Newfound frog called smallest known backboned animal

The frog, which makes a cricket-like sound and is well un­der a cen­ti­me­tre long, was giv­en the sci­en­tif­ic name Pae­do­phryne ama­uen­sis.

First Earth-sized planets beyond Solar System reported

The two plan­ets, dubbed Kep­ler-20e and 20f, are the small­est plan­ets found to date. They are 6,900 miles and 8,200 miles wide — equiv­a­lent to 0.87 times Earth, or slightly smaller than Ve­nus, and 1.03 times Earth. They are ex­pected to have rocky make­ups. Both worlds cir­cle Kep­ler-20, a star slightly cool­er than the Sun and lo­cat­ed 950 light-years from Earth. (It would take the space shut­tle 36 mil­lion years to trav­el to Kep­ler-20.)

Electron freedom could spark new computing

A new kind of quantum computing could now be possible given the latest discovery about the way electrons interact.

Tiny footprints found amid dinosaur nests

Tiny footprints and fossil embryos at the oldest dinosaur nesting site ever found have revealed new details about how these ancient creatures reared their young.

Noisy Miners Co-operate Regardless Of Whether They Are Related

Researchers are finding clues on how and why noisy miners work together to fend off threats to their colony.

Vast web of dark matter mapped

Astronomers have created a vast cosmic map revealing an intricate web of dark matter and galaxies spanning a distance of one billion light-years.

Hints that 'extinct' giant tortoises live on

Scientists say an iconic tortoise that has been presumed extinct in the Galapagos Islands for 150 years may still exist, based on DNA blood samples from the giant creatures' living children.