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In 1950, Australia used a virus as a biological weapon against millions of rabbits; scientists just decoded how they fought back, using DNA from a rabbit that once belonged to Charles DarwinAustralia's 1950 introduction of the myxoma virus to control rabbits backfired as evolution intervened. Scientists, analyzing rabbit DNA ac...
For years it was ignored. Now scientists say this gas may be the major contributor to air pollutionUrban air pollution science has uncovered a surprising shift. A long-ignored gas, nitric oxide, may influence aerosol particle formation in...
Four-winged dinosaur: Scientists just found a four-winged dinosaur in northwestern China, and it may be the predator that left behind piles of crushed bird bonesA remarkable discovery in China has unveiled Jianchangmaensis, a new four-limbed gliding dinosaur, potentially solving a 120-million-year-o...
Lost world of birds and frogs: Scientists open a million-year-old cave time capsule in New Zealand, where 12 bird species and four frogs reveal a lost world reshaped by volcanoes and climate long before humans arrivedA remarkable fossil discovery in a New Zealand cave has unveiled a lost world of ancient birds and frogs, dating back one million years. Th...
Scorching heat shuts Paris' Eiffel Tower and Louvre museum early as France sweltersA severe heatwave in France has forced some of Paris’s most popular tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum, ...
Discovery of 16 human bones changed the course of history. How they survived 40,000 years ago and did climate change made them extinct?A remarkable discovery of 16 bones in Germany's Neander Valley in 1856 challenged prevailing scientific beliefs about human origins. Initia...
FIFA World Cup 2026: "Just going to enjoy this moment," says Messi after historic goal recordLionel Messi has etched his name further in football history, becoming the all-time leading goalscorer in men's World Cup history with two ...
Italy brings Botticelli masterpiece to India, cultural ties to deepen further: Envoy Antonio BartoliItaly is deepening its ties with India through cultural exchanges, highlighted by the 'One Mother, Many Mother Tongues' exhibition in New D...
Psychology explains why you can't spend more than 30 seconds looking at artwork in museumPsychology explains why most people spend less than 30 seconds looking at artwork in museums. Museum visitors often spend mere seconds with...
For millions of years, this ancient fish was thought extinct since the age of the dinosaurs—until it was found alive in South Africa and changed science foreverA chance discovery in South Africa in 1938 unveiled a 'living fossil' – a fish thought extinct for 65 million years, since the age of dinos...
These 300-million-year-old baby fossils just turned a major evolution theory upside downAncient fossilized babies of crocodile-like predators are rewriting evolutionary history. Previously, scientists believed early land animal...
Forget deadbeat dads: These devoted spiders guard their babies, and science finally knows whyCitizen science data from iNaturalist, combined with decades of fieldwork, has revealed the complex evolutionary history of parental care i...
A massive crocodile lurked in Lucy’s world, and early human ancestors may have been its preyScientists have discovered a new ancient crocodile species named Crocodylus lucivenator. This massive reptile lived in East Africa between ...
Scientists just found a new walking shark in a tiny corner of Papua New Guinea, and the meter-long species may be vulnerable because its range is so restrictedA new species of walking shark, Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, has been discovered off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Named after Dr. Christine Du...
Quote of the day by Diego Maradona: 'Reaching the penalty box and not getting in a shot on goal is like dancing with your...' - Argentine football icon's no-nonsense take on scoring goalsQuote of the day by Diego Maradona: Football icon Diego Maradona is remembered for his extraordinary talent and passion. He led Argentina t...
18 koalas moved to Kangaroo Island in the 1920s; a century on, 27,000 descendants are stripping eucalyptus bare and risk mass starvationKoalas are overpopulating in South Australia's Mount Lofty Ranges. This boom threatens eucalyptus forests, their food source. Scientists pr...
In 1973, archaeologists in a muddy Roman fort trench found thin wooden tablets, and Vindolanda gave Roman Britain its own handwriting