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New research shows gases from heated underground rocks may have caused climate swings that led to ancient mass extinctions.
Study reveals underground rock processes released gases that drove climate swings linked to ancient mass extinctions.
Rebecca Shavitupda
Dark markings on Pluto’s largest glacier may be evidence that liquid nitrogen recently rose and flowed across its surface.
SpaceNew Horizons images reveal signs of flowing liquid nitrogen on PlutoJoseph Shavit
Life reconstruction of the burrowing stem snake Tametara mirim which lived alongside now-extinct stem-birds and sauropod dinosaurs.
Discoveries80-million-year-old snake fossil rewrites the story of snake evolutionJoshua Shavit
HealthScientists discover how our sixth sense really worksJoseph Shavit
Cambrian Explosion fossilized feces may have moved nutrients through ancient oceans, helping complex marine ecosystems expand.
Green ImpactHow animal feces became an evolutionary force 540 million years agoJoseph Shavit
Captured at a wavelength of 416 nanometers by the Inouye Solar Telescope, this is the highest-resolution image ever taken of the Sun's visible surface. It reveals ultra-fine magnetic structures and distorted boundaries shaped by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
SpaceSmall whirlpool-like structures reveal how the Sun stores and releases energyJoshua Shavit
A Neandertal growth hormone receptor variant is linked to greater adult muscle mass and subtle differences in jaws and teeth.
DiscoveriesNeandertal DNA linked to more muscle mass in modern adultsJoshua Shavit
Sr Principal Preparator Jason Brougham installing Microraptor. The smallest non-avian dinosaurs never reached mouse size, and competition with early mammals may explain why.
DiscoveriesScientists discover why tiny dinosaurs never roamed the EarthJoshua Shavit
An illustration credited to Arturo Davalos that reconstructs a Late Pleistocene wetland at Rancho La Brea.
DiscoveriesExtinct ice age toad found at La Brea Tar Pits rewriting Los Angeles’ climate historyRebecca Shavit
Artificial light at night fell in policy cities, alongside smaller shifts in spring green-up and autumn leaf timing.
Green ImpactReducing city light pollution could improve urban tree and plant growthJoseph Shavit
About one in four people who reported an extraordinary experience said it caused immediate distress, yet more than half said the event ultimately had a positive, lasting impact on their lives.
HealthUnusual visions and sensations are often meaningful and positive over timeJoshua Shavit
Hydrothermal vent chemistry may explain how bacteria and archaea independently became the first free-living cells.
HealthA shared ancestor may have led to two independent origins of lifeMac Oliveau
This image shows the host galaxy of the recently detected supernova SN 2026gzf.
SpaceRare x-ray flash reveals the first moments of a powerful supernova without a gamma-ray burstJoseph Shavit
Researchers find that a subtle vowel in words like “happy” reflects social class in Manchester, with patterns stable across generations.
DiscoveriesStudy reveals how a single vowel reflects social class in ManchesterMac Oliveau
An illustration of how researchers used state-of-the-art photoelectron spectroscopy (left hand side) with a lab-based soft-X-ray light source that provides ultrashort light pulses, which was combined with powerful mathematical algorithms, to image the wavefunction of electron orbitals (right-hand side).
DiscoveriesFor the first-time ever, scientists image the 3D wavefunction of an organic moleculeRebecca Shavit
A global study shows primates play, groom, and care for other species, offering new insight into the origins of human-animal bonds.
DiscoveriesStudy reveals primates form cross-species friendships like humansJoshua Shavit
A newly identified monkey species in Congo’s rainforest reveals how much of Earth’s biodiversity remains unknown.
DiscoveriesScientists discover rare new monkey species in the Congo rainforestHannah Shavit-Weiner