Submarine canyons on Earth could help explain landscapes on Mars
Submarine canyons are a final frontier on planet Earth.
There are thousands of these breathtaking geological features hidden within the depths of the ocean -...
Molten Earth would be 5% larger than its solid counterpart, says study
A hot, molten Earth would be around 5% larger than its solid counterpart.
The difference between molten and solid rocky planets is important for...
Extreme solar storms may be more frequent than previously thought
Researchers propose in a new study why an extreme solar storm in 1859 was so damaging to Earth’s magnetic field.
They compared the storm with...
Scientists find the best pterosaur fossil yet in Queensland
The discovery of a 96-million-year-old pterosaur in western Queensland has been hailed as Australia’s most complete winged-reptile discovery.
The fossilized bones of the new genus...
Scientists detect Golden Ratio in human skulls
The Golden Ratio, described by Leonardo da Vinci and Luca Pacioli as the Divine Proportion, is an infinite number often found in nature, art...
Scientists discover a real Jurassic Park in Utah
An ancient desert covered in sand dunes as far as the eye could see, where dinosaurs and small mammals once roamed, may have been...
Scientists reveal how Tyrannosaurus ate its prey
A Tyrannosaurus rex could bite hard enough to shatter the bones of its prey.
But how it accomplished this feat without breaking its own skull...
How we discovered that an asteroid collision in space 466m years ago boosted life...
Something mysterious happened nearly half a billion years ago that triggered one of the most important changes in the history of life on Earth.
Suddenly,...
Scientists discover a gateway for comets to visit our inner Solar System
A recent study may fundamentally alter our understanding of how comets arrive from the outskirts of the solar system and are funneled to the...
Gigantic masses in Earth’s mantle untouched for more than 4 billion years, says study
Ancient, distinct, continent-sized regions of rocks, isolated since before the collision that created the Moon 4.5 billion years ago, exist hundreds of miles below...
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Universe’s expansion may not be the same in all directions, says new study
One of the fundamental ideas of cosmology is that everything looks the same in all directions if you look over large enough distances.
A new...
Tiny robots could swim through the body and deliver drugs to tumors
Tiny biohybrid robots on the micrometer scale can swim through the body and deliver drugs to tumors or provide other cargo-carrying functions.
The natural environmental...
This compound in common vegetables may help fight fatty liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, occurs when the liver becomes “marbled” with fat, sometimes due to unhealthy nutrition, such as excessive intake of...
Common arthritis drug linked to higher skin cancer risk
Methotrexate is a common drug with a long history; for the past 40 years, it’s been used to treat a range of diseases.
Today it...
Mindfulness may benefit people with common bowel diseases
In a new study, researchers found that people with irritable bowel syndrome experienced fewer gut symptoms after they participated in a mindfulness program meant...
Whether marijuana could reduce pain is unclear, new study shows
In a new study, researchers found that medical marijuana users who say they have high levels of pain are more likely than those with...