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Published All about Ultima: New Horizons flyby target is unlike anything explored in space - All About Ultima: New Horizons Flyby Target is Unlike Anything Explored in Space


NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is set to fly by a target nicknamed 'Ultima Thule,' 4 billion miles f...
Published Residues in fingerprints hold clues to their age - Residues in Fingerprints: A New Way to Determine Age


Police have long relied on the unique whorls, loops or arches encoded in fingerprints to identify su...
Published Wisconsin cave holds tantalizing clues to ancient climate changes, future shifts - Wisconsin Cave Holds Tantalizing Clues to Ancient Climate Changes, Future Shifts


A newly published study of a stalagmite found in Cave of the Mounds reveals previously undetected hi...
Published Climate whiplash increased wildfires on California's west coast about 8,000 years ago - Climate Whiplash Increased Wildfires on California's West Coast About 8,000 Years Ago


Researchers have been studying the effects of the sudden decrease in global temperatures that occurr...
Published Game-based virtual archaeology field school - Game-Based Virtual Archaeology Field School: A New Way to Learn Archaeology


Before they can get started at their field site - a giant cave studded with stalactites, stalagmites...
Published Rewards only promote cooperation if the other person also learns about them - Rewards Only Promote Cooperation If the Other Person Also Learns About Them


Researchers show that reputation plays a key role in determining which rewarding policies people ado...
Published Red-supergiant supernova: Secrets of an earlier Universe - Red-Supergiant Supernova: Secrets of an Earlier Universe



An international research team has measured the size of a star dating back more than 11 billion year...
Published Physical effect also valid in the quantum world - Physical Effect Also Valid in the Quantum World


Physicists have experimentally proven that an important theorem of statistical physics applies to so...
Published Fossils in the 'Cradle of Humankind' may be more than a million years older than previously thought - Fossils in the 'Cradle of Humankind' may be more than a million years older than previously thought


For decades, scientists have studied these fossils of early human ancestors and their long-lost rela...
Published Malformed seashells, ancient sediment provide clues about Earth's past - Malformed Seashells and Ancient Sediment: A Window into Earth's Past


Shrunken seashells and unusually dark sediment cores have helped geoscientists better understand the...
Published An extrasolar world covered in water? - An Extrasolar World Covered in Water?


An international team of astronomers has discovered an exoplanet that could be completely covered in...
Published Extinction of steam locomotives derails assumptions about biological evolution - Extinction of Steam Locomotives Derails Assumptions About Biological Evolution


When the Kinks' Ray Davies penned the tune 'Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,' the vanishing locomot...
Published New family photos of Mars and Saturn from Hubble - New Family Photos of Mars and Saturn from Hubble


In summer 2018 the planets Mars and Saturn are, one after the other, in opposition to Earth. During...
Published Gravitational wave search no hum drum hunt - Gravitational Wave Search: No Hum Drum Hunt


The hunt for the never before heard 'hum' of gravitational waves caused by mysterious neutron stars...
Published Shadow of cosmic water cloud reveals the temperature of the young universe - Shadow of Cosmic Water Cloud Reveals the Temperature of the Young Universe


Astronomers have found a new and original method for measuring the cosmic microwave background's tem...
Published Full 3-D view of binary star-planet system - Full 3-D View of Binary Star-Planet System


Astronomers using the VLBA have produced a full, 3-D view of a binary star system with a planet orbi...
Published Voiceless frog discovered in Tanzania - Voiceless Frog Discovered in Tanzania: A New Species?



Researchers discovered a new species of frog in Africa that has an unusual trait: it's completely si...
Published Unlocking the secrets of the ancient coastal Maya - Unlocking the Secrets of the Ancient Coastal Maya


After more than a decade of research, scientists share what they have learned about the people who l ...
Published Starry tail tells the tale of dwarf galaxy evolution - Starry Tail Tells the Tale of Dwarf Galaxy Evolution


A giant diffuse tail of stars has been discovered emanating from a large, faint dwarf galaxy. The pr...
Published Searching for the earliest galaxies in the universe - Searching for the Earliest Galaxies in the Universe


Astronomers have used data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Observations...