Category: Science

The oldest river predates the dinosaurs. But how do we know this?

A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point to a new way of

A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

The hydrochloric acid in your stomach can burn through metal — so why doesn’t it burn through your stomach?

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland’s 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, when temperatures were close to what

A new DNA analysis of the mummies of historical Indigenous Yakuts reveals resistance to 17th-century Russian conquest.

Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part of an event to kick off the nation’s 250th

Nearly 200 years ago, the physicists Claude-Louis Navier and George Gabriel Stokes put the finishing touches on a set of equations that describe how fluids

Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It’s possible this is a newly found type of star-forming

Jan. 10, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over

Archaeologists in Sicily found a unique writing implement featuring a grumpy-faced god and his erect penis.

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

The mummified remains of a man buried close to a turquoise mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert suggest he was a miner who died in a

Jupiter reaches opposition on Jan. 10, when it will shine all night at its brightest as Earth moves between the giant planet and the sun.