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Zita Laffranchi, researcher of the Universyity of Cordoba. The Novilara necropolis isotope study reveals gendered diets, limited seafood consumption, mobility, and complex burial status.
Bone chemistry from the Novilara necropolis suggests fancy grave goods often masked ordinary, everyday diets.
Rebecca Shavitupda
A Chicxulub asteroid dust cloud may have trapped lethal heat, ignited wildfires and killed exposed dinosaurs within hours.
DiscoveriesDust from the Chicxulub asteroid baked dinosaurs alive within hours of impactJoseph Shavit
Artist’s illustration of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star.
SpaceAstronomers find four Barnard’s Star planets to be small, uninhabitable, with years lasting only daysJoseph Shavit
The excavated site preserves the movements of multiple species, with massive hippo tracks, smaller antelope prints, and a trail of human ancestor footprints captured together
Discoveries1.4 million-year-old footprints reveal an ancient group of human-sized homininsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Galaxy WISEA J014656.04-152214.7, located about 750 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus, before and after a tidal disruption event was spotted on its outer edge in November 2025.
SpaceWandering black hole found 30,000 light-years from its galaxy’s centerJoseph Shavit
A new study finds that the balance of two hormones can predict how well people learn and overcome fear.
HealthHormone balance study reveals best time for learning and memoryRebecca Shavit
A high-frequency SETI search using ALMA opened new radio bands and showed that past surveys may have covered millions more stars.
SpaceFirst ALMA SETI survey searches new frequencies for signals from alien civilizationsJoseph Shavit
A Solar Cycle 26 prediction uses a newly identified sunspot switch-off point to forecast solar activity up to seven years early.
SpaceSunspots could predict dangerous solar storms seven years in advanceJoshua Shavit
A new therapy targets cancer’s stress defenses, showing promise in early trials for mesothelioma patients with limited treatment options.
HealthNew mesothelioma treatment turns cancer’s defense into its weaknessMac Oliveau
Nanoplastics in Antarctic soil reveal how plastic pollution reaches the remote McMurdo Dry Valleys through local and long-range sources.
Green ImpactScientists discover six types of nanoplastics polluting Antarctica’s soil for the first timeRebecca Shavit
Europa ocean water transport may stall as turbulence forms ice crystals that clog fractures beneath the moon’s surface.
SpaceNew findings complicate the search for life beneath Europa’s iceJoseph Shavit
Schrödinger Basin: Moon far side asteroid impacts reveal a long decline in bombardment, challenging the idea of one violent peak 3.9 billion years ago.
SpaceChang’e-6 moon rocks reveal a 3.9-billion-year decline in asteroid impacts on the dark side of the MoonJoshua Shavit
Interacting galaxies NGC 4676, known as "The Mice," as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
SpaceNew study challenges existing knowledge for why galaxies stop forming starsJoseph Shavit
Orcas ramming sunfish in the Gulf of California may be processing prey into smaller pieces for calves or engaging in social play.
DiscoveriesGulf of California orcas use precision strikes to explode sunfish into thousands of piecesHannah Shavit-Weiner
The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023. Data from that flyby and one on Feb. 3, 2024, is helping scientists understand Io’s interior.
SpaceJupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, hides intense heat beneath its porous crustJoshua Shavit
The Paleocoordinates Calculator reconstructs ancient fossil locations using five plate models, with errors below 17 metres.
DiscoveriesNew PACA mapping tool tracks fossil locations back through millions of yearsRebecca Shavit
A CMLase aging enzyme removed substantial protein damage from preserved human eye, artery and skin tissue in laboratory tests.
HealthNew enzyme removes years of aging from skin and other human tissueHannah Shavit-Weiner