Humans may have domesticated dogs nearly 17.000 years ago, study claims

A new study conducted by Leiden University researchers suggests that Neanderthals may have lived in larger groups than previously thought and hunted enormous elephants that were up to three times larger than modern elephants, according to the institutional press release. Found near Halle (Central Germany), 125,000 year-old-skeletal remains of elephants...

A mistakenly identified fossil has recently rewritten the history of the Indian subcontinent for the second time, explained the University of Florida. Two years ago, a group of geologists discovered a fossilized specimen of Dickinsonia, a flat, elongated, and simple mammal that existed before more complicated animals developed. It was the first time ever that Dickinsonia had been found in India. But it turned out that it was a bee.

When the two-headed baby was born in a village in India in 1783, the sight of it frightened the midwife so much that she immediately tried to kill the baby. However, the baby was rescued from the fire into which it was thrown with minor burn injuries.

The sheer scale of the devastation of the earthquake and its aftershocks can be seen in social media photos and videos posted by people in Turkey and Syria. Eyewitnesses have also been speaking about what happened. BBC News has been pulling together and verifying information. The tremors of the main...

A British startup has successfully provided a first-of-its-kind microgravity service using a drone. The firm, called Gravitilab, flew its specially-modified LOUIS UAV quadcopter to an altitude of 2,000 feet (600 meters) before purposefully dropping a capsule carrying scientific experiments. The drop caused the capsule's contents to experience weightlessness for roughly...

On February 6, 2018, SpaceX launched a Tesla roadster and a spacesuit-clad mannequin into space onboard its Falcon Heavy rocket. Presuming that the harshness of space hasn't decimated the duo, the question is, where is the payload five years since its launch? The answer will blow your mind. Back in...

An international team of astronomers discovered a new planet that greatly resembles Earth in size. The astronomers confirmed the existence of K2-415b, an exoplanet orbiting an M dwarf star some 72 light-years away from Earth, according to a press release. Discovering an alien world. The team behind the discovery set...

A team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) has found a new layer under Earth’s crust called "melt," according to a press release. It comprises hot molten rocks and reveals useful insights about our planet's tectonic plate activity. Tectonic plates are giant subterranean rocks that...

When grown the cows can generate 18 tons of milk per year.

Physicists from Lund University in Sweden developed small solar radiation-collecting antennas, also known as nanowires, that could be better suited to space than existing silicon solar cells. The new nanowires are light and require a small amount of material, meaning they will soon be tested on satellites that already use...

In a recently published study, a team of international researchers claims that they have finally understood the secret chemistry behind the ancient embalming practice. Embalming is the mummification of dead bodies (of both humans and animals) in ancient Egypt to preserve them and prevent their decay. This is a 6,000 years old funerary tradition that probably originated because of people’s belief in the afterlife.

More than a century ago, a CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish was found on the roof of the Mountain Fourfoot coal mine in Lancashire, England. It was first scientifically described in 1925. Today, scientists uncovered the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain from the fish. The discovery...

As dead as a dodo? Not anymore. Genetic engineering company Colossal Bioscience has received $150 million in new funding to support their "de-extinction" efforts - and along with their ongoing activities of resurrecting the woolly mammoth and the Tasmanian tiger, they've geared up to bring up the extinct Dodo. "The...

The death toll now stands at over 5,000.

An international team of 50 astronomers discovered an exoplanet named Wolf 1069 b, orbiting a red dwarf star only 31 light-years from Earth, a press statement reveals. The researchers believe the exoplanet may be a rocky world, meaning it would be a particularly rare find — less than 200 of the roughly 5,200 exoplanets discovered so far are rocky.

A team of scientists inserted an alligator gene into the genomes of catfish. The alligator gene called cathelicidin is an antimicrobial gene that plays a role in the animal's innate immune response, providing defense against various pathogens, including bacteria and viruses. Researchers inserted the gene into the part of the...

Driven by concerns over space debris, in late November, the French Ministry for the Armed Forces formally committed not to conduct anti-satellite missile tests. And yet, France’s space strategy of 2019 resolved to “toughen” the country’s space capabilities. Given the short lapse of just three years,...