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Fish that flop across land may be using one of evolution’s oldest movement tricks, a simple gait shared across distant species. By copying it in a robot, researchers traced a common mechanical pattern that may echo how vertebrates first began moving ashore.
A new robot study finds walking fish share a basic land gait, offering clues to how vertebrates first moved ashore.
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Fossils from Britain confirm Praearcturus gigas was a giant scorpion more than a meter long in the Early Devonian.
DiscoveriesWorld’s largest scorpion lived in Britain 415 million years agoHannah Shavit-Weiner
This project was led by (from left to right): Dr. Marva Bergman, Dr. Eitan Moses, and Prof. Itamar Harel.
HealthA single gene may explain why some males live fast and die young
A new relativity proposal says faster-than-light observers could help explain quantum behavior and reshape causality.
SpacePhysicists propose that our universe may contain three dimensions of timeJoshua Shavit
Astronomers traced strange repeating radio bursts to a white dwarf feeding on a red dwarf in a tightly bound binary system.
SpaceStudent astronomer discovers rare white dwarf star feeding on a red dwarf companionJoseph Shavit
SpaceDeep-space water reservoir contains trillions of times more water than all Earth’s oceans combinedJoseph Shavit
Researchers have created a living gel packed with skin cells that can be injected or 3D printed into grafts. The technology may help regenerate healthy skin and improve treatment for severe burns and chronic wounds.
HealthScientists 3D print living skin that helps grow blood vesselsShy Cohen
A global study using smartphones and wearable devices found that everyday physical activity improves mood and energy levels.
HealthMassive smartphone study finds everyday movement boosts mood and energyMac Oliveau
This natural-color image of Ganymede was captured by the Galileo spacecraft during its first flyby of the moon.
SpaceNew analysis reveals why Ganymede has a magnetic field when other moons do notJoshua Shavit
A decades-old asthma medication called formoterol may help reverse MASH, a severe fatty liver disease tied to diabetes and obesity.
HealthCommon asthma drug may reverse dangerous fatty liver diseaseHannah Shavit-Weiner
Researchers have identified a previously unknown brain rhythm in the thalamus that appears only during wakefulness and REM sleep, offering a potential biological signature of consciousness and opening new possibilities for neurological treatments.
HealthResearchers may have discovered the key to understanding human consciousnessRebecca Shavit
Antarctica’s first amber reveals a 90-million-year-old conifer rainforest that once grew near the South Pole.
Green ImpactFirst-ever amber discovery in Antarctica reveals lost prehistoric rainforestJoseph Shavit
Researchers at Umeå University created TriPcides, a powerful new synthetic antibiotic class that kills MRSA and dormant bacteria.
HealthNew synthetic antibiotics could defeat MRSA and prevent relapsing infectionsMac Oliveau
Alaska rock records show ocean deoxygenation began nearly 8 million years before the end-Triassic mass extinction.
DiscoveriesAncient oceans started to suffocate 8 million years before the Triassic mass extinctionRebecca Shavit
Physicists derived an exact limit on how much information a noisy channel could send backward through time.
SpaceSending short messages back in time may not break the laws of physicsShy Cohen
Scientists have discovered a new 500-million-year-old arthropod fossil in Canada, challenging the idea that late Cambrian life experienced a major biodiversity decline.
Discoveries500-million-year-old fossil rewrites a missing chapter of Earth’s historyHannah Shavit-Weiner
MAVEN data shows Mars can redirect plasma inside its ionosphere during solar storms, revealing a new space weather effect.
SpaceMars’ atmosphere is changing how scientists see unmagnetized planetsJoshua Shavit