Revised Holocene temperature record affirms role of greenhouse gases in recent millennia
Scientists have resolved a key climate change mystery, showing that the annual global temperature today is the warmest of the past 10,000 years—contrary to...
Geological phenomenon widening the Atlantic Ocean
An upsurge of matter from deep beneath the Earth's crust could be pushing the continents of North and South America further apart from Europe...
Pace of prehistoric human innovation could be revealed by ‘linguistic thermometer’
Multi-disciplinary researchers at The University of Manchester have helped develop a powerful physics-based tool to map the pace of language development and human innovation...
Extreme black holes have hair that can be combed
Black holes are considered amongst the most mysterious objects in the universe. Part of their intrigue arises from the fact that they are actually...
Study sheds new light on the behaviour of the giant carnivorous dinosaur Spinosaurus
New research from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Maryland, has reignited the debate around the behaviour of the giant dinosaur...
Discovery makes the invisible visible
Australian scientists have discovered a new way to analyze microscopic cells, tissues and other transparent specimens, through the improvement of an almost 100-year-old imaging...
Dogs synchronize their behavior with children, but not as much as with adults, study...
Dogs synchronize their behavior with the children in their family, but not as much as they do with adults, a new study from Oregon...
