Archaeologists from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the Leibniz Zentrum für Archäologie and Leiden University say they have found cut marks on the bones of two beaver species from the 400,000 ...

”Our newly-devised model stretches the galaxy formation time by a several billion years, making the Universe 26.7 billion years old, and not 13.7 as previously estimated,” said University of Ottawa’s ...

Polymetallic nodules — natural mineral deposits that form on the ocean floor — are common on the sediment-covered abyssal plains of oceans worldwide. They are primarily composed of oxides of iron and ...

The poorly understood ‘ matalafi ’ — the homogenate of Psychotria insularum leaves (fresh leaf juice) — is widely used in Samoan traditional medicine to treat inflammation associated with fever, body ...

Microplastics are new, emerging contaminants that are becoming detrimental to aquatic environments on a global scale. These water-insoluble, solid polymers less than 5 mm in size originate from the ...

The identification of a new hominin group called Denisovans was one of the most exciting discoveries in human evolution in the last decade. Unlike Neanderthal remains, the Denisovan fossil record ...