115 million-year-old dinosaur truck excavated in Texas after destroying the flood
Flood waters in Texas discovered 15 dinosaur footprints 115 million years ago, researchers say. The edition was found in Northwest Travis County by volunteers who helped clear up debris from the devastating flood that struck the area in July, the county chief executive, the County Judge Travis told ABC News. Next, on August 5th, paleontologist […]
Astronomers find strange “space grapes” galaxies in early universes. This is why it’s so big (photo)
Distant galaxies appear to have more than 12 tightly packed star-forming masses arranged like bundles of grapes. This is far more than astronomers who thought it was possible in the galaxies of the early universe. The galaxy known as the “Cosmic Grapes” is thought to have been formed just 930 million years after the Big […]
“I was really dodging it!” Archaeology student attacks medieval gold with the first dig
An archaeological student from Florida struck gold in the UK just 90 minutes after her first excavation when she discovered a rare 9th century artifact that could have had religious or ritual use. “I couldn’t believe I found anything right away in the first excavation,” said Yara Souza, a student at the University of Newcastle […]
Mass’ 36 billion sun giant black holes are one of the biggest things you can see in space
The massive “space horse” galaxy system could potentially host a huge black hole 36 billion times the mass of our sun. Scientists peer into a halo of light called the “Einstein Ring” and spotted a monster in the universe. This is a kind of gravity lens. Lens occur when giant foreground objects such as galaxy […]
Prominent medical journals reject RFK’s appeal to withdraw vaccine research
A well-known medical journal has rejected a call from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw a study that found that aluminum in the vaccine poses no health risks to children. The study, published in the internal medical journal in mid-July, assessed the safety of aluminum […]
Human eggs have special protection against certain types of aging, research tips
New research suggests that human egg cells may be protected from certain age-driven changes seen throughout other bodies. The work, published on August 6 in the journal Science Advances, did not explore how its protection works, but highlighted the mitochondria-cell power plants and eggs found in the blood and saliva of adult women. Mitochondria carry […]
Severe drought – lasts for 13 years – A new study that crippled Maya 1,000 years ago
Deep in the caves of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Staragumite suggests that multiple droughts, including one that lasts for 13 years, may have contributed to the decline of Mayan civilization in the region. By studying mineral formation, researchers were able to draw detailed pictures of rainfall seasonally, and scientists were able to closely compare climate records […]
No, the blue whale is not silent from California. This is why.
Blue whales sing less when they are hungry and more when they are plentiful, a recent study has revealed. Researchers have listened to whales off the coast of California for six years and found their songs increased following the ocean heat wave despite multiple press outlets claiming that blue whales remain silent. Whales have a […]
Diabetic patients produce their own insulin after gene-edited cell transplantation
A man with type 1 diabetes became the first patient to produce his own insulin after undergoing genetically engineered cell transplants, without the need for drugs to prevent rejection. Published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, the incident illustrates a potential breakthrough in the treatment of diseases affecting 9.5 million people around […]
A cousin whom Lucy had never seen before may have lived in the same place as the oldest known human species, new research suggests
The approximately 2.6 million-year-old fossil teeth found in Ethiopia may belong to an early, previously unknown human relative, researchers say. The teeth are from the species of Australopithecus, a genus that contains Lucy (A. afarensis). However, according to a new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday (August 13th), these newly discovered teeth do […]