Madagascar’s prehistoric ‘crazy beast’ sheds light on mammalian evolution
A prehistoric opossum-sized critter dubbed the “crazy beast” that inhabited Madagascar at the end of the age of dinosaurs is providing scientists insight into early...
New York maps coronavirus genome to help track future outbreaks
Scientists at New York City’s health department have begun to analyze the novel coronavirus’s genetic material to allow them to trace the origins of any...
Compugen sees ‘encouraging signals’ from early-stage cancer trial
Israeli cancer immunotherapy firm Compugen said on Monday it had positive initial results from an ongoing early-stage study of its COM701 therapy in patients with...
Before becoming frozen wasteland, Antarctica was home to frogs
When paleontologist Thomas Mörs was peering into a microscope while sorting through tiny 40 million-year-old fossils unearthed on Seymour Island near the tip of the...
China unveils name of first Mars exploration mission
China’s space agency on Friday unveiled the name of its first Mars exploration mission, coinciding with China’s annual Space Day and the 50th anniversary of...
Land-dwelling insects drop in population but freshwater bugs doing better
The world’s ants, bees, butterflies, grasshoppers, fireflies and other land-dwelling insects have been suffering population drops of about 9% per decade but freshwater bugs such...
Burping bags and dancing raisins: Tricks for teaching science during a pandemic
Texas science teacher Avri DiPietro has a secret weapon in her tool kit to help keep her students engaged now that the coronavirus pandemic has...
Scientists observe celestial smash-up around nearby star
Scientists have observed what appears to be the aftermath of a violent collision between two planetary building blocks orbiting a large and luminous star, a...
Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life – only earlier
A wondrous lineage of crocodile relatives that developed into fast-swimming seagoing predators at a time when dinosaurs dominated the land adapted to life in the...
Coronavirus the musical: U.S. scientists turn virus into melody to aid research
From tinkling harmonies as the virus disarms cells to clashing and stormy as it replicates, U.S. scientists have translated the novel coronavirus’ spiked protein structure...
