Prehistoric people hunted woolly mammoth. A growing body of research suggests that this species – and at least 46 other megaherbivore species – have been driven to extinction by humans.…
Amputees have been able to control their prosthetic limbs with their brains in a major scientific advance that allows for a smoother gait and improved ability to overcome obstacles, according…
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By Xantha Leatham, Deputy Science Editor for The Daily Mail 15:09 01 July 2024, updated 15:14 01 July 2024 With no dinosaurs to trample the trees, vines like grapes flourished…
LAKE CAMPBELL, Fla. — Emily Elliott was searching the water for something precious.Elliott, a University of Alabama scientist who studies ancient hurricanes, came to this lake on the Gulf Coast…
New research into ripples in the fabric of space-time suggests that a nearly 2,000-year-old cosmic calculator followed the lunar calendar instead of the solar one.The hand-operated "Antikythera Mechanism" was recovered…
If you've ever wanted to take a walk into deep space, this might be as close as you can get.In this stunning animation, NASA lets the viewer wander through the…
Lithouva - the earliest fossil grape from the Western Hemisphere, ~60 million years from Columbia. The top figure shows a fossil accompanied by a CT reconstruction. The lower part shows…
WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX are investigating how to modify the Dragon spacecraft's re-entry process to limit the amount of debris from the spacecraft's trunk section that reaches the ground.…