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A random photo snapped in the Australian outback has led to the rediscovery of a plant thought extinct for nearly 60 years -- proving that ordinary people with smartphones are quietly transforming science. After bird bander Aaron Bean uploaded ...

A new study suggests humans became overwhelmingly right-handed because of two major evolutionary shifts: walking on two legs and developing much larger brains. Researchers found that as human ancestors evolved, their right-hand preference steadily .. ...

For more than 200 years, scientists have struggled to pin down the exact strength of gravity -- and one physicist spent a decade chasing the answer while keeping his own results hidden from himself. Stephan Schlamminger and his team at NIST ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that the vanished Tethys Ocean may have sculpted Central Asia's mountainous landscape during the dinosaur era. Using decades of geological data, researchers found that distant tectonic activity linked to the ancient ...

A new nanotechnology treatment reversed Alzheimer's symptoms in mice by restoring the brain's natural cleanup system. The specially engineered nanoparticles helped clear toxic amyloid proteins from the brain and repair the blood-brain barrier, which ...

A spectacular dinosaur discovery in Spain is giving scientists a rare new look inside the world of stegosaurs. Paleontologists uncovered the best-preserved stegosaur skull ever found in Europe, belonging to the iconic plated dinosaur Dacentrurus ...

A long-lost manuscript discovered in Rome has revealed one of the oldest surviving versions of the very first known poem written in English. Hidden for decades and once believed lost, the 1,200-year-old manuscript contains Caedmon's Hymn -- a nine .. ...

Exercise may be training your brain just as much as your body. Researchers discovered that certain brain cells stay highly active even after a workout ends, and those lingering signals appear to help the body build endurance over time. In experiments ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that malfunctioning mitochondria -- the cell's energy generators -- may directly cause cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases. By creating a new tool that temporarily boosts mitochondrial activity in ...

Astronomers have revealed the sharpest image ever captured of a filament in the cosmic web -- the enormous hidden structure connecting galaxies across the Universe. The glowing strand stretches 3 million light-years and links two galaxies from nearly ...