Science

Two amateur paleontologists have discovered a site of ‘worldwide importance’ in France containing nearly 400 fossils that date back 470 million years. The exceptionally well-preserved fossils provide evidence that this site was a place of refuge for animals escaping global warming. The site in Montagne Noire is one of the world’s…

The picture above was taken not on Earth, but by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) as it searches for signs of water and ice on the Red Planet. Photographed above an ancient river system in the Aeolis Planum region, the incredible pictures conjure imaginative images of a Martian surface very different…

Picture a very unhappy situation: you have leukemia; what are your options? Everyone knows about the side effects of chemo, and most people will have some idea about the Nobel Prize-winning CAR-T cell therapy—but there’s also a third option. It seems startling to be so overlooked because it’s so straightforward. Blinatumomab…

In October, GNN reported on the first winner of the Vesuvius Challenge, which sought to inspire young people to use AI technology to decode burnt scrolls found in a Pompeii library. Now, the grand prize has been collected by Youssef Nader, Luke Farritor, and Julian Schilliger, who will split an amazing…

A new study proposes a strategy for reversing the memory problems that accompany Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, exploring an alternative to the laser-focused approach of big pharma to target toxic tau proteins known to go hand in glove with these diseases. Rather than remove the damaging compound, scientists at the…

NASA and all space lovers were able to bid a final farewell to the boundary-breaking Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, after a lonely, far-off glimpse of the little craft was captured by the Perseverance Mars Rover on Sunday. A stark picture shows Ingenuity in its final resting place among the Martian dunes after…

Scientists have shown that tomato juice kills a particular bacteria responsible for Typhoid fever, a debilitating tropical disease, in addition to other bacteria that can harm people’s digestive and urinary tract health. Salmonella Typhi is a human-specific pathogen often transmitted in food that not only causes all the symptoms of food…