Stone Age people used bone scrapers to make leather and pelts
Discoveries in a Moroccan cave have provided a rare look at how Stone Age people may have turned animal skins into clothing. Bone tools,...
SCIENTIFIC NEWS
Fossil tracks may reveal an ancient elephant nursery
Fossilized footprints found on a beach in southern Spain betray what may have been a nursery for an extinct species of elephant. The track-rich...
Some birds learn to recognize calls while still in their eggs
Over a decade ago, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel was wiring superb fairy wrens’ nests to record the birds’ sounds when she noticed something odd....
Australian fires in 2019–2020 had even more global reach than previously thought
The severe, devastating wildfires that raged across southeastern Australia in late 2019 and early 2020 packed a powerful punch that extended far beyond the...
Fossils and ancient DNA paint a vibrant picture of human origins
In The Descent of Man, published in 1871, Charles Darwin hypothesized that our ancestors came from Africa. He pointed out that among all animals,...
Potty-trained cattle could help reduce pollution
You can lead a cow to a water closet, but can you make it pee there? It turns out that yes, you can. Researchers...
Mary Roach’s new book ‘Fuzz’ explores the ‘criminal’ lives of animals
Fuzz Mary RoachW.W. Norton & Co., $26.95 Around the world, criminals run free in the forest. These villains can’t be arrested — because they’re...
How AI can help forecast how much Arctic sea ice will shrink
In the next week or so, the sea ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean will shrink to its smallest size this year, as summer-warmed...
A supernova’s delayed reappearance could pin down how fast the universe expands
A meandering trek taken by light from a remote supernova in the constellation Cetus may help researchers pin down how fast the universe expands...
A beautiful oak leaf portrait won the 2021 Nikon Small World photography contest
A closeup view of even the most common objects can make the mundane look spectacular. A glimpse of the underside of a southern live...
One day behind bars: Students and incarcerated women break prison stigma in Thailand 
Sudan: Driver killed in aerial attack on aid trucks in South Kordofan 
UN upholds housing as a human right on World Habitat Day 
Sweden’s Far Right Falters