Scientists discover Neanderthals used resin ‘glue’ to craft their stone tools
Archaeologists working in two Italian caves have discovered some of the earliest known examples of ancient humans using an adhesive on their stone tools—an...
Melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled in recent years, says study
A newly comprehensive study shows that melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated dramatically since the start of the 21st century.
The...
Scientists find lots of strange microbes in dinosaur fossils
Bad news, Jurassic Park fans--the odds of scientists cloning a dinosaur from ancient DNA are pretty much zero.
That's because DNA breaks down over time...
Scientists find sun’s history buried in moon’s crust
The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not.
When the Sun was just a baby four billion years ago,...
1.2 billion years ago, a 1-kilometer asteroid smashed into Scotland
In 2008, scientists from Oxford and Aberdeen University made a startling discovery in the northwest of Scotland.
Near the village of Ullapool, which sits on...
Scientists discover new ‘king’ of fossils in South Australia
Fossils of a giant new species from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites have been found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
The finding...
Scientists discover table salt on Jupiter’s moon Europa
A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
Using a visible light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at...
Scientists discover the biggest meteorite impact site in the UK
Scientists believe they have discovered the site of the biggest meteorite impact ever to hit the British Isles.
Evidence for the ancient, 1.2 billion years...
Amber ammonite offers rare glimpse of ancient sea life
The discovery of a 100-million-year-old ammonite—a distant relative of modern squid and octopuses—in amber is significant and surprising, researchers say.
Scientists say the lump of...
How sloths went from ground-dwelling giants to the small tree-climbers
Scientists have solved the evolutionary puzzle of how sloths went from enormous ground-dwelling giants to the small, famously-laidback tree-climbers of the modern day.
The study,...