95-Million Year Old Amber Deposits Discovered in Africa Yield New Insights into Evolution

In the first major discovery of its kind on the African continent, a 95-million-year-old amber deposit, formed from the sap of an unknown tree, is adding new fungus, insects, spiders, nematodes, and even bacteria to a Cretaceous ecosystem -a warm…

95-Million Year Old Amber Deposits Discovered in Africa Providing New Insights into Planet's Evolution

In the first major discovery of its kind on the African continent, a 95-million-year-old amber deposit, formed from the sap of an unknown tree, is adding new fungus, insects, spiders, nematodes, and even bacteria to a Cretaceous ecosystem -a warm…

"The Milky Way Strain": Researchers Study Keeping Human Cells Healthy During Space Travel

At 3:21 a.m. PDT on April 5, ASU Biodesign Institute researchers Cheryl Nickerson and her team, including Jennifer Barrila and Shameema Sarker, will see their latest experiment launched into low earth orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-131….

NASA Mars Technology To Help Find Water Beneath Vast Middle East Deserts

NASA technology used to hunt for water on Mars could be used detect water up to more than half a mile beneath the massive deserts that cover much of the Middle East and North Africa. NASA planetary scientist Essam Heggy,…

NASA Mars Technology Can Help Find Water Beneath Vast Middle East Deserts

NASA technology used to hunt for water on Mars could be used detect water up to more than half a mile beneath the massive deserts that cover much of the Middle East and North Africa , a NASA scientist says….

James Cameron's "Lost Tomb of Jesus" (VIDEO Weekend Feature)

Easter weekend offers a perfect opportunity to take another look at this fascinating Discovery Channel video of The Lost Tomb of Jesus. Since the 1970s, hundreds of tombs and thousands of ossuaries, which served as coffins in first-century Jerusalem, have…

Buried Lakes of Antarctica Harbor New, Unknown Viruses (A Galaxy Classic)

Like a modern, micro version of The Thing, Antarctica’s icy lakes have been discovered to house a surprisingly diverse community of viruses, including some that were previously unidentified. The finding could shed light on whether microbial life evolved independently in…

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3D Alien View of the Supernova Explosion that Reached Earth 300 Years Ago (VIDEO)

The planet’s great telescopes show the Milky Way galaxy only as it appears from the vantage point of our solar system. Now, using a simple but powerful technique, a group of astronomers led by Armin Rest of Harvard University has…