1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (602+ words) Researchers have solved a decades-old mystery about how the body senses cold " and why menthol feels cool " paving the way for new treatments for pain, migraines, and dry eyes. Sensing our environment is one of the most important skills that…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (538+ words) Learn how researchers analyzed 3,000 Paleolithic symbols to uncover structured information comparable to early writing systems. Geometric marks carved into Paleolithic tools and figurines were not random decoration. A new computational analysis shows that Ice Age humans used these repeated sequences…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago  (552+ words) Learn how supermassive black holes may be suppressing star formation in nearby galaxies. At the heart of most galaxies lies a supermassive black hole " a ginormous entity with a mass so large, it can outweigh millions, if not billions, of…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago  (530+ words) Learn how echolocation has shaped the skulls of bats that emit high-frequency sounds through their mouths and noses. For a bat to be at the top of its game for echolocation, it needs a good head on its shoulders. Not…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago  (468+ words) Learn how Triassic marine amphibian fossils from the Kimberley region in Australia reveal rapid global dispersal after the end-Permian mass extinction. The study, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, revisits 250-million-year-old remains from the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia....

8+ hour, 27+ min ago  (653+ words) Learn about the different ways mammals descended from trees and what this can tell us about early primate evolution. You might find the lemur mongoose in Madagascar and the raccoon in the deciduous forests of North America, but they have…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (238+ words) Learn more about the microbes that consume plastic and how they could one day help clean up our environment. After plastics emerged, those enzymes just needed a few evolutionary tweaks; presumably, they're becoming more efficient over time. That said, if…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (508+ words) Learn more about "boomerang" earthquakes and why scientists say they may be more common than previously believed. Earthquakes are usually thought of as one-way events. Stress builds up deep underground, a fault snaps, and seismic ruptures race outward from their…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (558+ words) Learn more about the massive avalanche near Lake Tahoe that killed eight skiers and is exposing how snow droughts and climate change are increasing avalanche risk. Eight skiers were killed, and one remains missing after a massive avalanche tore through…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (642+ words) Learn how a newly discovered 95-million-year-old Spinosaurus mirabilis used interlocking teeth to catch fish in an ancient inland river system. A curved slab of bone pulled from a remote fossil site called Jenguebi, deep in Niger's central sand sea, revealed…...