The 635-million-year-old pyritized fungus-like microfossils found in the Ediacaran-period Doushantuo Formation in China provide direct fossil evidence for the colonization...
(Inside Science) -- Ancient thumbs now suggest human-like manual dexterity may have begun emerging by about 2 million years ago, shedding new light on previous...
Seawater makes up about 96% of all water on earth, making it a tempting resource to meet the world's growing need for clean drinking water and...
The National Science Foundation's Green Bank Observatory (GBO) and National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and Raytheon Intelligence & Space conducted a test...
Researchers used ultrabright x-rays to identify lithium hydride and a new form of lithium fluoride in the interphase of lithium metal anodes.
High schoolers discover four exoplanets through the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian mentorship program.
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A new type of rocket thruster that could take humankind to Mars and beyond has been proposed by a physicist. The device would apply magnetic fields...
Thread-like filaments, attached to hollow spheres in 635 million-year-old rocks, represent the earliest evidence we have of life on land. They may also hel
The best and brightest show of the year so far makes its debut at sunset Thursday.