Science

Not only were priceless artifacts of Mongolia’s past recently saved from looters, but among the objects found was a rigid and sophisticated riding saddle made of elegantly carved birch. Dating to the 4th century CE, it places Mongolia, a nation whose sons and daughters conquered much of Eurasia on horseback, at…

For centuries, soldiers stood guard along the Great Wall of China, defending the heartland of the North China Plain from nomadic invaders like the Huns, and the ancestors of the Mongols. Now, a new kind of protector stands stalwart on the wall, even as the unfinished parts of the great monument…

From ABC News Australia comes a fantastic development in indigenous-led conservation, as rangers from the Kiwirrkurra traditional owners have recorded the calls of one of the world’s rarest birds, the night parrot. There’s nothing better than a natural enigma to heighten or restore your sense of wonder of the natural world,…

The first FDA-approved treatment using CRISPR may see hundreds of African Americans cured of sickle cell disease. Making headlines without end for years, but only approved for trials, a CRISPR product is now finally on the shelves, so to speak, and this iteration of the treatment is called Casgevy and manufactured…

If you went out into the backyard of a house in a major metropolitan area, how many species of plants and animals would you expect to find there? Well scientists who decided to conduct an experiment at their Brisbane suburban home in order to answer that question managed to find over…

NASA’s Perseverance rover has officially completed exploring Jezero Crater, an ancient crater lake that the agency determined would be an excellent place to search for signs of life. Having just passed its 1,000th day of operations, Perseverance has collected 23 samples of regolith, containing silicates, fine-graned silica, phosphates, and carbonates—in other…

A drug that targets the deadliest form of breast cancer has recently been found to elicit no side effects, and triggered an immune response in 75% of patients. Conducted at the Cleveland Clinic with funding from the Pentagon, the vaccine was administered to 16 women in three separate doses. The form…