Indonesia’s Flores Island, once home to diminutive Homo floresiensis (skull cast shown above), also has modern pygmy populations. Researchers sequenced DNA from some of the individuals to determine if they might be descended from the archaic “hobbit.� (Credit: Australian Museum)
From the home of the “hobbit� (and I’m not talking about The Shire): Researchers have sequenc ...read more
This spectacular impact crater on Mars, imaged by HiRISE on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, spans 100 feet (30 meters) and shows a clear system of rays in enhanced color.(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona)
Fiery chunks of rock are constantly bombarding the planetary bodies of our solar system, leaving behind long-lasting scars. These gouges, in the form of craters, can be used to learn about the history of our little nook in the vast universe, prompting scientists to feverishly study ...read more
Stonehenge. (Credit: Brian C. Weed/Shutterstock)
New analysis of the remains of Neolithic people buried at Stonehenge suggests many did not live anywhere near the prehistoric monument, according to a study in Nature Scientific Reports.
After a century of research into Stonehenge’s construction, we still know little about the people who lived and died there. But now, with a fresh method for obtaining biological information from cremated remains, scientists are re-envisioning ...read more
This artist’s concept shows Kepler 452b, an exoplanet just 1,400 light years away. Known as Earth’s “cousin,� the terrestrial world falls within its host star’s habitable zone and receives enough UV light for RNA-forming chemical reactions to take place. (Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle)
Want to know if a planet has what it takes to develop life? Look at its light.
Research published August 1 ...read more
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