Life-like reconstruction of Saccorhytus. Donoghue/Nature In 2017, Chineses scientists announced the discovery of the 540-million-year-old Saccorhytus fossil, believed to be the earliest known deute… [+3416 chars]
When flying to the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) base, the primary impression is one of a vast wasteland below. The reddish expanse of dirt and rock looks featureless and bleak, but in fact holds many … [+7603 chars]
Tighter rules and increased rewrite requests for Australian Research Councils National Interest Test cause concern Researchers and research managers have expressed concern about how the Australian R… [+332 chars]
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image: An Australian snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) dolphinview more Credit: Photo courtesy Guido Parra Vergara New research by Flinders University scientists sheds new light on the reasons why two … [+3953 chars]
ByUniversity of WaterlooAugust 17, 2022 The emission from M87 has now been resolved into a bright, thin ring (orange colormap), arising from the infinite sequence of additional images of the emissio… [+6442 chars]
Sitting outside on a summer evening always sounds relaxing until flies and mosquitoes arrive then the swatting begins. Despite their minuscule eyes and a brain roughly 1 million times smaller than yo… [+5687 chars]
Placeholder while article actions load NEW YORK Todays sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the siz… [+2456 chars]
The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we discovered what looks like an asteroi… [+6568 chars]