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Phys.org / Ancient bone arrow points reveal organized craft production in prehistoric Argentina

For decades, research and understanding of the diverse bone raw material used by the Late Prehispanic Period (~1220 to 330 cal BP) people of the Sierras de Córdoba were scarce. However, Dr. Matías Medina and his colleagues, ...

2 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / ALMA datasets elucidate nearby galaxy NGC 1266's massive molecular outflow

By analyzing the archival data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has inspected the outflow of a nearby galaxy known as NGC 1266. Results of the new study, presented ...

3 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / 'Don't use them': Tanning beds triple skin cancer risk, study finds

When Heidi Tarr was a teenager, she used a tanning bed several times a week with her friends because they all wanted to glow like a celebrity.

2 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our solar system. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, used NASA's JWST to reveal ...

7 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Ancient mega-shark ruled Australian seas 15 million years before megalodon

In the age of dinosaurs—before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon—a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what's now northern Australia, among the sea monsters of the Cretaceous period.

8 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / New framework helps climate modelers integrate Indigenous community input into simulations

Advanced computer models can quantify the impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, providing deep insights into things like streamflow, vegetation, wildlife and even the risk of wildfires.

2 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Glacier loss to accelerate, with up to 4,000 disappearing each year by 2050s

Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a study showed on Monday.

4 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / What Renaissance readers left behind in haircare books

What if the pages of an old book could tell us who touched them, what medicines they made, and even how their bodies responded to treatment?

2 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Foods with healthy-sounding buzzwords could be hiding added sugar in plain sight

Many consumers feel pride in avoiding the glazed pastries in the supermarket and instead opting for "all natural" granola that comes packed with extra protein. Same goes for low-fat yogurts "made with real fruit," "organic" ...

10 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Iraqis cover soil with clay to curb sandstorms

Deep in Iraq's southern desert, bulldozers and earthmovers spread layers of moist clay over sand dunes as part of a broader effort to fight increasingly frequent sandstorms.

10 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / The universe may be lopsided, new research suggests

The shape of the universe is not something we often think about. My colleagues and I have published a new study that suggests it could be asymmetric or lopsided, meaning not the same in every direction.

Dec 23, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Scientists crack ancient salt crystals to unlock secrets of 1.4 billion-year-old air

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like modern-day Death Valley evaporated under the sun's gentle heat, leaving behind crystals of halite—rock ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Astronomy & Space