Why non-human culture should change how we see nature
Our growing understanding of how other animals also share skills and knowledge will help us chip away at the folly of human exceptionalism, say Philippa Brakes and Marc Bekoff
Scientists Find Extinct Rhino DNA in Wolf Pup Mummy’s Stomach
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from remains found in the stomach of a naturally mummified Pleistocene wolf pup
Woolly rhino genome recovered from meat in frozen wolf pup’s stomach
A piece of woolly rhinoceros flesh hidden inside a wolf that died 14,400 years ago has yielded genetic information that improves our understanding of why one of the most iconic megafauna species of the last glacial period went extinct
NASA X-ray instrument finds black holes act like ‘cosmic seesaws’ shaping the universe
"We're seeing what could be described as an energetic tug-of-war inside the black hole's accretion flow."
Sinking river deltas put millions at risk of flooding
Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater extraction and urban expansion, compounding the threat they face from sea-level rise
Psychiatry has finally found an objective way to spot mental illness
A decades-long push to identify clear biomarkers for anxiety and depression is at last achieving results
NASA Commits to Plan to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030
The U.S. space agency and the Department of Energy will work together to build a fission reactor on the lunar surface in the next four years
How Mars’ ancient lakes grew shields of ice to stay warm as the Red Planet froze
The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold.
Unusual ‘ingredients’ helped stars form in a galaxy near the Milky Way
Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual "ingredients," raising questions about how the early universe evolved.
Does String Theory Solve the Mystery of the Brain?
Mathematical tools from string theory are giving scientists a new way to study the networking of neurons