While we as humans are now aware of microplastics and are actively trying to avoid them, crickets may choose to consume them as a tasty snack.
Microplastics can range in size from 5 millimeters (mm) wide to 1 micrometer, according to a new study…
The identity of Nanotyrannus has long hinged on one unresolved question: Was it its own small-bodied predator — or simply a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex that hadn’t finished growing?
Now, researchers say a tiny bone in the throat has delivered…
Before the Black Death claimed millions of lives across medieval Europe, its arrival on the continent may have been propelled by volcanic eruptions. These eruptions likely brought a string of unusually cold and wet summers, triggering widespread…
If you close one eye or put a finger to your ear, there’s an immediate sense of…
Rules of thumb for maintaining healthy lifestyles may seem ubiquitous. They dictate how many steps we should be getting in a day or how many glasses of water we need to stay hydrated. But how many of these goals have been backed by science, and…
A geothermal startup said Thursday that it has hit gold in Nevada—metaphorically speaking. Zanskar, which uses AI to find hidden geothermal resources deep underground, says that it has identified a new commercially viable site for a potential…
The hadrosaurs had hard lives. That’s what their bones seem to suggest, anyway.
According to a new paper published in iScience, a team of paleontologists has analyzed the peculiar injuries found in the fossils of hadrosaurs, or “duck-billed”…
Chunks of satellites and pieces of debris falling from space are causing trouble down here on Earth
Easter Island’s Rapa Nui statues were carved by several independent groups, including…
