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August 01, 2024

Chromosomal Clarity

Researchers unearthed a groundbreaking discovery in the frozen remains of a woolly mammoth that died 52,000 years ago in Siberian permafrost. The very well-preserved chromosomes offer an unprecedented look at the genetic makeup of this extinct species, scientists wrote in their study published in the journal...

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August 01, 2024

The Storm Junkies

Most coastal creatures avoid hurricanes, scrambling to take shelter as the monster storm approaches. The Desertas petrels, a seabird the size of a pigeon, however, chase them across the Atlantic, scientists recently found. “When we saw the data, we nearly fell off our chairs,” lead study author...

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July 31, 2024

The Elusive Cetacean

Earlier this month, a whale washed ashore on a beach at Taieri Mouth in New Zealand’s southern Otago province. Beached cetaceans are not new in New Zealand – it is a hotspot for marine mammal strandings – but this one was no ordinary whale: It was...

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July 30, 2024

Dark Elements

In 2013, an international team of scientists studying a remote area of the Pacific Ocean came across a bizarre phenomenon that defied long-held beliefs about oxygen production: Oxygen was being generated thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface in depths where sunlight cannot penetrate. Researcher Andrew...

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July 29, 2024

Hunting the First

There weren’t always billions of humans and trillions of plants, animals and fungi thriving on Earth, which implies that going far enough up the genealogical tree, one could find the ancestor of all living things. The search for what scientists call the “last universal common ancestor”...

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July 26, 2024

Space Outerwear

Astronauts onboard the International Space Station sometimes have to get out of their man-made habitat to carry out scientific research or technical repairs – in what are called extra-vehicular activities (EVA). These spacewalks can last up to eight hours, which can be problematic as far as...

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July 25, 2024

A Little Help From Bees

Kenya’s coastline is rich in mangroves, trees that thrive in salt water, providing a breeding ground for fish, helping prevent erosion, offering protection from harsh weather, and food, medicine and wood for dwellings for local communities. But mangroves, both in Kenya and worldwide, are under threat...

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July 24, 2024

The Art of Storytelling

The ability to tell stories is a defining feature of the human species and one that goes back more than 50,000 years ago, according to a new study. Archeologists recently discovered a cave painting on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island dating back at least 51,200 years, making it...

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July 23, 2024

Spelunking on the Moon

In a new study, scientists found a more than 330-foot-deep cave on the Moon, the first such discovery confirming their presence. “These caves have been theorized for over 50 years, but it is the first time ever that we have demonstrated their existence,” study author Lorenzo...

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July 22, 2024

Here Was Spartacus

The story of Spartacus, the slave-turned-gladiator who fought against the Roman Republic, is immortalized in the Kirk Douglas movie of the same name. Now, history buffs can visit one of the sites where the rebel commander and his men clashed with Roman forces more than 2,000...

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July 19, 2024

No Ant Left Behind

In medieval societies, amputations were common, performed to save a life in the days before antibiotics revolutionized wound care. Now, a new study shows that Florida carpenter ants also do such surgery, the first time this kind of behavior has been observed in the animal and...

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July 18, 2024

All Bite

About 40 million years before the dinosaurs dominated the planet, one gigantic salamander-like creature haunted the swamps of what is modern-day Namibia. Meet the Gaiasia jennyae, whose name could translate to “salamander from hell.” This extinct amphibian was more than six feet long and had a...

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July 17, 2024

Paleozoic’s Pompeii

For almost 270 million years, one of the Earth’s most resilient life forms was the trilobite – part of a large group of multi-legged invertebrates found in the seas. With an estimated 22,000 species, big and small, trilobites left their mark on our planet – making...

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July 16, 2024

The Little Engineers

Scientists recently found the world’s oldest inhabited termite mounds along the Buffels River in Namaqualand, South Africa, dating back an astonishing 34,000 years. Locally named “heuweltjies” – or “little hills” in Afrikaans – these prehistoric structures are inhabited by the southern harvester termite, Microhodotermes viator and...

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July 15, 2024

Counting the Days

More than 2,000 years ago, the Antikythera mechanism was used to predict celestial movements through a complex system of gears cast in bronze. Hailed as the world’s oldest computer, the artifact was first discovered in 1901 at the site of a Mediterranean shipwreck and has sparked...

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July 12, 2024

Croaking Spas

Saunas are great for humans. Turns out, they are pretty great for frogs, too. In fact, a new study found that custom-built “frog saunas” can help the bouncy amphibians fight a deadly fungal disease. Many frog species around the world are facing population decline, with one contributor being...

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July 11, 2024

Neanderthal Hearts

In 1989, archeologists discovered the fossilized ear bone of a Neanderthal child at Valencia’s Cova Negra, in Spain. At the time, researchers didn’t pay too much attention to it, although the cave had been occupied by the extinct human relatives 146,000 to 273,000 years ago. But a...

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July 10, 2024

Nature’s Drugstore

In East Africa just like in other parts of the world, humans have traditionally used plants to cure illnesses, including the tree, Alstonia boonei, used to treat the stomach flu and other bacterial infections. Now, a group of researchers, who wondered if chimpanzees had similar self-medicating...

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July 09, 2024

Young and Majestic

Star dunes are one of nature’s architectural marvels. These massive, pyramid-shaped dunes can reach hundreds of feet high and have multiple arms radiating out like the points of a star. Created by opposing winds that change direction throughout the year, they are mainly found in remote locations...

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July 08, 2024

Scribe Spine

Ancient Egyptian scribes probably had carpal tunnel syndrome and were definitely in pain from other occupational hazards, according to a new study. Researcher Petra Brukner Havelková and her team recently studied the skeletal remains of 69 people buried in the Egyptian necropolis of Abusir dating from...

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