We discovered a new rock type containing garnet inside a meteorite fragment from Mars
On Earth, garnet is best known as the fiery red January birthstone — popular in…
How warfare and criminal activity undermine GPS and the race to safeguard navigation
Few people want to get lost when traveling. But if there are places where being…
does refusing to believe in it make you a ‘bad’ person? Research is challenging this old idea
Did you click on this article out of your own free will? Or was it…
The oldest evidence of mourning rituals reveals Palaeolithic communities grieved like we do
Roughly 27,500 years ago, a 15-year-old boy was brutally mauled by a bear in Arene…
fire made all the difference
When imagining our early human ancestors in prehistoric Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago,…
human activities are a major reason why
The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on Earth, is shrinking. Not fluctuating,…
Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals – and undermining trust in science
A photograph of Earth glowing in deep space, the Moon’s cratered horizon stretching across its…
In Senegal, a 2,000-year-old iron workshop sheds new light on the past
How was iron produced 2,000 years ago in Senegal? A recent study at the Didé…
Craving something for dinner? Your mind may be ‘tasting’ food before you eat it
We’ve all made that mistake. A quick trip to the supermarket on an empty stomach…
Floating volcanic rock is disrupting life in Papua New Guinea – and the problem will last a long time
People in parts of Papua New Guinea are facing an unusual problem. Floating volcanic rock…