Millennia before chocolate fountains (above) were mainstays at wedding receptions, the cacao-derived ingredient was important to people living in Central and South America. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
It’s time to rewrite the history of chocolate. Using both archaeological and genomic data, researchers have revealed that consumption of the now globally-loved ingredient started much earlier than thought — and has a different birthplace than many assumed.
Chocolate is a ...read more
Scientists are debating landing sites for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, which will look for signs of life on the Red Planet. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Battle lines are being drawn on the Red Planet. Last week, more than 200 scientists from around the globe gathered in Los Angeles to debate the best place to send NASA’s Mars 2020 rover. The choice of landing site will steer the direction of Mars research for the next several decades.
Similar in design to Curiosity, the as-yet-unnamed rov ...read more
Saturn’s Moon Dione. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
Saturn’s moon Dione appears to be getting its tiger on. The world is decorated with long, bright stripes, according to a new study, something astronomers say is unlike anything else they’ve seen in the solar system.
After first noticing these stripes, researchers from the Planetary Science Institute and the Smithsonian began trying to figure out where they came from and why they exist.
Unusual L ...read more
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To step outside on a moonlit night is to see the darkness pushed back. The reflected sunlight from our natural satellite during a nearly full moon is enough to limn the nighttime landscape in silver and allow even human eyes to penetrate the gloom. But we can always do better, right? If one moon is good, surely two is even better. One Chinese researcher thinks so, at least. Wu Chunfeng, head of the Tian Fu New Area Science Society ...read more
A new study found that men who hit the gym may give their kids a genetic head start. (Credit: 4 PM Production/Shutterstock)
When most people think of pre-conception health, they think of women. But new research shows that men’s lifestyle choices may also play a significant role in having healthy kids.
A new study published this week in the journal Diabetes suggests that men who exercise moderately before conception have healthier children and that the benefits last well in ...read more
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