Combining several existing datasets, scientists zeroed in on thousands of potential new genes that make roughly 3,000 miniproteins.
Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago.
For the first time, researchers observed a type of quasiparticle that behaves in an unusual way. It only has mass moving in one direction.
A male humpback whale that traveled three oceans, during the years 2013 to 2022. This whale has now broken the record for the longest documented distance yet traveled by a humpback. The animal undertook a journey of 12,875 km.
Capable of handling extreme cold, acid, and dehydration, the microbe Deinococcus radiodurans handles doses of radiation that would kill a human tens of thousands of times over.
International researchers have confirmed a theory that proposes a connection between the complementarity principle and entropic uncertainty.
An experiment more than 10 years in the making has delivered its first glimpse of the hurricane of particles whirring inside subatomic particles called neutrons, laying the groundwork to solve a mystery deep in the heart of matter.
Healing of broken bones and other damaged tissue could be boosted by 3D-printed implants made of materials based on patients’ own blood, according to researchers.
The northern lights are a stunning show of red and purple lights, but scientists are revealing new secrets about much rarer blue lights.
One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started.
Endangered Abyssinian Wolves Observed Pollinating Flowers in Ethiopia, Making Them the First, Large Carnivorous Animal to Do So.
A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans - cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals - that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100,000 years ago.
Ancient footprints in Kenya unveiled Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei coexisting 1.5 million years ago, unlocking fascinating clues about their shared world.
A newly discovered gold ore deposit in China is not just massive—it’s described as "supergiant." Chinese experts claim it could be the largest precious metal deposit in the world.
There is just one specimen of mineral known as Kyawthuite crystal, in the world.
