An ancient, massive urban complex has been found in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Scientists have uncovered the Amazon’s earliest and largest example of farm-based citylike settlements high in the foothills of the Ecuadorian…
Numbats are built to hold heat, making climate change extra risky for the marsupials
Numbats are curious creatures. The only marsupials that are active solely during the day, when they scratch at soil and…
The oldest known fossilized skin shows how life adapted to land
A dark sliver of rock pulled from an Oklahoma limestone quarry is the world’s oldest fossil cast of skin ever…
The strongest known fast radio burst has been traced to a 7-galaxy pileup
NEW ORLEANS — A mind-bogglingly strong spurt of electromagnetic energy has for the first time been traced back to a…
Earth’s largest ape went extinct 100,000 years earlier than once thought
The world’s largest ape vanished from Earth more than 100,000 years earlier than once thought, pushed to extinction as the…
How ancient herders rewrote northern Europeans’ genetic story
Ancient herders, who rode horses and drove ox-drawn carts west out of their grassy homelands in southwest Asia, erased a…
The real culprit in a 19th century dinosaur whodunit is finally revealed
A sledgehammer dealt the final blow to New York City’s dream of a paleontology museum. On May 3, 1871, workers…
Here’s how poison dart frogs safely hoard toxins in their skin
Toxins found in the skin of poison dart frogs may hitch a ride there via molecular taxicabs. As a group,…
Here’s the science behind the burbling sound of water being poured
Ah, the refreshing sound of a cool drink of water being poured. You might feel thirsty just thinking about it.…
The teen brain is especially susceptible to the harms of THC
Ask thousands of teens whether frequent use of certain substances brings a high risk of harm, and they mostly nail…
