Science

Describing a “once-in-a-million year event,” an international team of paleontologists has suggested that, though nearly impossible, a herd of pony-sized duck-billed dinosaurs must have either floated or swam across to Africa up to 66 million years ago. Fossils belonging to three species of duck-billed dinosaurs were found in Morocco, on a…

A team of researchers has discovered that even if you only have time to exercise once or twice a week, you can still reap the same benefits as those who exercise more frequently, specifically as regards weight loss, provided you meet certain minimums for duration and intensity. Guidelines from the World…

While the ancient Egyptians may have made eyeliner famous, a stunningly detailed archaeological find shows that ancient Iranians may have held the first patents on lipstick. Detailed recently in a study in the journal Scientific Reports, a vial of deep red powder found during excavations of a pre-Achaemenid Iranian civilization dating…

Quasars are the bright cores of distant galaxies powered by supermassive black holes, and 12 billion light years away, one has been found that is shining brighter than 500 trillion suns. Growing in mass by the equivalent of one Sun per day, it’s the fastest-growing black hole to date, but at…

Unfortunately for the human taste of beauty, forest plants have no need to glow in the dark like those in the movie Avatar. Fortunately for the human taste of beauty, we can genetically modify plants to glow in the dark. Cleared as non-disruptive by the USDA and now available for pre-order, the…

A century of gradual reforestation across the American East and Southeast has kept the region cooler than it otherwise would have become, a new study shows. The pioneering study of progress shows how the last 25 years of accelerated reforestation around the world might significantly pay off in the second half…

The Perseverance rover on Mars recorded the potato-shaped moon of Phobos crossing in front of the Sun last week—a Martian eclipse. The rover was able to snap 68 images of the February 8th transit from its vantage point in the Jezero Crater, many of which unmistakably looked like classic, stick-on googly…