Dubbed Archaeocursor asiaticus, the newly-discovered species is the earliest-diverging ornithischian dinosaur yet discovered in Asia, according to a team of paleontologists from China. Archaeocursor ...

With the exception of ChatGPT 4o, almost all publicly available large language models subjected to a test called the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) showed signs of mild cognitive impairment.

Nearly 250 years ago, the very first pterosaur fossil was found in a quarry in northern Bavaria, Germany. Dubbed Pterodactylus, this 150-million-year-old fossil provided the first evidence for an ...

The newly-described species lived in what is now Europe during the Early Eocene epoch, approximately 55 million years ago. Scientifically named Apachyus madseni, the ancient insect was nearly 1.9 cm ...

Planetary scientists using the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft have captured stunning images of an enigmatic landscape in the Australe Scopuli region of the Red Planet’s ...

Using data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and Keck telescope, astronomers have discovered a binary star system in the S star cluster close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the ...

“Teeth can tell us a great deal about human evolution, as well-preserved ancient teeth are particularly important to archaeologists, shedding light on milestones such as when we transitioned to cooked ...

Paleontologists have identified a new species of procolophonid reptile from the fossilized skull and jaw fragments found in southwest England. The newly-discovered species, Threordatoth chasmatos, ...

A radiation-resistant bacterium called Deinococcus radiodurans can withstand radiation doses thousands of times higher than what would kill a human. The secret behind this resistance is the presence ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new photo of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 2566. NGC 2566 is located approximately 76 million light-years away from Earth ...

In 2003, Hubble provided evidence of a massive exoplanet around a very old star. Such stars possess only small amounts of heavier elements that are the building blocks of planets. This implied that ...

In a genomic study encompassing more than 300 genomes, researchers determined the time period during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans, starting about 50,500 years ago and lasting about ...