A huge ancient Mayan city that may have housed between 30,000 and 50,000 people at its peak between 750 and 850 AD was discovered in Mexico by accident thanks to Lidar technology.
For most of our evolutionary history, human activity has been linked to daylight. Technology has liberated us from these ancient sleep-wake cycles, but there is evidence sunlight has left and continues to leave its mark.
Some 3.26 billion years ago a giant rock between 50 and 200 times the size of the Chicxulub dino-killer smacked into our planet. The result of this impact may have churned up nutrients that gave a select few early microbes a boost.
Resaerchers found that a specific fungus can recognize shapes, and communicate information about their surroundings throughout their network.
To minimize the risk of cardiovascular disease, our arteries need to be clear and inflammation-free, and scientists have developed a new technique that uses carbon nanoparticles to fight the buildup of dangerous plaques.
Scientists have recently discovered 14 'skinny' genes that could influence how individuals lost weight in response to exercise.
The earliest cells likely didn't have membranes to separate and protect their components and chemistry away from a harsh surrounding environment. But they may have made do with rain.
Highly reactive complex molecules finding some sort of stability was a necessary step towards life getting started on Earth.
Researchers at ETH Zurich have managed to make sound waves travel only in one direction. In the future, this method could also be used in technical applications with electromagnetic waves.
The prize honors innovation at Google DeepMind and in academia. Three researchers share the award for using machine learning to predict proteins' 3D shapes and design the molecules from scratch.
Humans could also have a mechanism to temporarily slow down the development of an embryo.
Japanese researchers have uncovered inorganic nanostructures around deep-ocean hydrothermal vents that closely resemble key molecules involved in life processes.
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won for discoveries that paved the way for the AI boom.
Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, an extraordinary discovery has been made. Microbes — alive and thriving — have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock.
This discovery may shed light on new physics, taking us closer to breakthroughs in particle interactions beyond the Standard Model.
