Chinese researchers have successfully proven the existence of the very massive first-generation stars, which are the oldest stars in the universe. After years of work, they have discovered the chemical signature of these stars for the first time, a breakthrou…

Recent scientific discoveries have shown that Neanderthal genes comprise some 1 to 4% of the genome of present-day humans whose ancestors migrated out of Africa, but the question remained open on how much those genes are still actively influencing human trait…

Computer models confirm that the African Superplume is responsible for the unusual deformations as well as rift-parallel seismic anisotropy observed beneath the East African Rift System.

Romantic heterosexual relationships in humans may have evolved from same-sex pairings in a common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, according to a novel hypothesis by a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin.

Living organisms, ecosystems and the planet Earth are, from a physics point of view, examples of extraordinarily large and complex systems that are not in thermal equilibrium. To physically describe non-equilibrium systems, dynamic density functional theory h…

Iani smithi provides insights into how dinosaurs weather mid-Cretaceous ecological change.

Life on Earth owes its existence to photosynthesis—a process which is 2.3 billion years old. This immensely fascinating (and still not fully understood) reaction enables plants and other organisms to harvest sunlight, water and carbon dioxide while converting…

Lead aprons were designed to protect reproductive organs from radiation. But are they actually necessary?

Move over Mount Everest! There is a new mega mountain range on Earth, and you won't believe where it is located!

Take a lattice—a flat section of a grid of uniform cells, like a window screen or a honeycomb—and lay another, similar lattice above it. But instead of trying to line up the edges or the cells of both lattices, give the top grid a twist so that you can see po…

High entropy oxides (HEOs) have been tentatively and prospectively applied for catalysis and energy storage. However, it is hard to further enhance their performance due to the difficult regulation of HEOs' physical-chemical properties. Although some optimize…

NASA's James Webb Telescope camera discovered a mystery in the form of a comet with water - but no carbon monoxide

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules in a galaxy 12.3 billion light-years away — the furthest and oldest ever detected.

New X-ray capability could find wide application in environmental and medical research, as well as the development of batteries and microelectronic devices.

Astrophotographer clicks stunning image of ISS transiting a crescent moon

Astrophysicists show that LAMOST J1010+2358, a very metal-poor in the Galactic halo, is clear evidence of pair-instability supernovae from very massive first stars in the early Universe.

Researchers reconstructed the evolutionary origins of primate masturbation and found it was an ancestral trait that goes back to the ancestor of all moneys and apes.

Identification of a population of neurons in the brains of female mice that drives hostility towards pups.

Our nearest planetary neighbors can help you map your place in the solar system.

Fossil remains of a cell membrane component identified in rocks dating back about 1.6 billion years are opening a window into what scientists are calling a "lost world" of microscopic organisms that were the primordial forerunners of Earth's fungi, algae, pla…

They collected samples of mantle rock from beneath the Lost City.

A new paper argues that materials like wood, bacteria, and fungi belong to a newly identified class of matter, "hydration solids."