Research: Some say the breaking point is all in your head, but new research...

From the Ironman triathlon to the Tour de France, some competitions test the limits of even the toughest endurance athletes. Now, a new...

Research: DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient...

Two children's milk teeth buried deep in a remote archaeological site in north eastern Siberia have revealed a previously unknown group of people...

Research: Cool, nebulous ring around Milky Way’s supermassive black hole —

New ALMA observations reveal a never-before-seen disk of cool, interstellar gas wrapped around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky...

Research: Details of first historically recorded plague pandemic revealed by ancient genomes —

An international team of researchers has analyzed human remains from 21 archaeological sites to learn more about the impact and evolution of the...

Research: New sub-species of pilot whale identified in Pacific Ocean —

Short-finned pilot whales are found over a wide swath of the world's oceans, with habitats in the Indian, and Pacific, and North Atlantic...

Research: Ear-generated Doppler shifts in bat biosonar —

Anybody who has been passed by an ambulance at high speed has experienced a physical effect called the Doppler shift: As the ambulance...

Research: Fever may be less effective at repelling infections in cold-blooded creatures —

Six hundred million years ago, fever appeared in animals as a response to infections: the higher body temperatures optimized their immune systems. At...

Research: Study says pachyderm puddles are amphibian condos —

Frogs need elephants. That's what a new WCS-led study says that looked at the role of water-filled elephant tracks in providing predator-free breeding...

Research: Rare fossils provide more detailed picture of biodiversity during Middle Ordovician —

A clutch of marine fossil specimens unearthed in northern Portugal that lived between 470 and 459 million years ago is filling a gap...

Research: Exomoons may be home to extra-terrestrial life —

Moons orbiting planets outside our solar system could offer another clue about the pool of worlds that may be home to extra-terrestrial life,...

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