We Just Got Closer to Truly Determining Who Were The World’s First Animals
The tree of animal life had to begin somewhere. Finding that original branch amongst such a tangled canopy is harder than it sounds, though. A new analysis of genomic data…
Someone in The Kalahari Collected Crystals a Whopping 105,000 Years Ago
A rockshelter in South Africa’s Kalahari documents the innovative behaviors of early humans who lived there 105,000 years ago. We report the new evidence today in Nature. The rockshelter site…
We’ve Found Deep Parts of The Sea Where The Last Ice Age Never Actually Ended
Some of the deepest parts of the Black Sea are still responding to climate changes prompted by the last ice age, scientists have discovered – a period which officially ended…
We Finally Have Synthetic Mucus. Here’s Why That Matters
The day has finally come. Scientists have finally created synthetic mucus molecules that exhibit the structure and function of the real deal. Far from being a slime crime, though, it’s…
Physicists Just Crushed a New Record For Slowing Down Antimatter
In a mirror Universe where time runs backwards, swapping matter for antimatter should simply bring us full circle and reproduce the reality we’re all familiar with. Our Universe and the…