There’s a weird asteroid shaped like a bone whipping around our sun
Astronomers have got their closest look yet at an unusually shaped asteroid orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars......»»
Why are there hopping mice in Australia but no kangaroos in Asia? It"s a long story
The animals in Australia are super-different to those in Asia. This goes without saying; we know Australia is full of weird and wonderful creatures found nowhere else on Earth, such as the platypus and the koala......»»
Asteroid named after Portuguese astrophysicist
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid after Pedro Machado, astrophysicist at Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA), at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Portugal). Along with the nomination of.....»»
Practicing the game-winning asteroid sample catch
The capsule looked like something from a 1960s sci-fi flick. Resting on the ground, slightly tilted, its white heat shield flaked off in places, it looked how one would expect after speeding in from outer space and streaking across the sky like a sho.....»»
Chemists develop new process for the production of ring-shaped molecules
Most drugs on the market consist of cyclic (ring-shaped) molecules, many of which contain multiple rings. Developing simple and powerful methods for constructing important and novel ring systems remains a task and challenge for chemists in order to p.....»»
7 upcoming weird and wild video game adaptations that you should watch
With dancing aliens, sassy robots, and killer ice cream trucks, these seven upcoming video game adaptations have the potential to be weird, wild, and memorable......»»
Discovery of 500-million-year-old fossil reveals astonishing secrets of tunicate origins
Karma Nanglu says his favorite animal is whichever one he's working on. But his latest subject may hold first place status for a while: a 500-million-year-old fossil from the wonderfully weird group of marine invertebrates, the tunicates......»»
Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted, could explain why modern birds survived while other dinosaurs died
Every bird you've ever seen—every robin, every pigeon, every penguin at the zoo—is a living dinosaur. Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid-induced mass extinction 66 million years ago. But not all the birds alive at th.....»»
All animal intelligence was shaped by just five leaps in brain evolution, new paper argues
The animal world is full of different types of intelligence, from the simple bodily coordination of jellyfish to the navigation abilities of bees, the complex songs of birds and the imaginative symbolic thought of humans......»»
Ends tonight: Save $40 on these Shokz bone conduction headphones
The Shokz OpenRun Pro bone conduction headphones are available from Best Buy's 4th of July sale with a $40 discount that pulls their price down to just $140......»»
Perseverance discovers a doughnut-shaped rock on Mars
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this doughnut-shaped rock in Jezero Crater from about 328 feet (100 meters) away using its Remote Microscopic Imager (RMI), part of the SuperCam instrument, on June 22, 2023, the 832nd Martian day, or sol, of t.....»»
Save $50 on the Samsung Galaxy Buds Live true wireless earbuds
The uniquely-shaped Samsung Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation are on sale from Best Buy at $50 off, lowering their price to $100......»»
Protection of biodiversity and ecosystems: Study finds Europe is still far from meeting its targets
The goal of fully protecting 10% of the EU's land area is ambitious for European countries that have been profoundly shaped by millennia of human transformation. A recently published study in Biodiversity and Conservation, coordinated by the Universi.....»»
Early Human Ancestors Ate Each Other for Food, Fossil Leg Bone Suggests
A fossilized hominin leg shows gashes that were probably made by stone tools.....»»
Neural wavefront shaping camera overcomes light scattering problem in optical imaging
Engineers from Rice University and the University of Maryland have created full-motion video technology that could potentially be used to make cameras that peer through fog, smoke, driving rain, murky water, skin, bone and other media that reflect sc.....»»
Asteroid the size of Statue of Liberty about to zip by Earth
An asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty will zip by Earth at a speed of 26,000 mph in the early hours of Wednesday morning......»»
We finally know how the mysterious Geminid meteor shower originated
A probe sent toward the Sun ran into the debris of an asteroid breakup. Enlarge / The Geminids put on quite a show each year. (credit: NASA.gov) Each year, skywatchers get to gaze at the spectacle of the Geminids streaki.....»»
Humans" ancestors survived the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, shows fossil record analysis
A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing they co-existed with dinosaurs for a short time before the dinosaurs went extinct......»»
A jaw-dropping conundrum: Why do mammals have a stiff lower jaw?
From the 20-foot-long jawbones of the filter-feeding blue whale to the short, but bone-crushing, jaws of the hyena and the delicate chin bones of a human, the pair of lower jawbones characteristic of mammals have evolved with amazing variation......»»
Dog behavior study evaluates social learning among various breeds
A new study from the Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, showed that dogs may not equally benefit from observing the "helpful action" of a human demonstrator in the classic detour around a V-shaped fence task......»»
The 10 best Wes Anderson characters, ranked
From Rushmore to Asteroid City, Wes Anderson has created a pantheon of memorable characters. DT ranks the 10 best from Anderson's impressive filmography......»»