Genetic Traces of Mysterious Human Lineage Detected in People Living in West Africa
Researchers found a "ghost population" that interbred with the ancestors of modern humans. ghostlineage_topNteaser.jpg ...read more
Month: February 2020
NASA’s Next Potential Discovery Missions are Very Volcanic
The four finalists for NASA's next Discovery Mission have been announced and they're all to worlds where volcanism is vital. ...read more
The Heat Goes On: Last Month Was The Warmest January On Record
The four warmest Januaries documented in the climate record have all occurred since 2016. ...read more
Venomous Snot Helps These Jellyfish Sting Without Their Tentacles
For decades, people couldn't figure out why swimming over upside-down jellyfish made their skin hurt. Scientists finally cracked the code. ...read more
Astronaut Christina Koch’s 328 Days in Space Are Helping Us Better Prepare for a Trip to Mars
After spending nearly a full year in space, scientists will use Koch’s mission to study how microgravity affects women. ...read more
Latest Data From New Horizons’ Flyby of Arrokoth Reveals Clues to Solar System’s Formation
Data from the tiny world known as Arrokoth reveal brand-new insights into how the planets came together. ...read more
What Mongolia’s Dairy Farmers Have to Teach Us About the Hidden History of Microbes
Dairying is one of the great puzzles of history. An archaeologist set out to unravel it and, in the process, discovered Mongolia's hidden wealth of endangered microbes. ...read more
Paleontologists Unearth 9-Foot-Long Turtle With Massive Spikes on its Shell
Longer than any NBA player is tall, S. geographicus cruised around with some serious armor. ...read more
We’ve Sequenced the Human Genome. So Why Haven’t We Cured More Diseases?
Unlocking the blueprint to human life was a big step for biology. But most diseases are too complex to pin to a single gene. ...read more
How Many Exoplanets Have Been Discovered, and How Many Are Waiting to Be Found?
Astronomers estimate that there are billions of worlds beyond our solar system. ...read more