The Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most iconic predators in Earth's history, hides distant origins spanning Asia and North America. A recent study traces the journey of its ancestors across ancient ...

The Kosmos 482 probe, launched in 1972, was intended to land on Venus as part of the USSR's Venera program. However, a rocket failure sealed its fate, leaving part of the spacecraft in Earth's orbit.

Modern crocodilians conceal a much richer evolutionary history than meets the eye. A recent study sheds light on the secrets of their survival through the ages. Close-up of an alligator. Crocodilians, ...

Millions of miles (kilometers) of rivers worldwide contain antibiotic pollution levels high enough to promote drug resistance and harm aquatic life, according to a study led by McGill University.

A team of researchers has developed a vaccine targeting the tau protein, associated with Alzheimer's disease, showing robust immune responses in mice and non-human primates. Encouraged by these ...

Turning building walls into actual rechargeable batteries: this is the ambition of a Franco-Spanish research team. Their goal is to propose a new electrochemical storage technology based on ...

A 1,800-year-old skeleton discovered in Roman Britain bears bite marks suggesting a violent death at the hands of a large feline. This discovery opens a window into the spectacular and brutal ...

Being involved in a road accident after consuming alcohol, medication, cannabis or other recreational drugs is far from an exceptional situation. Indeed, a pan-Canadian study, published in Jama ...

The discovery of a weapon in a Russian cave challenges conventional ideas about the technical capabilities of Neanderthals. This artifact, a bone spear tip much older than the arrival of Homo sapiens ...

The compounds that give flavor to vaping liquids could have harmful effects on respiratory health. This is particularly true for molecules that provide cinnamon or citrus flavors to these products, ...

Chinese researchers have achieved a key breakthrough in the development of flexible solar cells. These scientists have developed an ingenious technique to overcome a major obstacle: the roughness of ...

For nearly 200 years, "higher-degree polynomial equations" resisted any general solution. An Australian mathematician proposes an unprecedented method, eliminating irrational numbers in favor of ...