Category: Science

How magnetism could help explain Earth's formation

A peculiar property of the Earth's magnetic field could help us to work out how our planet was created 4.5 billion years ago, acco...

Climate change could trigger the Congo peatlands to rel...

New research reveals that the world's largest tropical peatland turned from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging ...

Brain changes in autism are far more sweeping than prev...

Brain changes in autism are comprehensive throughout the cerebral cortex rather than just particular areas thought to affect socia...

Brain changes in autism are far more sweeping than prev...

Brain changes in autism are comprehensive throughout the cerebral cortex rather than just particular areas thought to affect socia...

Why fish look down when they swim

New simulations show that fish look downward when they swim because the stable riverbed below them provides more reliable informat...

A stone age child buried with bird feathers, plant fibe...

Archaeological researchers have identified human remains as a child, who may have been laid on a bed of down in a Stone Age burial...

A stone age child buried with bird feathers, plant fibe...

Archaeological researchers have identified human remains as a child, who may have been laid on a bed of down in a Stone Age burial...

500 million year-old fossils reveal answer to evolution...

An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solv...

Monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection in Afric...

One dose of an antibody drug safely protected healthy, non-pregnant adults from malaria infection during an intense six-month mala...

Mathematicians explain how some fireflies flash in sync

A new study by mathematicians shows that math borrowed from neuroscience can describe how swarms of these unique insects coordinat...

Ancient genomes reveal hidden history of human adaptati...

The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old, has shed light on a previously unknown aspect ...

Uncovering the massive quantum mysteries of black holes

Bizarre quantum properties of black holes -- including their mind-bending ability to have different masses simultaneously -- have ...

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