Science

A team of researchers from the Universities of Exeter, Brighton and Oxford has rejuvenated senescent cells to be functionally younger. This discovery builds on earlier findings from the team that showed that genes called splicing factors are progressively switched off as we age, and has the potential to lead to …

Before biological evolution could take off and produce the incredible variety of plants and animals we have today, there was some chemical process that gave rise to life. Scientists around the world are probing the secrets of chemical evolution, hoping to discover the reactions that produced the first self-replicating molecules. …

An international group of archaeologists led by the University of Cincinnati has found a Minoan sealstone in the treasure-laden tomb of a Bronze Age Greek warrior in southwest Greece. The Pylos Combat Agate. Image credit: University of Cincinnati. In 2015, University of Cincinnati (UC) archaeologists Professor Jack Davis and Dr. …

A long-standing theory holds that the common ancestor to all mammals was nocturnal, but new research from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and University College London (UCL) reveals when mammals started living in the daytime for the first time and provides insight into which species changed behavior first. Early mammal. Image …

An international team of researchers has mapped and analyzed the genome of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, a species of land plant found around the human habitat in temperate regions. The findings are published in the journal Cell. Marchantia polymorpha. Image credit: Holger Casselmann / CC BY-SA 3.0. Marchantia polymorpha, sometimes …

Of all Cassini’s discoveries in the 13 years it spent in orbit around Saturn, the oceanic vents of Enceladus rank among the best. Voyager 2’s flyby in 1981 had shown that some of the features on the moon might have been the result of cryovolcanoes (literally, volcanoes that shoot water, …

Neuroscientists have used a traditional branch of maths in an absolutely brand-new way to peer into the structure of our brains. What they have actually discovered is that the brain has plenty of multi-dimensional geometrical structures operating in as lots of as 11 dimensions.We’re used to thinking of the world …

Science is the exacting approach by which man has wrested control of the elements from the terrible clutches of deep space. Now it’s time to abuse our power for stupidly enjoyable functions. Read More

Colon cancer, Crohn’s disease, and other gut diseases could be better treated — or even prevented — thanks to a newly-discovered link between a cellular process called autophagy and inflammation. The findings of a research team at the University of Warwick are published in the journal Nature Communications. Tusco et …

An international team of researchers led by the Swedish Museum of Natural History has discovered that fossilized remains of woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) more often came from males than females (69% versus 31%). The scientists speculate that this skewed ratio exists in the fossil record because inexperienced male mammoths more …