Stacy Keltner, Kennesaw State University Fifty years ago, scientists discovered a nearly complete fossilized skull and hundreds of pieces of bone of a 3.2-million-year-old female specimen of the genus Australopithecus afarensis, often described…
Mark Lorch, University of Hull In George R.R. Martin’s fantastical land of Westeros in Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, the spectacle of dragons breathing fire captivates his audience through a…
If you’ve ever wondered what your ancestors looked like 300,000 years ago, look no further. The face of the oldest known human has been reconstructed for the first time, revealing a man described…
Anne Trafton | MIT News As you travel your usual route to work or the grocery store, your brain engages cognitive maps stored in your hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. These maps store information about paths…
Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have made a revolutionary discovery in the field of nanotechnology. They simulated thousands of one-dimensional (1-D) materials and found what may be…
In an extraordinary leap forward for medical science, researchers from the University of Chicago have announced the development of “living bioelectronics,” a pioneering technology that integrates living cells with electronic components. This groundbreaking…
Jose Yong, Northumbria University, Newcastle Research is showing that many of our contemporary problems, such as the rising prevalence of mental health issues, are emerging from rapid technological advancement and modernisation. A theory…
For the first time, scientists have successfully created human mini-brain with built-in safety systems, marking a significant milestone in neurological research. These tiny organoids, about the size of a sesame seed, include functional…
In an extraordinary paleontological find, a tiny, segmented creature that swam Earth’s oceans nearly half a billion years ago has been identified as the oldest known ancestor of spiders, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs….
The Carnian Pluvial Event, a long period of torrential rains that affected the Earth for an incredible 2 million years. By the end of the 20th century, geology experts began to observe a…