The composition of Uranus and Neptune might be less icy than previously thought, according to a new study by University of Zürich scientists. “The ice giant classification is oversimplified as Uranus ...

In new research, an international team of researchers used high-resolution 3D imaging techniques, including microCT scanning, to reconstruct brain shapes from more than three dozen species.

Scientists from Stellenbosch University and elsewhere have used advanced uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating and elemental mapping to measure trace amounts of uranium and lead inside the calcite of fossilized ...

Oat (Avena sativa) grain is a traditional human food that is rich in dietary fiber and contributes to improved human health. Interest in the crop has surged in recent years owing to its use as the ...

Paleontologists have unearthed a beautifully preserved skull and jaws as well as part of the postcranial skeleton of a previously unknown peirosaur species in Patagonia, Argentina. Kostensuchus atrox ...

Paleontologists in China have discovered the skeletal remains of a remarkable new genus and species of huge-sized mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic epoch. The newly-described species ...

Paracetamol, a pain medication also known as acetaminophen, is traditionally made from dwindling supplies of fossil fuels including crude oil. Thousands of tons of fossil fuels are used annually to ...

A new theory by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Gunther Kletetschka argues that time comes in three dimensions rather than just the single one we experience as continual forward progression, ...

Pre-contact Central and South American dogs (Canis familiaris) — all dogs preceding contact with European settlers — descended from a single maternal lineage that diverged after dogs entered North ...

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis roamed our planet during the Cretaceous period, some 86 million years ago. This dinosaur was a medium-sized, fleet-footed predator that evolved after the extinction of other ...

Archaeopteryx lived approximately 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period. The Chicago specimen is the smallest one known, only about the size of a pigeon. Its tiny, hollow bones are ...

Paleontologists have described a new specimen of the genus Archaeopteryx from the Mörnsheim Formation in the Franconian Alb of Bavaria, Germany. Archaeopteryx is a genus of feathered bird-like ...