How 'ice needles' weave patterns of stones in frozen landscapes

Nature is full of repeating patterns that are part of the beauty of our world. An…

Where Earth's water comes from, preparing for DART impact and other lessons from space

Two NAU astronomers presented groundbreaking research at the annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences,…

Massage doesn’t just make muscles feel better, it makes them heal faster and stronger

Massages feel good, but do they actually speed muscle recovery? Turns out, they do. Scientists applied…

Neurobiologists identify widely used assembling and stabilizing forces behind brain synapses

Scientists provide promising new evidence that the ‘planar cell polarity,’ a powerful signaling pathway, is a…

Maternal emergencies without a safety net

For millions of people living in rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, accessing timely care during maternal…

Extinction and origination patterns change after mass extinctions

A sweeping analysis of marine fossils from most of the past half-billion years shows the usual…

Multiple individuals are buried in the Tomb of Nestor's Cup

The Tomb of Nestor’s Cup, a famous burial in Italy, contains not one deceased individual, but…

A study of skull growth and tooth emergence reveals that timing is everything

Six, 12, and 18. These are the ages that most people get their three adult molars…

Line and hook fishing techniques in Epipaleolithic Israel

Humans in the Middle East were using complex fishing tools and techniques by 12,000 years ago,…

Tiny bubbles can be future treatment for inflammation

Scientists hope that tiny sacs of material excreted by cells — so-called extracellular vesicles — can…