Skull and Bones: everything we know so far
Skull and Bones has been pushed back, and does not currently have a release date. Here's what we do know......»»
Thin and brittle bones strongly linked to women"s heart disease risk
Thin and brittle bones are strongly linked to women's heart disease risk, with thinning of the lower (lumbar) spine, top of the thigh bone (femoral neck), and hip especially predictive of a heightened heart attack and stroke risk......»»
Did our ancestors kill all the island megafauna?
Study adds data to a long-running argument. The bones of a pygmy mammoth. (credit: National Park Service/Justin Tweet) Humans haven't always been great to nature. But at least our ancestors may not have killed off island megafauna in the dista.....»»
How habitat and reproduction influence the diversity and evolution of frogs
Scientists from the Natural History Museum have led a new study reconstructing the evolution of the frog skull, to understand how habitat and reproduction influence the diversity and evolution of frogs......»»
Sister of boy, 6, who had skull fractured by e-scooter rider calls for under-21 ban
The sister of a six-year-old boy who suffered a fractured skull after being hit by an e-scooter rider has called for a ban on the devices for under-21s......»»
How reef-building corals got their bones
Coral reefs provide shelter, sustenance and stability to a range of organisms, but these vital ecosystems would not exist if not for the skeletal structure created by stony corals. Now, KAUST scientists together with an international team have reveal.....»»
Transparent fish without a skull roof becomes a model organism for neurophysiology
Senckenberg scientist Ralf Britz has joined forces with US researchers Kevin Conway and Kole Kubicek, Texas A&M, to study the evolutionary skeletal development of Danionella dracula, a tiny, transparent fish. The fish lacks several bones—including.....»»
Nuclear DNA from sediments helps unlock ancient human history
The field of ancient DNA has revealed important aspects of human evolutionary past, including relationships with Denisovans and Neandertals. These studies have relied on DNA from bones and teeth, which store DNA and protect it from the environment......»»
Study cements age and location of hotly debated skull from early human Homo erectus
A new study verifies the age and origin of one of the oldest specimens of Homo erectus—a very successful early human who roamed the world for nearly 2 million years. In doing so, the researchers also found two new specimens at the site—likely the.....»»
How baked bat guano helped archaeologists understand our ancient past
In an experiment to understand better how ancient artifacts are altered by the sediment in which they are buried for thousands of years, Australian archaeological scientists buried bones, stones, charcoal and other items in bat guano, cooked it, and.....»»
Why a space probe is using powdered bones as sunscreen
Dublin-based ENBIO created a coating from burnt bones, allowing ESA's Solar Orbiter probe to withstand temperatures hot enough to melt lead......»»
Analysis of ancient bones reveals Stone Age diet details
Fish was not on the menu of the hunter-gatherers of southern Europe 27,000 years ago. Surprisingly, people on the Iberian Peninsula in the Late Gravettian period mostly ate plants and land animals such as rabbits, deer and horses. An international te.....»»
Study shows that Early Neolithic sheep-breeders were faced with high levels of mortality among young animals
A study of ancient bones shows that Early Neolithic sheep-breeders were faced with high levels of mortality among young animals in their herds. A statistical model, partly developed at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, allowed the age.....»»
Rust Takes "Tentative First Step" Toward Linux Kernel
In his This Week in Programming column, Mike Melanson writes: Rustaceans' dreams of Rust's inclusion in the Linux kernel are one tiny, ever so slight step closer to becoming a reality, with this week's "intentionally bare-bones" inclusion in Linux-n.....»»
Ancient fish DNA provides a window back in time
The accidental discovery of fossilized three-spine stickleback bones dating back 12 thousand years, has enabled scientist to confirm parallel evolution, or evolutionary changes or adaptions which take place repeatedly......»»
A Maya ambassador’s grave reveals his surprisingly difficult life
The grave offers a rare glimpse at the lives of high-ranking Mayan officials. Enlarge / This painted vessel, which depicts a bird, is one of two found in the ambassador's grave. (credit: Cambridge University Press) The bones of a Maya ambassad.....»»
An ancient Maya ambassador"s bones show a life of privilege and hardship
An important Maya man buried nearly 1,300 years ago led a privileged yet difficult life. The man, a diplomat named Ajpach' Waal, suffered malnutrition or illness as a child, but as an adult he helped negotiate an alliance between two powerful dynasti.....»»
Journey of a skull: How a single human cranium wound up alone in a cave in Italy
A lone cranium in an Italian cave wound up there after being washed away from its original burial site, according to a study published March 3, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Maria Giovanna Belcastro of the University of Bologna, Italy a.....»»
New technology allows scientists first glimpse of intricate details of Little Foot"s life
In June 2019, an international team brought the complete skull of the 3.67-million-year-old Little Foot Australopithecus skeleton from South Africa to the U.K.'s national synchrotron, Diamond Light Source, and achieved unprecedented imaging resolutio.....»»
Mechanism by which exercise strengthens bones and immunity
Scientists have identified the specialized environment, known as a niche, in the bone marrow where new bone and immune cells are produced. The study also shows that movement-induced stimulation is required for the maintenance of this niche, as well a.....»»
Collagen structures get the royal reveal
An algorithm predicts the structures and melting temperatures of collagen, the triple helix that accounts for about a third of the body's proteins and forms the fibrous glue in skin, bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments......»»