However, because most known examples of Inca-era khipus come from graves that were looted before archaeologists had a chance ...

Kookaburras are known for their laugh, but they're one of several bird species that seem to be having a joke on simple-minded ...

The researchers, led by geochemist Dr Nigel Blamey, were examining rock salt (halite) samples from a drill core in Australia ...

Three out of seven Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system are likely without an atmosphere, ruling them out as ...

There are many ways for rovers and spacecraft to look for evidence of life, recent or ancient. Now, researchers report a new ...

The mineral suggests Mars may have been active for longer than we thought, with potential implications for life on the Red ...

Tibetan foxes are monogamous and typically have litters of two to five young after a gestation period of 50 to 60 days. Given the barren and treeless landscapes that they inhabit, the young remain ...

“Our analysis shows that the blast was sparked by a catastrophic encounter with a black hole companion, and is the strongest evidence to date that such close interactions can actually detonate a star, ...

They determined it was a new, juvenile-aged member of Mammalodontidae, a family of whales that lived between 30 and 23 million years ago, during the Oligocene. So far, fossils belonging to this family ...

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To test the theory, the study authors examined ethnographic reports from 60 cultures around the world. Summing up their ...

In this study, after adjusting for other lifestyle and dietary factors associated with diabetes risk, potato intake emerged ...