Rare Bourbon Virus Confirmed in New York for the First Time
A mysterious tick-borne virus may already be spreading unnoticed in the No…
New Museum Discovery Shows Evolution Keeps Reinventing the Seahorse
CT scans and DNA revealed that Australia’s rare sea muppets only look like seahorses a…
Scientists Discover Hermit Crabs Doing a Job No One Expected
A parasitic plant on a Japanese island has found an unlikely way to send its offspring…
Scientists Discover a 245-Million-Year-Old Reptile With Its Organs Still Preserved
An international research team examined a unique fossil from China that, for the first…
Scientists May Have Solved a Long-Standing Melanoma Treatment Mystery
With cancer treatment, when a drug is given may matter almost as much as which drug is…
“Entirely Surprising” – Scientists Have Found a Martian Meteorite Unlike Any Known Before
A meteorite found in Algeria has opened a rare window into nearly 2 billion years of M…
This Simple Measurement Could Expose a Hidden Diabetes Risk (And It’s Not Your Waistline)
A new screening method uses an unexpected body measurement to estimate diabetes risk w…
Where Were All the Tiny Dinosaurs? Scientists May Finally Have an Answer
For all their astonishing diversity, dinosaurs seem to have hit one evolutionary limit…
Humanity May Soon Have the Technology To Reach Other Star Systems
Tiny spacecraft riding beams of light could put humanity within reach of another star …
Mushroom Mystery: The Fungus That Makes People See Tiny Humans
A mushroom sold in markets and served in restaurants in Southwest China has an unusual…
A Human-Specific Gene May Help Explain Our Extraordinary Brainpower
The new findings could help explain what made the human brain unique during evolution.…
A Rare Look Inside the Dodo’s Skull Challenges Centuries of Myths
CT scans reveal new clues to how the dodo sensed its environment and challenge its rep…
Did Cellular Life Begin Twice? New Study Points to Two Independent Origins
Early metabolism may have begun as a mix of metal and enzyme catalysis before bacteria…
This Common Amino Acid May Help the Body Fight Cancer and Viruses
A shortage of one common nutrient could help cancer cells and viruses hide from the im…
CERN Experiments Detect Signs of the Universe’s Primordial Matter
All four major LHC experiments have found new evidence that collisions bet…
This Common Amino Acid May Help the Body Fight Cancer and Viruses
A shortage of one common nutrient could help cancer cells and viruses hide…
Rare Bourbon Virus Confirmed in New York for the First Time
A mysterious tick-borne virus may already be spreading unnoticed in the No…
CERN Experiments Detect Signs of the Universe’s Primordial Matter
All four major LHC experiments have found new evidence that collisions bet…