Articles of interest from across the scientific community.
“I could have done that,” said the young Neanderthal, looking down at the etched bones. “Yes, but you didn’t, and that’s what makes an artist” …
The Earth’s core was long believed to be a large, homogenous, boring blob of iron. Now, long-held assumptions are being challenged …
MicroBooNE has found no sign of the hypothesized fourth neutrino, the sterile neutrino, suggesting the Standard Model was right all along …
In 1021, a tree was felled in Newfoundland by Viking explorers constructing a hut. A millennium later, the atmospheric record retells their story …
Ever more precise measurements of a neutron’s lifetime will eventually put the Standard Model to the test, yet mystery still shrouds the elementary particle …
Mysterious radio waves have been detected coming from the center of the galaxy. An imperial alien civilization? Intergalactic pirate radio? …
To overcome complex terrains, robots copy lessons in collective behavior learned long ago in nature. Can’t move an object around an obstacle? Turn to the ant …
Thought to derive from dying supernovae, heavy elements might also be produced by endothermic nuclear transmutation deep in the earth’s mantle …
Once bitten, twice shy: Vaccinated populations who have already been infected by COVID have a stronger immune response than those never infected …
Is it a stick? Is it a snake? A 4,400-year-old Neolithic wooden snake figurine raises questions about the worldviews of ancient Northern peoples …
Indigenous peoples around the world periodically burned undergrowth to protect and promote certain forests. Has their role been underplayed by scientists? …
Llama pharma is ready to take on the world. With several llama-based multi-billion-dollar drugs hitting the shelves, the hump-backed revolution is near …
When did chemistry become biology? In the beginning, amino acid derivatives condensed, then spontaneously formed tiny, self-replicating globules …
An allegory fit for our times: the Earth’s light is fading. Warmer oceans produce fewer bright clouds, meaning less sunlight is reflected into space …
A humble computer programmer with little credit to her name, Mary Tsingou’s simulations paved the way for the field of nonlinear science …
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