A new dinosaur species discovered in North America reveals the first known specialized fruit-eating dinosaur: Infernogallus jamesi (or ‘Hell Chicken’), a turkey-sized, feathered dinosaur with a skull
Paleontologists have named a new dinosaur, Infernogallus jamesi, from the Hell Creek Formation in the U.S., where the turkey-sized animal lived in the Cretaceous and had a skull built for eating fruit. It is the first…
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A nationwide US study has found that pregnant women exposed to fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke, particularly during the middle and late stages of pregnancy, face an increased risk of havin
Scientists tested hair and nails from 8 Inca child mummies sacrificed on Andes mountaintops 500 years ago and found these kids were given coca leaves and alcohol, likely to ease their long, scary fina
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China publicly announces detailed plan to land astronauts on the Moon within the next three years
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The deep ocean's protection against warming started to change in 2016.
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Research estimates that nearly 75% of all NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) neuropathology. CTE is a neurodegenerative disease that has been diagnos
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Perceived effectiveness of online vigilantism: The role of schadenfreude and moral grandstanding
How one family gave a critical boost to gene therapy research
A gene therapy for a rare inherited disease won approval from the Food and Drug Administration in September. Families of children with Sanfilippo syndrome helped fund the research that led to it. Eliza O'Neill was…
Eight weeks of mindfulness-based therapy altered brain responses to drug cues in people with opioid use disorder: a randomized clinical trial found reduced prefrontal cortical responses to drug-relate
A randomized trial from Mount Sinai researchers tested Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE), a behavioral therapy, in people with opioid use disorder. Eighty-six people in long-term inpatient care in New…
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Beehives have a built-in colony-wide immune system, with multiple layers of defense that help protect thousands of bees from pathogens and disease
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Teens whose rule-breaking and aggression persisted were roughly twice as likely to vote populist-right as adults, while teens with anxiety or depression tended to lean left and vote less, according to
A randomized, placebo-controlled study found that experimentally inducing brief inflammation in healthy women temporarily increased symptoms of anhedonia and reduced their motivation to socialize, hig
NASA Explores Potential Commercial Servicing for Hubble Telescope
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Ontario's measles outbreak hit 2,377 people over nearly a year, and 89% were not vaccinated. Most were kids and teens. 166 were hospitalized, 10 babies were infected before birth, and one infant died.
China plans to achieve 1st crewed lunar landing before 2030: deputy chief designer
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Men lose 16% more healthy years than women worldwide, yet only a handful of countries have a men's health policy. A new Lancet series says much of it is preventable (poverty, jobs, masculinity norms)
Paper straws could be doing more harm than good, study suggests
Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovers possible new solar system dwarf planet beyond Neptune
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Untrained dogs can spontaneously detect the unique scent of an epileptic seizure from a complete stranger's sweat sample, suggesting that canines may have an innate ability to prioritize and recognize
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Two new neighbors in the Rubin preview
Space-Grown Glioblastoma Organoids Could Help Advance Brain Cancer Treatments: Results show that space-grown organoids more closely resemble human glioblastoma tumors than those grown on Earth
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This October is on track to be the hottest ever recorded
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Researchers tie exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy to higher risk of autism: study of 893,212 mother-child pairs born between 2007 and 2014, links wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy to
Mechanical clot removal can improve functional recovery for certain stroke patients up to 72 hours after symptom onset, provided they have salvageable brain tissue, but the procedure carries a signifi
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Comets probably didn’t seed life on Earth after all, new study suggests
A Cambridge-led study using computer models finds that comets were very unlikely to have delivered the molecular building blocks for life to early Earth. The work challenges a century-old theory and lists asteroid…
Earliest spoken audio of endangered U.S. language discovered
A new study suggests that the true scale of global wildlife trade may be far greater due to major gaps in trade and wildlife collection data. The research estimates that over 107,000 species are used
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Interactive Archive Shares Shell’s Early Climate Research / Documents include a 1966 memo from British scientist James Lovelock and a 1988 report predicting “dramatic” changes in sea level, ocean curr
After Flying Past the Moon, Artemis II Astronaut Reid Wiseman has Landed at a New Job in California, Deputy Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
More than a third of western states’ glacial cover has been lost since 1950s as planet warms. More than 300 glaciers in those states have disappeared entirely, a first-of-its-kind inventory and analys
