Scientists discover a super-earth near the habitable zone of a red dwarf
A super-Earth planet has been found near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years from the Earth. This is the first...
Scientists may have found Europe’s last panda species lived six million years ago
Lumbering through the forested wetlands of Bulgaria around six million years ago, a new species of panda has been uncovered by scientists who state...
Two heart drugs linked to higher heart attack risk in hot weather
For people with coronary heart disease, beta blockers can improve survival and quality of life, while aspirin and other anti-platelet medications can reduce the...
Why plant-based milks are rising to the top?
Move out of the way cow’s milk, we’re drinking more dairy substitutes than ever before. If you’ve been to any supermarket recently, you would’ve noticed...
Dog ownership could be linked to anxiety and depression
It is often believed that a close relationship between owners and their dogs can bring many mental health benefits to owners, but findings from...
Daily exposure to common ‘forever chemicals’ at home may lead to cancer
Scientists from New York University found daily exposure to a class of chemicals used in the production of many household items may lead to...
Scientists discover places on the moon where it’s always ‘sweater weather’
People could potentially live and work in lunar pits and caves with steady temperatures in the 60s. Future human explorers on the moon might have...
Every bird has some dinosaur form, shows study
All baby birds have a moment prior to hatching when their hip bone is a tiny replica of a dinosaur’s pelvis. That’s one of the...
Plesiosaurs weren’t just marine animals, show fossils in Sahara Desert
Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is...
Scientists discover Ice Age human footprints in Utah desert
Human footprints believed to date from the end of the last ice age have been discovered on the salt flats of the Air Force’s...
Scientists find recycled glass in floors of 1700 years old luxury Greek villa
Although this 1700 years old luxury villa was excavated and examined both in 1856 and in the 1990s, it still has secrets to reveal. New...
T. rex was three separate species? No
A new study refutes a provocative claim made earlier this year that fossils classified as the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex represent three separate species. The rebuttal,...
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Modern humans and Neanderthals share a tangled genetic history
Our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals at multiple times. In recent years, scientists have uncovered evidence that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred. Previous research has shown that...
Astronomers find a nearby star that a spitting image of a young sun
Our Sun is about 4.6 billion years old. We know that from models of Sun-like stars, as well as through our observations of other stars...
Scientists figure out how gray wolves survived last ice age extinction
Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the end of the last ice age around11,700 years ago. Today, they...
Smokers carry harmful compounds on their skin and clothes
In a new study, researchers found that people can carry hazardous compounds from cigarette smoke that cling to their bodies and clothes and then...
Dog vs. machine: Who’s a better bomb detector?
What's better at finding a hidden bomb -- a dog or an electronic chemical detector? In this episode, the Reactions team travels to the U.S....