New Research

Saurornitholestes sullivani attacks a subadult hadrosaur Parasaurolophus tubicen

Meet Your New Favorite Dinosaur: The Velociraptor's Cousin

A keen sense of smell gave this dino an edge

Vampire Healing: Young Blood Can Mend Old Broken Bones

It's old blood, not old bones, that makes fracture healing difficult among the elderly

Will Your Doctor One Day Pay You?

New research shows that incentive-based health programs really do work

These Scientists Want to Unleash an Army of Caterpillars to Destroy Cocaine Crops

Colombian scientists say the insect could replace cocaine-killing herbicides.

Postal Workers Are Bitten By Dogs Nearly 6,000 Times Per Year

Los Angeles, Houston lead the list of cities with the most dog attacks

Asteroid Impacts Once Made the Earth's Oceans Boil for A Whole Year

Life had it rough back then

Satellite Data Underestimated how Fast Sea Levels Were Rising

The oceans are rising faster than scientists thought.

This 1,500 year old skeleton from the Anglo-Saxon town of Great Chesterford was a young man who had leprosy

This 1,500-Year-Old Skeleton May Belong to the Man That Brought Leprosy to Britain

Modern techniques show that the young man was in his 20s and likely Scandinavian

Researchers are Trying to Harness the Power of Music for Unconscious Patients

Plumbing the depths of the unconscious brain has thus far uncovered more mysteries than answers

Twitter is Helping Scientists Spot More Northern Lights

A new study shows the power of social media to pinpoint where and when auroras occur

This is Odaraia alata, an arthropod resembling a submarine from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.

How the Animal got its Head

Ancient brain fossils show how early animals evolved heads.

Scientists Are Stopping Malaria With Viagra

Viagra can help boost the spleen’s ability to filter out infected blood cells

A trap-jaw ant opens its massive mandibles.

Watch These Ants Hurl Themselves Out of Death Traps With Their Mouths

At least one trap-jaw ant species has coopted its exceptionally strong mandibles to escape its nemesis, the ferocious antlion

A Third of Animal Mummies Contain no Animals at All

Researchers discover ancient Egyptians peddled fake animal mummies.

In the Future, We Might Take Sunscreen in Pill Form

A discovery in some fish suggests that sunblocking chemicals could be ingested rather than slathered on

Revealing the Deep Secrets of Deepwater Waves

Scientists hope their study of 1,600-foot underwater waves can help improve climate modeling

Claude Monet’s Water Lilies at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris, France

Computers Are Learning About Art Faster than Art Historians

An algorithm took just a few months to draw connections between artists that scholars have been working on for years

Here the experimental chick embryo (center) can be compared to a typical chicken about to hatch (left) and an alligator (right)

Researchers Create Chicken Embryos With Dinosaur-Like Faces

Researchers seeking to understand how birds got their beaks turned back the evolutionary clock just a tad

New York State Forms Emergency Task Force to Protect Manicurists

State authorities spurred into action by New York Times expose uncovering health risks and wage theft in New York City’s nail salons

Most American Babies are Born in the Morning

Medical interventions may determine time of birth, says new study

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