Discovery

AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy or Dinkʼinesh, is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone comprising 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia, at Hadar, a site in the Awash Valley of the Afar Triangle, by Donald Johanson, a paleoanthropologist of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Scientists have pushed back LUCA’s origin by hundreds of millions of years.

Scientists used computer modeling and the genomes of several hundred living people to examine our prehistoric origins

Scientists at Northwestern University say they've invented a goo — yes, a goo — that might open the door to regenerating human knee cartilage.

High-energy neutrino interactions have been observed within a particle collider for the first time, according to new findings.

The universe is expanding at a rapid rate and scientists don’t really know why – but one expert has a compelling theory, and it concerns a mysterious 'twin’. One possible explanation as to why the fabric of the universe is growing was posited by Naman Kumar, who is a PhD student at the Indian Instit...

Evidence of genetic behavior in bacteria that researchers liken to “alien biology” suggests similar strange genes could exist in humans.

Liquid amounting to a 1-2km-deep ocean may be frozen up to 20km below surface, calculations suggest

Discover how LIGO machine's groundbreaking technology has confirmed Einstein's theories and revolutionized astronomy.

Scientists examining data from NASA's InSight Lander have revealed the likely presence of an underground reservoir containing enough liquid to cover the planet with a mile of water.

Other scientists are concerned and ethical questions linger over where the research on brain genes may lead. Scientists adding a human intelligence gene into monkeys - it's the kind of thing you'd see in a movie like Rise of the Planet of the Apes. But Chinese researchers have done just that, improving the short-term memories of […] The post What Happens When Scientists Put a Human Intelligence Gene Into a Monkey? appeared first on Organically...

Research found signs of ancient viruses in Neanderthal DNA that they may have gotten from ancient humans and could have contributed to their extinction.

A fringe theory called "panspermia" suggests that lifeforms can spread to new planets by hitching rides on meteors. New research lays out a roadmap for finding where these hypothetical, planet-hopping aliens may reside.

A massive 120-foot asteroid is barreling toward Earth at mind-boggling speeds of around 31,228 mph — and it's slated to pass within 4.18 million miles of the planet

The Perseverance rover was built for this moment—and it didn’t disappoint.

Pure Energy Turned Into Matter at Near Light Speed

Flu viruses that can use a second cellular entry point may move more effectively between animals and humans, scientists say.

Around 4.5 billion years ago a giant object around the size of Mars crashed into the proto-planet Earth, called Theia. This essentially redid the planet and created the Moon, but new research suggests it also changed the way Earth would behave for the rest of its days.

It marks the first time a plant has been grown on the moon. In January, China became the first nation to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. Chang'e-4 lunar rover carried among its payload a small biosphere that housed six lifeforms, including cotton seeds. Using data from that biosphere experiment, researchers constructed a […] The post China grew a plant on the moon - it sprouted two leaves, data indicates appeared first on...

Kioxia introduced an optical interface for SSDs, which allows storage placement as far as 40 meters away from the host for better power efficiency, cooling, and data center layout planning.

"These exercises ultimately help the planetary-defense community communicate with each other and with our governments to ensure we are all coordinated should a potential impact threat be identified in the future," said NASA planetary defense officer Lindley Johnson in a press release.

A fringe theory called "panspermia" suggests that lifeforms can spread to new planets by hitching rides on meteors. New research lays out a roadmap for finding where these hypothetical, planet-hopping aliens may reside.

"Instead of evolving into separate species over time, lineages readily hybridize with each other," a researcher said.

They have a short window of 4-plus years to plan excursion to asteroid whizzing by Earth

Trump has gotten more hostile to Project 2025 and its authors as criticism around the document mounts.

A scientific drilling ship has burrowed further into Earth’s mantle than ever before, obtaining new clues about the processes that feed oceanic volcanoes and the possible origins of life

The countdown is on.

A supercomputer at NASA produced an immersive, simulation of what happens when an object falls into a supermassive black hole.

Packed “peas in a pod” planetary systems could slow a comet through a game of gravitational pinball to enable a delivery of chemical building blocks for life, Cambridge researchers said.