A partial dinosaur fossil has been discovered 763 feet beneath the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, making it the oldest and deepest dinosaur fossil ever found within city limits. The vertebra, dated to approximately 67.5 million years ago, belonged to a small herbivorous dinosaur that roamed the tropical swamps and ...
On July 4, 2025, a Texas Hill Country flash flood catastrophe happened to occur in the exact location of a summer camp that was located near the Guadalupe River. The tears of losing over more than 120 lives flashed out, especially the tears of families who lost their children, because the flood consumed a breathtaking ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found one of the strangest things in the vast cosmic menagerie: a celestial owl staring back at us from 11 billion light-years away. This strange structure is not just any old galactic formation; it is known as the “Cosmic Owl.” It’s the result of two very rare ring ...
A tiny parasitic worm may hold the key to restoring blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay. Despite feeding on crab eggs, the worm Carcinonemertes carcinophila is now being studied as a biological marker that could help scientists track crab reproduction and improve fishery management. With crab numbers at historic lows, this surprising ally may ...
Cosmologists have been trying to figure out the different measurements of the universe’s expansion speed for almost ten years. This event, known as the Hubble tension, is a big problem for modern cosmology. Because it is so strange, it changes the basic ideas of cosmology. Now, a radical theory suggests that the answer lies in ...
The backbone of modern electronics has been silicon for decades, enabling the functionality of smartphones and supercomputers. With device miniaturization, however, the need for speed is increasingly pressing. Scientists are in a race to find a successor that can transcend the boundaries of conventional computing. This, however, might now be possible with a breakthrough in ...
A new study of two-million-year-old tooth enamel has revealed surprising genetic diversity in Paranthropus robustus, a distant upright-walking relative of early humans. Using paleoproteomics—the analysis of ancient proteins—researchers extracted molecular data from fossil teeth found in South Africa’s Swartkrans Cave, offering one of the oldest glimpses into human ancestry ever recovered from the continent. Proteins ...
Burmese pythons are already known for being able to eat whole deer, alligators, and even the occasional human arm. But what happens after the meal has always been a mystery in biology. How do these snakes digest not only flesh but also whole skeletons without getting too many minerals? A new type of intestinal cell ...
Archaeologists have found a lost city deep in the rough highlands of northern Peru. It was once a busy trade center over 3,000 years ago. Peñico is an ancient city that is now open to the public. It gives a rare look at a civilization that connected coastal, mountain, and Amazonian societies long before the ...
Elephants aren’t just intelligent; they’re intentional. A new behavioral study reveals that African Savannah elephants use deliberate gestures to express their desires, especially when interacting with attentive humans. This marks the first confirmed evidence of goal-directed gestural communication in non-primate mammals, expanding our understanding of animal cognition and social signaling. Testing Elephant Intentionality Researchers observed ...
