Massive impact crater from a kilometer-wide iron meteorite discovered in Greenland
An international team has discovered a 31-km wide meteorite impact crater buried beneath the ice-sheet in the northern Greenland. This is the first time...
Late Miocene ape maxilla (upper jaw) discovered in western India
An ape maxilla (upper jaw) from the Late Miocene found in the Kutch basin, in western India, significantly extends the southern range of ancient...
How we use music as a possible sleep aid
Many individuals use music in the hope that it fights sleep difficulties, according to a new study.
Parents shouldn’t worry if their infant doesn’t sleep through the night by a year...
The authors of a study found that a large percentage of healthy babies don't start sleeping through the night even at a year old....
Symbiosis a driver of truffle diversity
Truffles are the fruiting bodies of the ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal symbionts residing on host plant roots. In many Ascomycota and Basidiomycota lineages, truffle-forming species...
For arid, Mars-like Peruvian desert, rain brings death
When rains fell on the arid Atacama Desert, it was reasonable to expect floral blooms to follow. Instead, the water brought death. Planetary astrobiologists...
Deep-time evolution of animal life on islands
A new article describes two new fossil relatives of marsupials that shed light on how a unique island ecosystem evolved some 43 million years...
First tally of US-Russia polar bears finds a healthy population
The first scientific assessment of polar bears that live in the Chukchi Sea region that spans the US and Russia finds the population is...
Competition for shrinking groundwater
Groundwater, which has been used to irrigate crops, satiate livestock and quench thirst in general for thousands of years, continues to be a vital...
Alcohol ads with pro-drinking comments on Facebook boost desire to drink, study finds
Alcohol advertisements on social media sites such as Facebook can increase young adults' desire to drink if the ads contain pro-drinking comments from users,...
