It may be easier than researchers thought to form diamonds inside giant planets, which means that it might rain diamonds on up to a third of the planets we’ve discovered so far ​It may be easier than researchers thought to form diamonds inside giant planets, which means that it might rain diamonds on up to …

Diamond rain may be more common across the universe than we thought Read More »

A Finnish start-up has developed a method of grinding up chicken or fish bones into a nutritious paste to make meat production more efficient. New Scientist conducted a taste test with mixed results ​A Finnish start-up has developed a method of grinding up chicken or fish bones into a nutritious paste to make meat production …

Animal bones ground into an edible paste could help reduce food waste Read More »

A winter wonderland calls to mind piles of fluffy, glistening snow. But to reach the ground, snowflakes are swept into the turbulent atmosphere, swirling through the air instead of plummeting directly to the ground. Researchers found that regardless of turbulence or snowflake type, acceleration follows a universal statistical pattern that can be described as an …

Snowflakes swirling in turbulent air as they fall through a laser light sheet Read More »

Early in the 1970s, paleontologists discovered strange fossilized fruits between hardened rock from one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history. The identity of these fossils remained elusive for the next several decades. Using CT scanning, scientists have now determined they are the oldest fossils from species in the Frankincense and Myrrh family. ​Early …

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Are we able to differentiate between the vocal emissions of certain primates? A team asked volunteers to categorize the vocalizations of three species of great apes (Hominidae) and humans. During each exposure to these ”onomatopoeia”, brain activity was measured. Unlike previous studies, the scientists reveal that phylogenetic proximity — or kinship — is not the …

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Researchers have identified a species of frog new to science. The Indonesian amphibian is the size of a quarter, unlike its two-pound cousins, and has tiny fangs. Nearly uniquely among amphibians, they lay their eggs on the leaves of trees, and the males guard and tend to the nests.  ​Researchers have identified a species of …

World’s smallest ‘fanged’ frogs found in Indonesia Read More »

Focusing on the Lake Titicaca Basin in the Andes mountains, anthropologists found through analysis of 1,179 projectile points that the rise of archery technology dates to around 5,000 years ago. Previous research held that archery in the Andes emerged around 3,000 years ago. The new research from UC Davis indicates that the adoption of bow-and-arrow …

Rise of archery in Andes Mountains dated to 5,000 years ago — earlier than previous research Read More »

The intricate process of duplicating genetic information, referred to as DNA replication, lies at the heart of the transmission of life from one cell to another and from one organism to the next. This happens by not just simply copying the genetic information; a well-orchestrated sequence of molecular events has to happen at the right …

Cells of the future: A key to reprogramming cell identities Read More »