How staph bacteria latch onto human skin
Imagine a child with eczema who scratches a patch of irritated skin. A tiny opening forms, invisible to the eye. Into that breach slips a common bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus. For many people, the…
New particle detector passes the “standard candle” test
Jennifer Chu | MIT News A new and powerful particle detector just passed a critical test in its goal to decipher the ingredients of the early universe. The sPHENIX detector is the newest experiment at…
A prehistoric crocodile that hunted dinosaurs is discovered in Patagonia.
An international team, led by scientists from the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences (MACN), unearthed near El Calafate the nearly complete skeleton of a giant relative of crocodiles, which they named Kostensuchus atrox….
Discover a 3,000-year-old mural in Peru featuring figures of fish, stars, and shamans.
The discovery, made in early July, is considered a milestone for local archaeology. “A mural with these characteristics has never been documented in the region before. The iconography, decorative techniques, and exceptional state…
Rarest eagle in Brazil filmed for the first time
A historic record has excited the team of the Onças do Iguaçu Project. For the first time, a crested eagle (Morphnus guianensis) was captured on video at Iguaçu National Park, in Paraná, Brazil….
A mind-reading brain implant with password protection
A brain implant can decode a person’s internal thoughts, but it only works if the user thinks of a pre-defined password. The device, a brain–computer interface (BCI), was able to decipher up to…
Archaeological Discovery in Manching: 40,000 Celtic Artifacts and a Rare Warrior Statuette
In a 6,800 m² area of the Celtic oppidum of Manching in Bavaria, archaeologists recovered over 40,000 artifacts dating back to the Iron Age. The highlight is a bronze warrior statuette, just 7.5…
Rare fingerprints of ancient peoples found in Australian cave
Australia’s First Nations history stretches back many tens of thousands of years, rich in depth and diversity. Archaeological research has revealed much about this deep past, but it has rarely captured the gestures…
Scientists grow pure, stable human mini-kidneys for the first time
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center achieved an unprecedented feat: creating human mini kidneys — called organoids — in the laboratory from stem cells taken from kidney tissue. These mini…
Teeth from 300,000 years ago suggest interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Homo erectus.
A new study conducted by Chinese and Spanish scientists analyzed teeth estimated to be around 300,000 years old, discovered in southern China, and found in them an unexpected combination of primitive and modern…