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Veterinary medicine Mar 20, 2025

Potential treatment for chronic kidney disease in dogs developed

A new study led by Dr. Hilla Chen from the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine at Hebrew University, recently published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, offers new hope for the management of chronic kidney ...

Archaeology Mar 17, 2025

Cinnabar-stained teeth—a mystery from an ancient Turpan burial

Research led by Jilin University and Texas A&M University has documented the first known case of cinnabar-stained teeth in antiquity. Analysis of a burial from approximately 2,200 years ago in the Shengjindian Cemetery, Turpan, ...

Ecology Mar 17, 2025

Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.

Paleontology & Fossils Mar 12, 2025

Wind turbine remains may be among 'most surprising' fossils for far future generations, paleontologists say

Many of today's everyday items are destined to become fossils after millions of years, but scientists have suggested that some of the most surprising of them might be wind turbine blades.

Paleontology & Fossils Mar 12, 2025

Unnoticed for decades, dinosaur footprints at Australian school reveal ancient secrets

A trove of fossilized dinosaur footprints has been found on a slab of rock gathering dust inside an Australian school, scientists said on Wednesday.

Ecology Mar 11, 2025

Misha the elephant lived in zoos, but her tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations

Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for tracking the movements of large herbivores across landscapes, even for animals now extinct, such ...

Archaeology Mar 11, 2025

First burials: Compelling evidence that Neanderthal and Homo sapiens engaged in cultural exchange

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology, lifestyles, and burial customs. ...

Paleontology & Fossils Mar 3, 2025

When did our ancestors start to eat meat regularly? Fossilized teeth get us closer to the answer

For decades, scientists have been learning more about the diets of early hominins, particularly their reliance on plants. Yet we still don't know when these ancestors of humans started eating meat.

Paleontology & Fossils Feb 24, 2025

A 380-million-year-old fossil 'fish' from Scotland has been discovered in Australia

Queensland is renowned for its fossils of Australia's largest back-boned animals—dinosaurs, of course, like the Jurassic Rhoetosaurus, the Cretaceous Wintonotitan, and other large sauropods.

Space Exploration Feb 20, 2025

Should astronauts be worried about Mars dust?

Every Martian year (which last 686.98 Earth days), the red planet experiences regional dust storms that coincide with summer in the southern hemisphere. Every three Martian years (five and a half Earth years), these storms ...

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