Science

Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic analysis revealed pathogens behind paratyphoid and relapsing fever,…

Kalgoorlieite (IMA2015-119) is a mineral from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Kalgoorlieite is a rare naturally occurring telluride mineral with the chemical formula As₂Te₃ (arsenic telluride). It…

New techniques used to analyse soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries, according to a new study published in…

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became. Scientists studying ancient teeth…

Tantalum boride (TaBₓ) refers to a family of compounds formed between tantalum and boron, most commonly TaB and TaB₂. These materials belong to the class…

A new species of velvet worm, Peripatopsis barnardi, represents the first ever species from the arid Karoo, which indicates that the area was likely historically…

Sensitive hearing may have evolved in mammal ancestors far earlier than scientists once believed. By modeling how sound moved through the skull of Thrinaxodon, a…

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from Colombia has revealed the oldest known genome of the bacterium linked to syphilis and related diseases. The ancient strain doesn’t fit…

Tantalum Arsenide (TaAs) is an inorganic crystalline compound composed of tantalum (Ta) and arsenic (As). It is a compound of tantalum and arsenic with the…

Eating full-fat cheese and cream may be associated with a lower risk of dementia, according to a large study that tracked people for more than…

Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ataxia, is missing. Experiments in worms, human…

Researchers have sequenced the oldest RNA ever recovered, taken from a woolly mammoth frozen for nearly 40,000 years. The RNA reveals which genes were active…