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A general view of the excavation of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Acheulian site. (Note that the original occupation surfaces are tilted due to tectonics).
Ancient charcoal reveals how early humans used fire, cooked fish, and returned to one lakeshore again and again.
Rebecca Shavitupda
The gravitational lens system JVAS B1938+666. The black ring and central dot show an infrared image of a distant galaxy distorted by gravitational lensing. The orange emission shows radio waves from the same system. The inset highlights a small "pinch" in the image caused by an additional dense object—about a million times the mass of the sun—shown as a white blob.
SpaceDense dark matter clumps link three strange objects across the universeJoseph Shavit
Microscopy image showing senescent macrophages in red and cholesterol-laden lipid droplets – a key driver of senescence – in green.
HealthUCLA researchers discover key driver of fatty liver disease, inflammation and agingHannah Shavit-Weiner
Zebra finch neurons appear to tunnel through adult brain tissue, offering clues about learning, repair, and human brain limits.
HealthZebra finch neurons offer new clues about learning, repair, and human brain limitsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Chemicals in your tooth enamel record evidence of your diet that can last millions of years.
DiscoveriesAncient teeth unlock million-year-old secrets of where early humans evolvedBreaking Science
Astronomers confirmed three bodies in TOI-201, a rare exoplanet system changing in real time. An artist rendering of the system.
SpaceStrange hidden forces are shaping a rare three-body exoplanet systemJoseph Shavit
Live reconstruction by artist Sophie Vrard. Fossil evidence shows mammal ancestors like Lystrosaurus laid eggs and used reproduction to survive mass extinction.
Discoveries250-million-year-old fossil proves that mammal ancestors laid eggsHannah Shavit-Weiner
The strong stellar wind from the supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. This causes the jet direction to vary as the black hole and the supergiant star move around their orbit.
Space‘Dancing jets’ from black hole reveal their immense powerJoseph Shavit
Scientists solved a century-old mystery behind reinforced rubber, explaining why carbon black makes tires and seals so strong.
DiscoveriesResearchers solve 100-year-old mystery behind rubberRebecca Shavit
Sperm whale clicks may contain vowel-like patterns that closely parallel human speech structure.
DiscoveriesSperm whale clicks contain vowel-like patterns similar to human speechHannah Shavit-Weiner
Somewhere between clean mathematics and lived experience, time seems to pick a side.
SpaceEinstein claims the past and future are identical – then why do we ageJoseph Shavit
Ancient DNA from 16,000 people reveals natural selection shaped West Eurasian genomes more deeply than scientists thought.
HealthNatural selection is accelerating, massive DNA study findsMac Oliveau
Scientists propose spotting alien life through patterns across many planets, not just single biosignatures.
SpaceResearchers propose a broader new way to detect life beyond EarthJoseph Shavit
Astronomers find three distinct groups of merging black holes hidden in gravitational-wave data.
SpaceAstronomers discover three distinct groups of merging black holesJoshua Shavit
The cosmic microwave background, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang that fills all of space, passes through massive galaxy clusters whose motion slightly alters the light, allowing scientists to measure how fast the clusters are moving toward one another and test how strongly gravity pulls across the largest distances in the universe.
SpaceScientists reveal the hidden forces shaping how gravity works across the UniverseJoseph Shavit
Simba Srivastava is a senior majoring in geosciences.
DiscoveriesStudent discovers new carnivore dinosaur 3x older than T. rexRebecca Shavit
Galaxy GN-z11, shown in the inset, is seen as it was 13.4 billion years in the past, just 400 million years after the big bang, when the universe was only three percent of its current age.
SpaceAstronomers find compelling new evidence of the first stars formed after the Big BangJoshua Shavit