Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert
Underground tunnels created by lava flows provided humans with shelter for thousands of years beneath the hot desert landscape of…
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Muons are still behaving oddly, which could break particle physics
An experiment at Fermilab in the US suggests that muons rotate faster than expected, which would be a problem for…
Modern humans were already in northern Europe 45,000 years ago
DNA from bones found in a cave in Germany has been identified as from Homo sapiens, showing that our species…
The US is doing its biggest-ever survey of nature and wildlife
The National Nature Assessment, slated to be completed in 2026, will be the largest assessment of water, land and wildlife…
How to see the moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars line up tonight
Tonight, after sunset, it will be possible to see three planets line up with the crescent moon – and a…
Mechanical backpack boosts the sensation of jumping in virtual reality
A VR accessory called JumpMod can make users feel like they are jumping higher or landing harder, just by moving…
Mathematician wins Abel prize for solving equations with geometry
Luis Caffarelli has been awarded the most prestigious prize in mathematics for his work on nonlinear partial differential equations, which…
Watch how the continents have shifted over the past 100 million years
The transformation of Earth’s land masses from the Cretaceous Period onwards have been reconstructed in unprecedented detail down to a…
The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish
Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original…
X-ray boosting fabric could make mammograms less painful
A flexible fabric called X-Wear could replace some parts of medical scanners, which would make taking X-rays and CT scans…