Category: 9. Sci/Tech

An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is the Lagerstätte that keeps on giving.

Just a few years after uncovering a trove of exceptionally preserved fossils,…

People of all ages can benefit from eating resistant starch from various sources. Resistant starch gives a host of benefits, including improved blood sugar control and better gut health. 

Starch, a carbohydrate, consists of polymers made from…

Your body may move to the music on the dance floor, but how does your brain function when listening to tunes while you work?

A lot of people swear one way or another — electronic music may speed up the pace of typing for some, while others just…

Quantum physics has always challenged our understanding of reality, but a new breakthrough is pushing the limits even further. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a new phase of matter known as a time…

It may look like just another random boulder, but this old Spanish rock bears engraved lines that could be an astounding 200,000 years old, according to government officials.

The age of the lines and how they were formed still needs to be…

Stardust’s prospective clients seem to be governments: As countries consider geoengineering, Stardust could be poised to sell them tools to meet those goals, several experts said. In an emailed answer to questions about its business model,…

For centuries, scientists believed that only the elite were buried in pyramids. But a surprising recent discovery of ancient skeletons has thrown that idea into question. 

In a new study, researchers analysed the remains of people buried in…

Among the vast forests, herds of bison, and steaming geysers, a new hydrothermal feature has emerged at Yellowstone National Park. 

After an exciting summer, with the park seeing a hydrothermal explosion at Biscuit Basin and Norris Geyser Basin,…

Evidence of one of the smallest — and perhaps unluckiest — early human relatives has been found in South Africa, according to a paper in the Journal of Human Evolution.

Researchers who found what they identified as a fossil of a Paranthropus…