Animal skulls found in a Spanish cave may reveal Neanderthal rituals
Researchers found an unusual collection of bison, wild bull, deer and rhinoceros craniums near Madrid, and believe they likely served ceremonial purposes
Scientists eye mission to Uranus: an alien world where the darkness of winter lasts 21 years
The US and Europe face the challenge of sending probes to the most unknown planet in the solar system by 2050
First RSV vaccine paves the way for ‘new era’ in fight against emerging pathogens
Thanks to years of research into the respiratory syncytial virus, scientists were able to develop Covid-19 vaccines in record time
How the Earth’s inner core affects weather and climate events
The decrease of the rotation velocity of the planet’s inner core has imperceptible effects for humans, but it is essential to understand
The Earth’s core is slowing down, according to study
New research based on seismic waves suggests that the innermost level of the planet is losing speed and may be spinning in the opposite direction to the surface
The man behind the first genetically modified human babies wants to resume experimenting
The scientific community is aghast at He Jiankui’s return after three years in prison and compares him to Nazi doctors
Walter Cunningham, last survivor of the Apollo mission that paved way for Moon landing, dies at 90
The astronaut was an outspoken character who did not fit with the typical NASA profile
Scientists are reviving proteins from billions of years ago to fight diseases in human cells
A study by a group of Spanish scientists demonstrates how to create new gene-editing systems with molecules that no longer exist in nature
End of mission: NASA loses communication with the InSight lander
The probe was the first ever to record marsquakes and reveal the planet’s active volcanic regions
The last warden of Colombia’s tropical glaciers
Jorge Luis Ceballos, his country’s sole glaciologist, will probably see his favorite ice mass disappear before he retires in three years
New evidence suggests huge volcanic eruption could take place on Mars
Analysis has detected a vast region shaped by ongoing activity, debunking the theory that the planet is dead and opening new possibilities for human exploration and the search for life
‘Fasting 12 or 13 hours every day improves metabolism and sleep quality’
Valter Longo – the director of the University of Southern California’s Longevity Institute – has spent years studying the effects that intermittent fasting can have on the human body
Unique case of woman who survived 12 tumors may indicate ‘new disease’
Doctors and scientists have identified a never-before-seen mutation that multiplies the appearance of cancer cells and could lead to ‘immediate clinical applications’
Two meteorite impacts expose the secrets of the inner structure of Mars
A spacecraft reveals new crater measuring about 492 feet in diameter. At the edges of the hole, the white glow of at least a ton of ice can be clearly seen
Sue Black, the forensic anthropologist who hunts pedophiles by the shape of their hands
The Scottish scientist and Life Peer is leading a European project to create an artificial intelligence recognition system for use by the continental police forces
DNA sequencing finds first known Neanderthal family, including a father and daughter
The genetic profile of 13 individuals found in two Siberian caves confirms that some 54,000 years ago, these relatives of ‘Homo sapiens’ lived in very small groups and were weighed down by inbreeding
NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully changes path of asteroid: What’s next?
The collision altered Dimorphos’ orbit around Didymos by 32 minutes in what the space agency describes as a ‘watershed moment for planetary defense and all of humanity’
The new drug that may slow Alzheimer’s disease
Two pharma companies are watching their stock price soar after releasing unverified data about a medication that significantly reduces cognitive decline associated with the disease even though many patients don’t notice any improvement
‘We found a planet that shows us what the Earth will be like in five billion years’
Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger is searching for biomarkers on worlds beyond our Solar System
NASA set to crash DART probe into asteroid as test for future collisions
The space agency will attempt to knock Domorphos off its orbit using a technique that could hopefully one day save the Earth from potentially life-destroying impacts
Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier: ‘We all need to ask ourselves what kind of world we want to live in’
The co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry warns that the greatest challenge for humanity is to prepare for the bacterial infections that are still to come
The race to the moon resumes
China, Korea and India are joining the space race that the US, Europe and Russia began. Women will participate in these new missions, which will mine the celestial body’s mineral resources and establish permanent bases there as a springboard to Mars
AI predicts the structure of all known proteins and opens a new universe for science
The DeepMind lab, owned by the same company as Google, has calculated the predicted shapes of 200 million molecules, some of them essential for understanding devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s
mLOY: The genetic defect that explains why men have shorter lives than women
The loss of the Y chromosome in the blood damages the heart and shortens life expectancy, according to a new study
James Webb space telescope: A guide to the first full-color image
The photo shows what appears to be thousands of stars, but they are in fact galaxies as they appeared 4.6 billion years ago
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, the biggest experiment on Earth, is back in action
The Geneva-based accelerator has just discovered three new particles after being fired up again following a three-year hiatus
New study shows how metastasis progresses during sleep hours
Research with breast cancer patients evidences that cells capable of causing new tumors are more abundant and aggressive while the body is resting