Ancient human relative cannibalized toddlers, 850,000-year-old neck bone reveals
Around 850,000 years ago, a toddler was decapitated and cannibalized, cut marks on one of their neck bones suggest. The…
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New dwarf planet ‘Ammonite’ discovered in the frosty edges of the solar system — and it could mean Planet Nine doesn’t exist
Astronomers have discovered a possible new dwarf planet orbiting far beyond Pluto. First detected in March 2023 by Japan’s Subaru…
Clues for dinosaurs’ diets found in the chemistry of their fossil teeth
A set of Diplodocus teeth sampled by researcher Liam Norris. Credit: Liam Norris You are what you eat, it turns…
Our brain’s mitochondria may play a crucial role in the onset of sleep
Mitochondria may have a function beyond providing energy CNRI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The components of cells that provide them with energy…
U.S. Ends Support for CMB-S4 Project to Study Cosmic Inflation
Amid simmering anxiety about the future of federally funded science, the U.S. government has quietly withdrawn support for cosmology’s next…
Polymetallic Nodules, a Source of Rare Metals, May Hold the Secrets of ‘Dark Oxygen’
This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and co-published with the Post and Courier. On July…
96% of oceans worldwide had extreme heatwaves in 2023 — and a tipping point may be near, study finds
In 2023, global marine heatwaves were the biggest, most intense and most persistent on record, a new study reveals. The…
‘Arsenic life’ study hailed by NASA as breakthrough in astrobiology retracted by Science due to contamination and flawed data
After 15 years of debate, a study that announced the alleged discovery of an arsenic-eating microbe has been retracted by…
First direct images reveal atomic thermal vibrations in quantum materials
Illustration of experimental measurement of thermal vibrations in a single atom. Credit: Yichao Zhang et al. Researchers investigating atomic-scale phenomena…
Gold can be heated to 14 times its melting point without melting
Researcher used a laser to superheat a sample of gold and measured its temperature with a pulse of ultra-bright X-rays…