Carbon in our bodies likely left galaxy and came back on cosmic 'conveyer belt'
Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without stars. Nearly all elements except ...
Summer holidays haven't changed much since ancient Greece and Rome (except maybe the sand wrestling)
Imagine a summer holiday at a seaside resort, with days spent sunbathing, reading books, exploring nature and chatting with ...
First medieval female burial with weapons discovered in Hungary
A recent study led by Dr. Balázs Tihanyi and his colleagues, published in PLOS ONE, has led to the positive identification of ...
Scientists detect mysterious suppression in cosmic structure growth
A new study in published in Physical Review Letters analyzes the most complete set of galaxy clustering data to test the ΛCDM ...
New Orleans New Year's Eve terror attack shows the challenges of protecting 'soft targets,' expert says
New Orleans is still reeling from a terror attack that involved a 42-year-old Army veteran driving a pickup truck through a ...
Breeding success: London zoo counts its animals one-by-one
With bunches of lettuce and bucketloads of nuts, London Zoo kicked off its annual animal count Friday, coaxing everything ...
Lake bacteria evolve like clockwork with the seasons, study reveals
Like Bill Murray in the movie "Groundhog Day," bacteria species in a Wisconsin lake are in a kind of endless loop that they ...
Scientists reveal overlooked ocean processes crucial for carbon storage
A new study has unveiled the key mechanisms that preserve organic carbon in the ocean—a poorly understood but vital process ...
Chimpanzees' stone tool choices may mirror ancient human ancestors' techniques
An international team of paleobiologists, anthropologists and behavioral scientists has found that the process used by modern ...
Oysters once crowded Europe's coast—here's how researchers discovered these long-forgotten reefs
Six generations ago, Europe's seas possessed vast oyster reefs. Oysters were found in their millions, clustered together in ...
A new look at the peculiarities of crop-pollinator interactions could boost plant quality
Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to ...
From COâ‚‚ to acetaldehyde: New copper catalyst offers green alternative to fossil-fuel-based processes
Acetaldehyde is a vital chemical used in making everything from perfumes to plastics. Today, its production largely relies on ...