analysis with collapse patterns from the Lameta Formation and the Auca Mahuevo site in Argentina showed no match. Small fragments of eggshell discovered within the cavity, rather than on the exterior of either layer, support the interpretation that the...

Fossil teeth and jaw fragments unveil a new sixth order in Australidelphia, shedding light on an early marsupial evolutionary branch. Paleontologists led by Tim Churchill at the University of New South Wales have introduced three previously unknown...

events have shaped the genetic landscape of modern humans. The latest work broadens this picture by pinpointing genetic fragments that cannot be linked to any known archaic genome. By filling gaps left by the limited set of Eurasian fossils, the study...

a stable, traditional arrangement of satellites. The arrival of the rogue moon effectively cleared the slate, leaving only fragments behind. JWST spectra reveal mineral similarities between Neptune’s moons and ancient icy bodies. Credit: Science...

industrial waste. Such material could be generated by large-scale engineering projects, such as a Dyson swarm, where fragments resulting from collisions or structural degradation might drift into interstellar space. The second category, Bracewell...

records recovered from deep underground are rewriting the timeline of the North African climate. By analyzing small fragments of stalagmites—mineral pillars that form over millennia as water drips into subterranean chambers—scientists have uncovered a...

have discovered that the mineral composition of the surrounding dust acts as a diagnostic tool, revealing whether the fragments originated from massive, Mars-sized planetary impacts or smaller, Moon-sized collisions. Planetary formation is a notoriously...

the resolution of some identifications; for example, plant comparisons relied on a catalog of 126 species, and many DNA fragments were too degraded for precise taxonomic placement. Radiocarbon dating performed in 1988 placed the linen between 1260 and...

fossils from the Swartkrans cave site highlights these micro-evolutionary shifts in real time. Fossilized teeth and jaw fragments from ancient human relatives discovered in a South African cave. Credit: Annals of Human Biology Rare Insights into Ancient...

A 415‑million‑year‑old fossil claw reveals a giant predator that reshapes our view of life’s earliest move onto land. A 16‑centimetre claw discovered in the United Kingdom has finally settled a debate that has persisted for more than a hundred years:...

After 96 years buried in plain sight, a discovered statue fragment has revealed an archaeological find far larger and more significant than experts expected. A towering monument to Ramesses II has been restored to its former glory at the site of its...

A record-breaking iceberg has calved from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, triggering a rare Arctic event as researchers track its path into open waters. A massive ice island spanning 29 square miles has defied expectations after a dramatic encounter in...

Scientists have discovered a strange material inside an ancient meteorite that defies the traditional classification of crystals and glass. A fragment of a meteorite that plummeted to Earth in 1724 has revealed a bizarre physical phenomenon,...

cells to eliminate infected host cells, as well as combat pathogens and parasites. During this process, certain complement fragments, such as C3a and C5a, are generated and serve to attract macrophages and polymorphs to the site of action. Additionally,...

Reaction Problem One large collision in low Earth orbit does not just destroy two satellites. It can create thousands of fragments, each moving at high speed. Any one of fragments can disable or destroy another satellite, creating even more debris. This...

situation. The bones were not discovered in a single excavation. Over more than ten years, researchers found individual fragments lying close to each other in the ground. At first, the bones were studied separately. Later, scientists noticed that their...

Genetic Blueprint The researchers used two sequencing technologies. PacBio long-read sequencing generated large DNA fragments, which helped assemble the genome into a complete structure. Illumina short-read sequencing was then used to correct and refine...

to Britain’s Receiver of Wreck. Subsequent dives recovered more than 400 gold coins, several ingots, pieces of jewelry and fragments of a working ship. According to David Parham, a professor of maritime archaeology at Bournemouth University who directed...

Vaishya social class. ©The Fine Arts Department via AP The site came to light earlier this year after locals discovered fragments of bronze drums in a rice field. Systematic digging started on 9 February and has since produced six bronze drums, nine...

in such a remote, mountainous region. The precision of the laser data allowed researchers to pinpoint individual wall fragments and building outlines, enabling excavation crews to target their trenches with far greater confidence than conventional...