Monday 31 December 2018
A rock 'twice as big as Earth' pushed Uranus onto its side
Thursday 6 December 2018
Atomic clocks so precise they can measure the distortion of space-time
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Biggest black hole collision yet detected by gravitational waves
Sunday 25 November 2018
Spectacular cosmic pinwheel set to blast gamma rays across the Milky Way
Wednesday 21 November 2018
Friday 16 November 2018
Wednesday 14 November 2018
World's oldest-known animal cave art painted at least 40,000 years ago in Borneo
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Wednesday 3 October 2018
Third dwarf planet discovered on outskirts of solar system
Wednesday 26 September 2018
Fossilised cholesterol confirms Dickinsonia as Earth's oldest known animal
Wednesday 19 September 2018
Oldest-known hashtag made by Stone Age humans in Africa
Wednesday 29 August 2018
DNA reveals hybrid of Neanderthal mother and Denisovan father
Wednesday 22 August 2018
First direct evidence of water ice on the surface of the moon
Wednesday 8 August 2018
No ancestral link between 'hobbits' and two present-day 'pygmy' lineages
- Groups of pygmy people live near a site where fossils of a short-statured species of hominin called Homo floresiensis were found
- Whether present-day inhabitants are descendants of Homo floresiensis was up for debate
- New DNA analysis shows no ancestral link between current population and Homo floresiensis
- Short stature evolved twice in two separate lineages of hominins on Flores
Blogger Comment:
Given that the Homo floresiensis fossils are physically consistent with Australopithecines and physically inconsistent with both Homo erectus and Homo sapiens, this is not a surprising finding.
Wednesday 1 August 2018
Vast lake of liquid water detected beneath Mars' southern pole
Thursday 19 July 2018
Cosmic neutrinos traced to their source for first time: A distant blazar
Wednesday 11 July 2018
New dinosaur fossil pushes evolution of gigantism in sauropods back 30 million years
Thursday 28 June 2018
Extinct gibbon earliest known ape to vanish after the last Ice Age
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Bogong moths use the Earth's magnetic field to get their bearings on long distance migrations
Friday 22 June 2018
Three newly formed planets detected around a faraway star for the very first time
Wednesday 20 June 2018
Wednesday 13 June 2018
Mars Curiosity rover detects seasonal changes in methane levels
Friday 8 June 2018
Mars rover finds organic matter in ancient lake bed
Wednesday 6 June 2018
Saturday 2 June 2018
New map of Alaska’s ancient coast supports theory that America’s first people arrived by boat
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Ancient DNA shows first farmers in South-East Asia migrated from China 4,500 years ago
Thursday 17 May 2018
A very distant fast-growing monster black hole discovered
Wednesday 16 May 2018
Artificial intelligence mimics human brain cells used for navigation — and takes shortcuts
Thursday 26 April 2018
Wednesday 18 April 2018
'Tweezers of light' used to trap two single atoms and build molecule
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Fossilised Finger Bone May Be the Earliest Evidence of Sapiens on the Arabian Peninsula
Sunday 8 April 2018
Friday 6 April 2018
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Thursday 22 March 2018
Early humans used ochre and traded tools amid turbulent times in Africa 300,000 years ago
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Jupiter: deep jet streams, dense liquid core — and cyclone mystery
Thursday 1 March 2018
Signals from the first stars in the universe detected
Wednesday 28 February 2018
Chimps and bonobos share a similar protolanguage
World's oldest-known rock art created by Neanderthals, not modern humans
Friday 16 February 2018
Ants rescue fallen comrades from the battlefield for emergency treatment
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Magpies' brain power may be boosted by living in larger groups
Sunday 11 February 2018
Mystery surrounds ancient but advanced tools found in India
Friday 9 February 2018
60,000 Mayan structures found preserved under dense Guatemalan jungle
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Ancient arachnid trapped in amber a missing link in spider evolution
Monday 5 February 2018
The Very First Exoplanets Found Outside The Milky Way
Thursday 1 February 2018
Ancient jaw bone found in Israel shows modern humans left Africa 180,000 years ago
Wednesday 17 January 2018
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