Nature's Famous Spiral is Coded into 400 Million Years of Plants-But Not in This New Fossil
The Early Devonian Period produced a plant known as the clubmoss, which arranged its leaves in a spiral, but outside the Fibonacci Sequence.
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Scientists See Red Planet in New Light, Unveiling Two Incredible New Images
By viewing the planet in ultraviolet light, scientists say they can gain insight into the Martian atmosphere and view the surface in remarkable ways.
Eerie Echo Detected Coming From Milky Way's Black Hole 200 Years Ago (Listen)
Scientists have recorded a sound coming from the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way, from an event around 200 years ago.
Great Monarch Migration Seems to Owe Success to White Spots on the Butterfly's Wings
The success of monarchs on their 3,000-mile journey may come down to how many white spots are on the butterfly's wings.
Divers Are About to Pull a 3,000-Year-Old Shipwreck From the Depths
Named the "Zambratija boat" because of its location in the Bay of Zambratija, it's a testament to an "ancient naval tradition."
Markings on French Cave Wall Identified as the Oldest Known Neanderthal Engravings
Based on the shape, spacing, and arrangement of the engravings, the team concluded that they are "deliberate, organized and intentional"
Tiny Scaled Robot Inspired by a Pangolin Can Roll About and Could Deliver Lifesaving Medications
When most of us think of the word "robot" we think of something made of hard metal and wires but that's not entirely accurate.
Black Hole Emits Jets of X-rays 60,000 Times Hotter than Sun-the Brightest Quasar Ever Observed
Jets of light 60,000 times hotter than the sun have been captured by astronomers observing a quasar-the most powerful object in the universe.
A Dark Energy Device Just Mapped 100,000 Galaxies Building a 3D Cosmic Map (WATCH)
More than 700,000 objects in the universe are available for study as part of a 3D map produced to study the effects of dark energy.
Plants Respond to Touch Sending Different Signals Through Their Cells, Shows New Study
When prodded with a tiny glass rod, leaves released waves of calcium signals to cells that quickly diminish after the touch.
New Solar System Found Where Planets Orbit Two Suns-Just like Luke Skywalker's Home in Star Wars
Tatooine, the desert home planet of Luke Skywalker was imagined as a desert world with two suns when Star Wars was first released in 1977.
This Super Sniffer Dog Can Help Save the Endangered Species of Great Crested Newts
While Freya the English springer spaniel had two false positives during the first run-through, she had an 87% success rate overall.
Scientists Amazed By Sighting of Extremely Rare Jellyfish Only Seen Once Before (WATCH)
A group of scientists were left amazed after the sighting of an extremely rare jellyfish that was only seen once before.
Cancer Screening Could Predict Tumors Decades Before They Start Growing Thanks to This Discovery
One specific circular RNA was present at much higher levels at birth, prior to the onset of symptoms, compared to peers with healthy blood.
10-year-old's Backyard Discovery Reveals 'Mind-blowing' Interaction Between Plants and Insects
2 years ago, little Hugo Deans from Pennsylvania found some red-colored seeds on the ground by an ant's nest in his backyard. Hugo was excited—he didn't know ants collected seeds, and his excitement grew when he showed his father Andrew, an entomologist at Penn State, who didn't know they did either. The two bug enthusiasts […]
Fungi Could Be the Answer to Global Warming as They Store a Third of All Carbon Emissions
Their vast network of roots known as mycelia has now been shown hold a third—yes, a third, of the annually emitted carbon on Earth.
Single Atom X-rayed For First Time in Breakthrough That Will 'Transform the World'
The best that current state-of-the-art synchrotron scanners can manage is to X-ray an attogram-about 10,000 atoms.
Astronomers Discover Hundreds of Mysterious Filaments Pointing Towards Our Milky Way's Massive Black Hole
Astronomers have found hundreds of mysterious filaments pointing towards the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
New Dinosaur With Rows of Bristles On its Head Like a Toothbrush Has Been Discovered
Paleontologists who discovered the beast completed a CT scan on the skull and revealed these bristles, described like a "brush cut."
Groundbreaking Myeloma Cancer Treatment Has 90% Success Rate: 'Dramatic Results'
The incurable cancer treatment has seen the waiting list at Hadassah University extend past 6 months, even though it's still experiemental.
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