Superdeep diamonds reveal the limits of carbon-based life
For the first time, analyses of diamonds have demonstrated how deeply life leaves its mark inside the Earth. All life on Earth is part of the carbon cycle. Plants and animals are made…
Giant Camarasaurus dinosaurs had beaks
Scientists from the University of Bonn in Germany have solved a mystery that has bothered palaeontologists for years. Discoveries have been made in many places around the world of dinosaur teeth preserved in…
Mysterious old dwarf found in the Philippines
Scientists from the Australian National University have discovered bones and teeth that could add a new chapter to human history. Although the finds from the Callao cave in the Philippines are scarce, there…
Japanese scientists revive mammoth cells (and other mammoth news)
Japanese scientists have extracted cell nuclei from the bone marrow of a 28,000-year-old mammoth and inserted them into mouse egg cells. Subsequently, they observed that the cell nuclei showed signs of division, but…
Two human species shared the same cave
The two human species to which we are most closely related lived close to each other for thousands of years. This has been established by archaeologists from the University of Wollongong in NSW,…
Vintage Science – Big Dig In Panama
At was nearly two o’clock in the afternoon, the people gathered on the shore of the Gatun Lake became more and more excited. Everybody was looking at the dam, that seperated the…
Alfred Wallace’s life and times
Science historian Dr John van Wyhe and his fellow researchers at the National University of Singapore have compiled the entire collection of Alfred Russel Wallace’s documented life and discoveries from his scientific travels….
The evolution of music
Music can evolve by the process of natural selection, the same way species evolve in the natural world.
In times of Transit
We’re often told that an event or offer is a “˜once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity, something not to be missed; and usually that’s just hyperbole. But on June 6 we’ll witness an astronomical event that is…
