Researchers reconstruct ancient fish lizard

Geologists at Lund University in Sweden have mapped 300 years of research on the prehistoric marine…

Distant supergiant star investigated in detail

Astronomers from the University of La Laguna, Spain and elsewhere have performed spectroscopic observations of an…

Grasshoppers show how alpine fauna will be lost as global temperatures rise

New research indicates anthropogenic climate change will result in a quarter of Aotearoa New Zealand’s alpine…

Research shows superior COVID protection from better face masks

New research from the University of Surrey and the University of Bristol has shown that FFP2…

Bull ant evolves new way to target pain

Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators—the…

The hidden footprint of low-carbon indoor farming

A new study challenges the universal land-saving claims of vertical farming, finding that there is no…

Firearm-related threats increase likelihood of gun owners to support more regulation

Most people probably assume that American attitudes toward gun regulation are fixed. But a new study…

Study of sauropod tracks shows the dinosaurs had a gait unlike any creature alive today

Using a new method of studying dinosaur tracks, a pair of researchers at Liverpool John Moores…

Paternal grandparents' support for grandchildren may decrease when family faces challenges

A new study conducted at the University of Turku, Finland, does not support the assumption that…

What makes plants electrically excitable

Plant cells use electrical signals to process and transmit information. In 1987, as a postdoc of…