27+ min ago   (853+ words) During the harsh conditions that prevailed in ice age China 146,000 years ago, a remarkable survival strategy was being developed by early humans—something that led to one of the region’s earliest technological revolutions. In a series of recent discoveries at…...

23+ hour, 39+ min ago   (488+ words) Specimens that have languished in the collection of London’s Natural History Museum since the 19th century have recently revealed a major new species discovery. Researchers from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador described the new frog species, Pristimantis milpe, also known…...

22+ hour, 27+ min ago   (510+ words) Some modern humans may owe their larger body size and greater muscle mass in part to a growth hormone receptor inherited from Neanderthals, according to new research. Scientists say the genetic variant was passed to our ancestors through interbreeding between…...

23+ hour, 20+ min ago   (572+ words) Archaeologists in the Faroe Islands report the discovery of an ancient runestone, uncovered in the floor of a structure being excavated by archaeologists at Sondum on Sandoy. The find, according to staff from the National Museum of the Faroe Islands,…...

23+ hour, 36+ min ago   (733+ words) British engineering company JCB has announced that its hydrogen-powered Hydromax car piloted by Wing Commander Andy Green OBE, also known as the Fastest Man on Earth due to his existing land speed world record that broke the sound barrier, has…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (497+ words) New evidence suggests the structure that holds protons together also dictates the quantum property that separates matter from mysterious antimatter. This property, known as the baryon number, and its related structure—the baryon junction—comprise two elements that lie at…...

2+ day, 21+ min ago   (863+ words) Mysterious human bones dredged from the seafloor between Taiwan and the Penghu Islands several years ago are providing new insights into the appearance—and the large size—of one of the last ancient human relatives to share the planet with…...

2+ day, 23+ min ago   (284+ words) Scientists in China have developed a new method for regrowing bone after Steroid-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head (SONFH), in work that uses a 3D-printed scaffold inspired by coral to overcome inflammation that typically inhibits effective bone repair. In a…...

2+ day, 20+ min ago   (692+ words) Researchers from the University of Warsaw have successfully identified 1500-year-old inscriptions on an ancient Anatolian wall that detail charges by local citizens of tax fraud by local officials and a rare Roman imperial death decree against those found perpetrating the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (353+ words) “From our unique perspective on Earth during a total solar eclipse, scientists can study the Sun’s corona in a way we can’t from anywhere else in the solar system.” If you enjoy the news and perspectives offered by The Debrief,…...