Lunar samples reveal exactly when the moon’s largest crater formed
[ad_1] Lunar samples collected during NASA’s Apollo missions are still enabling new discoveries NASA/ESA The largest crater on the moon was probably created when a
Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago
[ad_1] Illustration of an animal in the genus Deinotherium, which went extinct after the evolution of humans Heinrich Harder/Florilegius/Alamy Human hunting was the key factor
We may now know how the placebo effect relieves pain
[ad_1] A section of a mouse brain viewed on a slide Stu Gray / Alamy A newly identified brain pathway in mice could explain why
How fast do we get out of shape and is there a way to slow the loss?
[ad_1] 24K-Production/Getty Images Falling off track from your workout routine is inevitable. Life happens. You go on a trip. You sprain your ankle or start
Trees have an extra climate benefit thanks to methane-eating microbes
[ad_1] Manu National Park in Peru, where some measurements were taken for the study Vincent Gauci Microbes living in the bark of trees are absorbing
Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones
[ad_1] Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis, a small mammal that lived during the Jurassic Period Maija Karala In the middle of the Jurassic Period, small mammals had much
Robot dog can stifle weeds by blasting them with a blowtorch
[ad_1] A Spot robot equipped with a blowtorch for tackling weeds Dezhen Song et al. (2024) A robot dog equipped with a blowtorch could be
Komodo dragons have teeth capped with a layer of iron
[ad_1] Komodo dragons are fierce predators Charlotte Ellis/Zoological Society of London The Komodo dragon, one of the planet’s fiercest reptiles, reinforces its teeth with an
AI can predict tipping points for systems from forests to power grids
[ad_1] Tipping points can leave once lush forests dried out Piotr Poznan/Shutterstock AI can predict when complex systems like forests, animal populations or the power
Neanderthal cooking skills put to the test with birds and stone tools
[ad_1] A researcher plucks a bird as part of an experiment into Neanderthals’ cooking skills Mariana Nabais Archaeologists have cooked and prepared five wild birds