During recent excavations at Silifke Castle, located in the province of Mersin, southern Turkey, a team of archaeologists made an intriguing discovery: a funerary tablet of Byzantine origin, apparently used as protection against…
Anne Trafton | MIT News Collagen, a protein found in bones and connective tissue, has been found in dinosaur fossils as old as 195 million years. That far exceeds the normal half-life of the peptide…
New research suggests that Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter and the solar system, suffered a devastating impact billions of years ago, which may have altered its internal structure and axis of rotation….
Kerry Walton, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Hamish G Spencer, University of Otago, and Nic Rawlence, University of Otago It has long been suspected that a small pāua (known as abalone,…
Turkey recently celebrated an important milestone in the preservation of its cultural heritage: the return of a 6,500-year-old marble artifact that had been smuggled out of the country. This artifact, dating back to…
Melanie R. McReynolds, Penn State Aging is a biological process that no one can avoid. Ideally, growing old should be a time to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Aging also…
Norwegian startup 1X Technologies has taken a significant step in humanoid robot development with the announcement of NEO Beta, a humanoid robot prototype designed to assist with daily tasks at home. With pilot…
Anthony Bloxham, Nottingham Trent University People have pondered whether dreams have a purpose throughout human history. Modern scientists are fascinated with this question too. For a long time the science of dreams has…
Scientists have revealed the discovery of a rare fossil: a prehistoric sea cow found by a farmer in northern Venezuela. The skeleton suggests that the animal was the victim of an attack by…
Researchers at Cornell University have discovered a new way of controlling “biohybrid” robots using the natural electrical signals of mycelium, the vegetative structure of fungi. This method allows the robots to react more…