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Dr. Anthony Clarke of Curtin University analyzed millions of microscopic mineral grains obtained from rivers flowing in and around Stonehenge.
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New research shows marine life evolved within 2,000 years after the dinosaur killing asteroid impact 66 million years ago.
DiscoveriesMarine life evolved rapidly after the dinosaur killing asteroid impact 66 million years agoJoseph Shavit
A Yale-led study using lab-grown human nasal tissue suggests your early interferon response often predicts cold severity more than the virus itself.
HealthWhy do some colds hit harder than others?Mac Oliveau
A new study uses machine learning to reveal hidden conflict patterns and exposes limits of predicting violence severity.
AIMachine-learning analysis reclassifies armed conflicts into three new archetypesShy Cohen
A human study in Nature Communications shows epoxy-oxylipins help end inflammation by limiting intermediate monocytes, pointing to new therapies.
HealthScientists find a natural ‘off switch’ for inflammation in humansHannah Shavit-Weiner
World maps distort size and shape by design. Learn why projections matter and how they shape global understanding.
DiscoveriesGlobal maps can distort the way people view the worldRebecca Shavit
Maynooth University simulations show rare feeding bursts let early light-seed black holes grow into cosmic giants.
SpaceComputer models reveal how early black holes grew so quickly after the Big BangMac Oliveau
SpaceExtraterrestrial life may exist on many more worlds than previously thoughtJoseph Shavit
A life reconstruction of Prototaxites taiti growing in the 407-million-year-old Rhynie chert ecosystem.
DiscoveriesGiant Prototaxites fossil reveals an extinct branch of complex life on EarthJoshua Shavit
Environmental degradation due to dryland salinity, causing trees to die and inducing serious hillslope gully and sheet erosion at the base of a mesa landscape west of Charters Towers, Northern Queensland, Australia.
Green ImpactOur world is entering an ‘era of global water bankruptcy’, UN scientists declareRebecca Shavit
An image of the olfactometer line-up. Embedded image shows the inner workings of the olfactometer.
HealthUPenn researchers trained dogs to sniff out canine cancer by scentHannah Shavit-Weiner
A new analysis of 341 pivotal drug trials shows that only a tiny fraction reflect the racial and ethnic mix of the United States. Black and Hispanic participation has dropped in recent years, even as precision medicine expands, raising sharp questions about who modern treatments are really built for.
HealthScientists map a road to fairer, more inclusive drug developmentMelanie Livingstone
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s 2024 NIRCam image shows protostar EC 53 circled.
SpaceJWST solves a longstanding cosmic mystery about comet crystalsJoshua Shavit
Deep layers of molten rock inside some super-earths could generate powerful magnetic fields—potentially stronger than Earth’s—and help shield these exoplanets from harmful radiation.
SpaceDeep magma oceans generate magnetic fields to protect planets and support lifeJoseph Shavit
A first of its kind Canadian trial finds that children with peanut allergy can gain strong protection from very small daily peanut doses, cutting side effects and making treatment more realistic for families.
HealthChildren only need small daily doses of peanuts to gain protection, study findsMac Oliveau
In the background, Associate Professor Sergio Ioppolo (left) and Postdoc Alfred Thomas Hopkinson (right) discussing experimental plans. In the foreground, two ultra-high vacuum chambers used to investigate reactions under interstellar medium conditions.
SpaceComplex building blocks of life form spontaneously in space, study findsJoseph Shavit
Azurite traces on a Final Palaeolithic stone from Germany suggest Ice Age people used blue pigments, likely on skin or fabrics now lost.
DiscoveriesArchaeologists find Europe’s oldest known blue pigment useRebecca Shavit