Category Science

At a site overlooking the Danjiangkou Reservoir in central China, archaeologists uncovered stone tools so small and finely worked that they’d be easy to overlook. Closer inspection showed that some…

A new artificial intelligence tool can help identify dinosaur footprints that have been difficult to pin to a specific animal, including tracks that may belong to some of the earliest…

When wolves and cougars cross paths, it’s rarely a friendly encounter. But as these two apex predators increasingly share territory across the western United States, a new study suggests cougars…

In September 2024, astronomers noticed something peculiar. A star not too dissimilar to our sun suddenly lost its brightness, appearing 40 times dimmer than normal. There was no obvious explanation.…

Dark matter keeps everything in the whole universe tethered together, acting like a cosmic glue. Although it plays such a pivotal role, scientists haven’t even scratched the surface of this…

The megalith formation at Stonehenge is one of the most enduring mysteries of the Neolithic era. The structure contains large stone slabs from Scotland, Wales, and England, but no written…

Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature publish the new results in The State of Open Data 2025: A Decade of Progress and Challenges London | New York | Berlin, 26…

Dogs can detect cancer by smell, according to a new study in which trained dogs identified hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive blood-vessel cancer, in blood samples. Cancer is a leading cause of…

Glioblastoma is the diagnosis no one wants to get. Due to its rapid and invasive growth, combined with resistance to common forms of treatment, this most aggressive form of brain…

Microorganisms rarely live alone. Instead, they form dense, organized communities known as biofilms, structured assemblies of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes embedded in a shared matrix. These communities coat plant…