New, exhaustive study probes hidden history of horses in the American West

Indigenous peoples as far north as Wyoming and Idaho may have begun to care for horses…

Surprise finding shows that neutrophils can be key antitumor weapons

White blood cells called neutrophils have an unappreciated role in eradicating solid tumors, according to a…

'Comprehensive' map of volcanoes on Venus — all 85,000 of them

Planetary scientists Paul Byrne and Rebecca Hahn at Washington University in St. Louis have created the…

Astronomers witness the birth of a very distant cluster of galaxies from the early Universe

Astronomers have discovered a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around the…

Deep ocean currents around Antarctica headed for collapse

Antarctic circulation could slow by more than 40 per cent over the next three decades, with…

How cosmic winds transform galactic environments

Much like how wind plays a key role in life on Earth by sweeping seeds, pollen…

A reconstruction of prehistoric temperatures for some of the oldest archaeological sites in North America

Scientists often look to the past for clues about how Earth’s landscapes might shift under a…

Chemists design new molecule, with oxygen as the star of the show

Chemists have achieved a new feat in the realm of chemical design and synthesis: They’ve helped…

How whale shark rhodopsin evolved to see, in the deep blue sea

A group of researchers discovered that the rhodopsin — a protein in the eye that detects…

Brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed reveals new mysteries of cosmic explosions

Scientists believe the gamma-ray emission, which lasted over 300 seconds, is the birth cry of a…