Discoveries A drop of dragon’s blood: using animals’ natural defenses to fight drug resistance April 24, 2017
Anthropology Time to update the Paleo Diet — it was heavy on plants and veggies, archaeologists found December 6, 2016
Discoveries Russian scientists stumble upon secret Nazi base in the Arctic November 3, 2016 - Updated on November 4, 2016
Discoveries Greek arts may have led to the creation of the Terracotta Army in ancient China October 13, 2016
Discoveries Hurricane Matthews exposed a trove of Civil War cannonballs in South Carolina October 11, 2016
Archaeology Archaeologists unearth a huge dinosaur footprint in the Gobi desert October 4, 2016 - Updated on August 24, 2023
Biology Fossil Friday: the earliest known shells from 809 million years ago September 30, 2016 - Updated on February 13, 2024
Archaeology Ancient Chinese skeletons found in London could hint at unknown ancient community and trade September 27, 2016
Discoveries Mercury will join the Solar System’s “tectonically active” planet club September 27, 2016 - Updated on April 12, 2017
Archaeology Oldest fishing hooks ever found show humans were fishing for longer than we’ve thought September 19, 2016
Astronomy ESA’s Gaia observatory sends back first star chart showing a billion new stars September 14, 2016
Discoveries New star-shaped polymer can shred bacteria membranes to bits, offering alternative to antibiotics September 13, 2016
Astronomy Scientists may have seen a black hole being born for the first time ever September 13, 2016 - Updated on April 2, 2021
Discoveries The Universe expands equally in all directions — and this is bad news for Einstein’s equations September 12, 2016
Discoveries Physicists think they might have found a dark boson — a dark matter particle September 8, 2016
Biology Fracking-only bacteria discovered in two separate wells hundreds of miles apart September 7, 2016 - Updated on February 13, 2024
Archaeology An Israeli power plant worker might have found a hand grenade that the Crusaders used August 25, 2016
Astronomy NASA pinpoints black holes that send out high-energy X-rays for first time ever July 29, 2016
Astronomy Scientists discover first pulsing white dwarf binary star July 29, 2016 - Updated on July 25, 2023
Archaeology Vikings might have actually used sunstones to navigate July 27, 2016 - Updated on July 28, 2016
Archaeology One of the oldest known New Testament copies could have been written in pee-based ink July 18, 2016
Astronomy New dwarf planet discovered in outskirts of solar system beyond Neptune July 13, 2016 - Updated on February 12, 2020