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Published How seahorse-like toxins kill insects



Insect-killing bacteria typically release toxins to slay their hosts. The bacterium Photorhabdus lum...
Published Astronomers reveal the largest cosmic explosion ever seen - Astronomers Reveal the Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever Seen



Astronomers have uncovered the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. The explosion is more than t...
Published Prolonged droughts likely spelled the end for Indus megacities - Prolonged Droughts Likely Spelled the End for Indus Megacities



New research has found evidence -- locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas --...
Published Research offers a reason why diversity in plant species causes higher farming yield, solving 'a bit of a mystery'



A study appearing in Nature Communications based on field and greenhouse experiments at the Universi...
Published Astronomy: Observation puzzles researchers - Astronomy: Observation Puzzles Researchers


An international team of astrophysicists has made a puzzling discovery while analyzing certain star...
Published How did the bushpig cross the strait? A great puzzle in African mammal biogeography solved by genomics



Africa has a huge diversity of large mammals, but their evolutionary relationships and movement acro...
Published The Malaria parasite generates genetic diversity using an evolutionary 'copy-paste' tactic



All modern Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite in humans, are descendants of one i...
Published Peekaboo! Tiny, hidden galaxy provides a peek into the past - Peekaboo! Tiny, Hidden Galaxy Provides a Peek into the Past


Peeking out from behind the glare of a bright foreground star, astronomers have uncovered the most e...
Published Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe - Scientists Release Newly Accurate Map of All the Matter in the Universe


A group of scientists have released one of the most precise measurements ever made of how matter is...
Published Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer - Where Did the Hot Neptunes Go? A Shrinking Planet Holds the Answer


'Where did the hot Neptunes go?' This is the question astronomers have been asking for a long time,...
Published Entomologist sheds light on 250-year-old mystery of the German cockroach



Entomologists have solved the 250-year-old origin puzzle of the most prevalent indoor urban pest ins...
Published Immense hydrocarbon cycle discovered in world's ocean - Immense Hydrocarbon Cycle Discovered in World's Ocean


Hydrocarbons and petroleum are almost synonymous in environmental science. After all, oil reserves a...
Published Do some mysterious bones belong to gigantic ichthyosaurs?



Several similar large, fossilized bone fragments have been discovered in various regions across West...
Published Pterosaur discovery solves ancient feather mystery - Pterosaur Discovery Solves Ancient Feather Mystery


Palaeontologists have discovered remarkable new evidence that pterosaurs, the flying relatives of di...
Published Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted their feathers -- which could help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived when all the other dinosaurs died



Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid-induced mass extinction 66 million...
Published Why the harsh Snowball Earth kick-started our earliest multicellular ancestors



Why did multicellularity arise? Solving that mystery may help pinpoint life on other planets and exp ...
Published Potential first traces of the universe's earliest stars - Potential First Traces of the Universe's Earliest Stars



Astronomers may have discovered the ancient chemical remains of the first stars to light up the Univ...
Published Telescope Array detects second highest-energy cosmic ray ever



In 1991, an experiment detected the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed. Later dubbed the Oh-My-...
Published Precision instrument bolsters efforts to find elusive dark energy



Dark energy -- a mysterious force pushing the universe apart at an ever-increasing rate -- was disco ...
Published Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction



The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia 10,00...